Anyone know of a hack that shows when ALT on Keyboard is on?

[luv2chill]

Thanks for posting your exchange with Tom. I am not sure if he tested an Apache with a different keyboard driver or if maybe it wasn't really an Apache, but I just ran PQzCheck on a stock Sprint 6700 and got the same results as last time:

Shift gives the following key code:

DOWN 0xF2 OFF
UP 0xF2 OFF

Alt gives this key code:

DOWN 0xF1 OFF
UP 0xF1 OFF

Those codes appear as soon as the button is pressed and released--it doesn't wait until you press the next key like some other devices.

I encourage you to try this yourself and see. I haven't been able to get PQZ_Check to run on colonel's beta AKU 3.3 ROM (let me know if you can) but it runs just fine on the AKU 2 and 2.2 ROMs.

If you can corroborate my findings then maybe you can try replying to Tom's last e-mail and see if you can't get his attention that way. Lord knows there are many Apache users who would be very happy to have that functionality.

[ppc6700freak]

luv2chill, I just downloaded PQz_CHECK Ver 0.0.3, IT WORKS!. I am running colonel's beta AKU 3.3 ROM. I am not sure but I think it is beta 2, I don't remember exactly. I do see the K on the boot splash.

I will dig the thread out of my archive folder and reply to Tom with your findings.

Thanks...

[SilentBob]

So, does anyone know if there is an update on this?

Out of all of the hacks that exist for this device, I am really surprised that someone hasn't created something for this issue, because to me, it is the single MOST annoying aspect of the unit...

However, maybe that is just because I always end up locking it in "alt" mode to enter numbers in a password field, and then forget to switch back, and since it is a password field, I have no idea that it is locked in alt mode.....then I have to open up notepad just to figure it out.

[roninr6]

Bump..

This is the only thing that drives me insane about my 6700, and it may be the only reason for me to upgrade to the 6800. this looks to be a pretty expensive ($500) feature.

Is there any hope, was there ever any response from the PQzII developer?

Somebody help..