Hi All,

Is it possible to remove and swap the Z and Y keys on a Nokia N900?

I want to convert a UK QWERTY keyboard into a QWERTZ keyboard.
I guess there is a way to change for all time-all apss in the software side, but would be nice, if I could remove the Z key and change it with the Y.

I had a look on the German and French QWERTZ keyboards, and the placement of the arrow keys is not very nice.

On an average PC keyboard, I can just "peel off" the hardware buttons, and swap them. I used to do this on my Psion S5, 5mx, S7 etc.

Now I use a Palm Treo 680 from Germany, so it has a QWERTZ keyboard, but otherwise I run it in English.

Any other ideas to convert from QWERTY to QWERTZ?

I wonder would it just work without swapping if you flash with North American firmware

Thanks for the tip.

What I want to do is that the keyboard physically looks like QWERTZ.

Like on the photo in this post.

So, does anybody know if the hardware keys can be take off and swapped?
Thanks!

There is the SW side and the HW side. SW side is pretty easy, I think this thread should help.

On the HW side, I would think that the keyboard layout is actually a single mat, so swapping keys isn't as easy as on a regular keyboard. I know that on some phones the service can pretty easily change the mat from one language to another. Maybe you could ask Nokia service for a price?

Keymats can be changed, ask a Nokia service shop for price and availability. A different country keymat most likely is a back-order item, so prepare for some waiting.

OK I see, so it is singla mat, so individual keys cannot be swapped, just the full keyboard.

i dont remember if this was a video or a pictured tutorial, but here or on youtube there was a guide on how to disassemble the n900.

i guess this is what you want to do in order to rearrange the buttons.

/edit:
it was a video.

take a look, maybe it helps:
tehkseven n900 disassembly-video on youtube

I watched the video, thanks for the tip!

do you know if it is possible to replace the keymat without unscrewing the screen-part? that would make things much easier for me