No access to numeric symbols using Asus Transformer keyboard dock

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Hit either Shift key using the Asus Transformer TF101 Keyboard dock; The 
small triangle appears at the top of the cursor denoting (I'm guessing...) that 
the next character typed will be "shifted"
2. Press any of the numbered keys (0-9) to attempt to type a symbol ("!", "@", 
etc. but most importantly, "(" and ")")

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
 Expected output: Symbol that corresponds to the numeric key pressed.
 Actual output: A tilde from numbers 5 - 9, and nothing is displayed from keys 1 - 4

What version of the product are you using (you can see this by using Menu
-> About in the Host List)?
ConnectBot 1.7.1

What type of system are you trying to connect to?
 Unix machine with a bash shell

If you are able to connect, what is the output of "echo $TERM", "uname -a",
and any other relevant information on the host?
echo $TERM: "screen"
uname -a: Linux...2008 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux

Please provide any additional information below.
   There was one point where the keys functioned completely normally with proper shift functions. During this time period though, pressing the "shift" key did not alter the cursor the way it had before, and "alt" not did nothing (it was adding a small triangle on the bottom of the cursor). I have not been able to recreate this though.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by joeshmo...@gmail.com on 30 May 2011 at 10:16

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I have an Asus TF300 with the keyboard.  I cannot use "esc" or "!" or any other 
special characters (on the number keys) when using shift.  Tapping the screen 
to click "esc" is a workaround, but not being able to use symbols is a huge 
problem.

Original comment by wiriki...@gmail.com on 1 Jun 2012 at 6:22

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I have this issue on the Acer Iconia a500 using a standared USB keyboard. I'm 
not sure if it warrents a seperate post or not.

Additionally I'd like to see control working properly but I'm not sure these 
modded versions would work on an Iconia.

Original comment by Matthi...@gmail.com on 4 Jun 2012 at 11:55

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I have Transformer TF300TG, QWERTZ keyboard. 
Using the apk from the market I get the shifted symbols (over the numeric 
keys)! But CTRL, ALT and ESC don't work.
I've tried the serveral version available here and the irssi-connectbot from 
the market but the keyboard settings are worse. I even did not get the shifted 
symbols with that versions. 

Original comment by goo...@migri.de on 13 Jun 2012 at 7:53

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VX ConnectBot is working perfectly with TF300T. Tested. You can get it from 
market :)

Original comment by popo...@gmail.com on 13 Jul 2012 at 7:41

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The most helpful hint was so far to connect the hardware keyboard after 
starting connectbot.
It improve the keyboard function a lot, but I use a german keyboard and some 
special frequently used german characters still doesn't work.

I also use the Transformer TF300TG with ther german QWERTZ keyboard.

Original comment by loneu...@gmail.com on 25 Jul 2012 at 9:17

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I've patched the lorantkurthy version with support for any Transformer (my 
Transformer Infinity identifies itself as "ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T", so I 
made it check for "Transformer" anywhere in the Build.MODEL string), and 
uploaded it here: 
https://github.com/firetech/connectbot-transformer/connectbot-transformer_201207
29_signed.apk

Original comment by jo...@firetech.nu on 29 Jul 2012 at 7:02

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I've updated my version with fixed AltGr/Alt+Number characters and added back 
as an escape button (hold to go back).

https://github.com/firetech/connectbot-transformer/connectbot-transformer_201207
30_signed.apk

Original comment by jo...@firetech.nu on 30 Jul 2012 at 6:39

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I can't get the link you posted to work.

Original comment by lori...@gmail.com on 30 Jul 2012 at 7:42

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Oops. My bad. Here's a better link: 
https://github.com/downloads/firetech/connectbot-transformer/connectbot-transfor
mer_20120730_signed.apk

Original comment by jo...@firetech.nu on 31 Jul 2012 at 8:47