diff --git a/java/res/xml/kbd_symbols_black.xml b/java/res/xml/kbd_symbols_black.xml
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5652f7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/res/xml/kbd_symbols_black.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!--
+/*
+**
+** Copyright 2010, The Android Open Source Project
+**
+** Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+** you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+** You may obtain a copy of the License at
+**
+**     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+**
+** Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+** distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+** WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+** See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+** limitations under the License.
+*/
+-->
+
+<Keyboard xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    android:keyWidth="10%p"
+    android:horizontalGap="0px"
+    android:verticalGap="0px"
+    android:keyHeight="@dimen/key_height"
+    >
+
+    <Row>
+        <Key android:codes="49" android:keyLabel="1" android:keyEdgeFlags="left"
+                android:popupKeyboard="@xml/kbd_popup_template"
+                android:popupCharacters="¹½⅓¼⅛"
+        />
+        <Key android:codes="50" android:keyLabel="2"
+                android:popupKeyboard="@xml/kbd_popup_template"
+                android:popupCharacters="²⅔"
+        />
+        <Key android:codes="51" android:keyLabel="3"
+                android:popupKeyboard="@xml/kbd_popup_template"
+                android:popupCharacters="³¾⅜"
+        />
+        <Key android:codes="52" android:keyLabel="4"
+                android:popupKeyboard="@xml/kbd_popup_template"
+                android:popupCharacters="⁴"
+        />
+        <Key android:codes="53" android:keyLabel="5"
+                android:popupKeyboard="@xml/kbd_popup_template"
+                android:popupCharacters="⅝"
+        />
+        <Key android:codes="54" android:keyLabel="6"/>
+        <Key android:codes="55" android:keyLabel="7"
+                android:popupKeyboard="@xml/kbd_popup_template"
+                android:popupCharacters="⅞"
+        />
+        <Key android:codes="56" android:keyLabel="8"/>
+        <Key android:codes="57" android:keyLabel="9"/>
+        <Key android:codes="48" android:keyLabel="0"
+                android:popupKeyboard="@xml/kbd_popup_template"
+                android:popupCharacters="ⁿ∅"
+                android:keyEdgeFlags="right"/>
+    </Row>
+
+    <Row>
+        <Key android:codes="64" android:keyLabel="\@" android:keyEdgeFlags="left"/>
+        <Key android:codes="35" android:keyLabel="\#"/>
+        <Key android:codes="36" android:keyLabel="$"
+                android:popupKeyboard="@xml/kbd_popup_template"
+                android:popupCharacters="¢£€¥₣₤₱"
+        />
+        <Key android:codes="37" android:keyLabel="%"
+                android:popupKeyboard="@xml/kbd_popup_template"
+                android:popupCharacters="‰"
+        />
+        <Key android:codes="38" android:keyLabel="&amp;"/>
+        <Key android:codes="42" android:keyLabel="*"
+                android:popupKeyboard="@xml/kbd_popup_template"
+                android:popupCharacters="†‡★"
+        />
+        <Key android:codes="45" android:keyLabel="-"
+                android:popupKeyboard="@xml/kbd_popup_template"
+                android:popupCharacters="_–—"
+        />
+        <Key android:keyLabel="+"
+                android:popupKeyboard="@xml/kbd_popup_template"
+                android:popupCharacters="±"
+        />
+        <Key android:codes="40" android:keyLabel="("
+                android:popupKeyboard="@xml/kbd_popup_template"
+                android:popupCharacters="[{&lt;"
+        />
+        <Key android:codes="41" android:keyLabel=")" android:keyEdgeFlags="right"
+                android:popupKeyboard="@xml/kbd_popup_template"
+                android:popupCharacters="]}&gt;"
+        />
+    </Row>
+
+    <Row>
+        <Key android:codes="-1" android:keyLabel="@string/label_alt_key"
+                android:keyWidth="15%p" android:isModifier="true"
+                android:isSticky="true" android:keyEdgeFlags="left"/>
+        <Key android:codes="33" android:keyLabel="!"
+                android:popupKeyboard="@xml/kbd_popup_template"
+                android:popupCharacters="¡"
+        />
+        <Key android:codes="34" android:keyLabel="&quot;"
+                android:popupKeyboard="@xml/kbd_popup_template"
+                android:popupCharacters="“”«»˝"
+        />
+        <Key android:codes="39" android:keyLabel="\'"
+                android:popupKeyboard="@xml/kbd_popup_template"
+                android:popupCharacters="‘’"
+        />
+        <Key android:codes="58" android:keyLabel=":"/>
+        <Key android:codes="59" android:keyLabel=";"/>
+        <Key android:codes="47" android:keyLabel="/" />
+        <Key android:codes="63" android:keyLabel="\?"
