Software method to disable the QWERTY back button?

[paincakes]

Is there any way to disable the keyboard back button without doing a hardware modification?

 

[Paul627g]

Is there any way to disable the keyboard back button without doing a hardware modification?

If you were to get the device rooted you could probably remap the physical keyboard setting.

 

[paincakes]

Using Notepad++ it looks like it might be in either:
\system\usr\keylayout\gelato_keypad.kl
\system\usr\keylayout\qwerty.kl

Entry:
key 158 BACK WAKE_DROPPED

Not sure if that's the front facing one. I don't want to try changing it until it's been verified or I have a custom recovery installed to repair the phone.

 

[paincakes]

KeynrTracker.apk shows both the front facing and QWERTY back key as being key number 158. May not be possible to change only one with a simple edit.