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I have a bluetooth keyboard connected and working with my Android phone, but with one annoyance: the escape key does not appear to do anything. This is particularly problematic for a vi user like me.

Is there a way to fix it so the escape key works, at least in the terminal application? Is /system/usr/keylayout/qwerty.kl a potential approach or is this something harder?

Hardware specifics:

  • SMK-LINK Bluetooth compact keyboard, Model VP6630
  • Android Dev Phone 1 with Cyanogenmod 6.1
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The solution that has worked for me is:

Upgrade to a Nexus S running Cyanogenmod 10.

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:D that's not a solution.. – Sachin Shekhar Apr 6 at 20:30
@Sachin: Yeah, no argument there. And yet, I can now use vi. ;) – retracile Apr 6 at 20:32
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Try this, it worked for me: Ctrl + [

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With that, I get a [ character. With Ctrl+C, I get a c character. So Ctrl may not be working either. – retracile Apr 6 at 20:30

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