+                android:popupKeyboard="@xml/kbd_popup_template"
+                android:popupCharacters="¿"
+        />
+        <Key android:codes="-5" android:keyIcon="@drawable/sym_bkeyboard_delete" android:keyWidth="15%p" android:keyEdgeFlags="right"
+                android:iconPreview="@drawable/sym_keyboard_feedback_delete"
+                android:isRepeatable="true"/>
+    </Row>
+
+    <Row  android:rowEdgeFlags="bottom">
+        <Key android:codes="-2" android:keyLabel="@string/label_alpha_key"
+                android:popupKeyboard="@xml/kbd_popup_template"
+                android:popupCharacters="_"
+                android:keyWidth="20%p" android:keyEdgeFlags="left"/>
+        <Key android:codes="@integer/key_f1" android:keyWidth="10%p"/>
+        <Key android:codes="32" android:keyIcon="@drawable/sym_bkeyboard_space"
+                android:keyWidth="40%p"
+                android:iconPreview="@drawable/sym_keyboard_feedback_space"
+                android:isRepeatable="true"/>
+        <Key android:codes="46" android:keyLabel="."
+                android:popupKeyboard="@xml/popup_punctuation"
+                android:keyWidth="10%p"/>
+        <Key android:codes="10" android:keyIcon="@drawable/sym_bkeyboard_return" android:keyWidth="20%p" android:keyEdgeFlags="right"
+                android:iconPreview="@drawable/sym_keyboard_feedback_return"
+                />
+    </Row>
+</Keyboard>
diff --git a/java/res/xml/kbd_symbols_shift_black.xml b/java/res/xml/kbd_symbols_shift_black.xml
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..dc84251
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/res/xml/kbd_symbols_shift_black.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!--
+/*
+**
+** Copyright 2010, The Android Open Source Project
+**
+** Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+** you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+** You may obtain a copy of the License at
+**
+**     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+**
+** Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+** distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+** WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+** See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+** limitations under the License.
+*/
+-->
+
+<Keyboard xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    android:keyWidth="10%p"
+    android:horizontalGap="0px"
+    android:verticalGap="0px"
+    android:keyHeight="@dimen/key_height"
+    >
+
+    <Row>
+        <Key android:keyLabel="~" android:keyEdgeFlags="left"/>
+        <Key android:keyLabel="`"/>
+        <Key android:keyLabel="|"/>
+        <Key android:keyLabel="•"
+                android:popupKeyboard="@xml/kbd_popup_template"
+                android:popupCharacters="♪♥♠♦♣"
+        />
+        <Key android:keyLabel="√"/>
+        <Key android:keyLabel="π"/>
+        <Key android:keyLabel="÷"/>
+        <Key android:keyLabel="×"/>
+        <Key android:keyLabel="{"/>
+        <Key android:keyLabel="}" android:keyEdgeFlags="right"/>
+    </Row>
+
+    <Row>
+        <Key android:codes="9" android:keyLabel="\u21E5" android:keyEdgeFlags="left"/>
+        <Key android:keyLabel="£"/>
+        <Key android:keyLabel="¢"/>
+        <Key android:keyLabel="€"/>
+        <Key android:keyLabel="°"/>
+        <Key android:keyLabel="^"
+                android:popupKeyboard="@xml/kbd_popup_template"
+                android:popupCharacters="↑↓←→"
+        />
+        <Key android:keyLabel="_"/>
+        <Key android:keyLabel="="
+                android:popupKeyboard="@xml/kbd_popup_template"
+                android:popupCharacters="≠≈∞"
+        />
+        <Key android:keyLabel="["/>
+        <Key android:keyLabel="]" android:keyEdgeFlags="right"/>
+    </Row>
+
+    <Row>
+        <Key android:codes="-1" android:keyLabel="@string/label_alt_key"
+                android:keyWidth="15%p" android:isModifier="true"
+                android:isSticky="true" android:keyEdgeFlags="left"/>
+        <Key android:keyLabel="™"/>
+        <Key android:keyLabel="®"/>
+        <Key android:keyLabel="©"/>
+        <Key android:keyLabel="¶"
+                android:popupKeyboard="@xml/kbd_popup_template"
+                android:popupCharacters="§"
+        />
+        <Key android:keyLabel="\\"/>
+        <Key android:keyLabel="&lt;"
+                android:popupKeyboard="@xml/kbd_popup_template"
+                android:popupCharacters="≤«‹"
+        />
+        <Key android:keyLabel="&gt;"
+                android:popupKeyboard="@xml/kbd_popup_template"
+                android:popupCharacters="≥»›"
+        />
+        <Key android:codes="-5" android:keyIcon="@drawable/sym_bkeyboard_delete" android:keyWidth="15%p" android:keyEdgeFlags="right"
+                android:iconPreview="@drawable/sym_keyboard_feedback_delete"
+                android:isRepeatable="true"/>
+    </Row>
+
+    <Row android:rowEdgeFlags="bottom">
+        <Key android:codes="-2" android:keyLabel="@string/label_alpha_key" android:keyWidth="20%p"
+                android:popupKeyboard="@xml/kbd_popup_template"
+                android:popupCharacters="_"
+                android:keyEdgeFlags="left"/>
+        <Key android:keyLabel="„" android:keyWidth="10%p" />
+        <Key android:codes="32" android:keyIcon="@drawable/sym_bkeyboard_space"
+                android:keyWidth="40%p"
+                android:iconPreview="@drawable/sym_keyboard_feedback_space"
+                android:isRepeatable="true"/>
+        <Key android:keyLabel="…" android:keyWidth="10%p" />
+        <Key android:codes="10" android:keyIcon="@drawable/sym_bkeyboard_return"
+                android:keyWidth="20%p" android:keyEdgeFlags="right"
+                android:iconPreview="@drawable/sym_keyboard_feedback_return"
+                />
+    </Row>
+</Keyboard>
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/KeyboardSwitcher.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/KeyboardSwitcher.java
index 864bf73..fefe1cc 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/KeyboardSwitcher.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/KeyboardSwitcher.java
@@ -91,14 +91,15 @@
 
     KeyboardSwitcher(Context context, LatinIME ims) {
         mContext = context;
-        mKeyboards = new HashMap<KeyboardId, LatinKeyboard>();
-        mSymbolsId = new KeyboardId(R.xml.kbd_symbols, false);
-        mSymbolsShiftedId = new KeyboardId(R.xml.kbd_symbols_shift, false);
-        mInputMethodService = ims;
 
         final SharedPreferences prefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(ims);
-        int mLayoutId = Integer.valueOf(prefs.getString(PREF_KEYBOARD_LAYOUT, DEFAULT_LAYOUT_ID));
+        mLayoutId = Integer.valueOf(prefs.getString(PREF_KEYBOARD_LAYOUT, DEFAULT_LAYOUT_ID));
         prefs.registerOnSharedPreferenceChangeListener(this);
+
+        mKeyboards = new HashMap<KeyboardId, LatinKeyboard>();
+        mSymbolsId = makeSymbolsId(false);
+        mSymbolsShiftedId = makeSymbolsShiftedId(false);
+        mInputMethodService = ims;
         changeLatinKeyboardView(mLayoutId, false);
     }
 
@@ -117,6 +118,16 @@
         mInputView = inputView;
     }
 
+    private KeyboardId makeSymbolsId(boolean hasVoice) {
+        return new KeyboardId(
+                isBlackSym() ? R.xml.kbd_symbols_black : R.xml.kbd_symbols, hasVoice);
+    }
+
+    private KeyboardId makeSymbolsShiftedId(boolean hasVoice) {
+        return new KeyboardId(
+                isBlackSym() ? R.xml.kbd_symbols_shift_black : R.xml.kbd_symbols_shift, hasVoice);
+    }
+
     void makeKeyboards(boolean forceCreate) {
         if (forceCreate) mKeyboards.clear();
         // Configuration change is coming after the keyboard gets recreated. So don't rely on that.
@@ -126,9 +137,8 @@
         if (displayWidth == mLastDisplayWidth) return;
         mLastDisplayWidth = displayWidth;
         if (!forceCreate) mKeyboards.clear();
-        mSymbolsId = new KeyboardId(R.xml.kbd_symbols, mHasVoice && !mVoiceOnPrimary);
-        mSymbolsShiftedId = new KeyboardId(R.xml.kbd_symbols_shift,
-                mHasVoice && !mVoiceOnPrimary);
+        mSymbolsId = makeSymbolsId(mHasVoice && !mVoiceOnPrimary);
+        mSymbolsShiftedId = makeSymbolsShiftedId(mHasVoice && !mVoiceOnPrimary);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -227,7 +237,8 @@
             orig.updateConfiguration(conf, null);
             LatinKeyboard keyboard = new LatinKeyboard(
                 mContext, id.mXml, id.mKeyboardMode);
-            keyboard.setVoiceMode(hasVoiceButton(id.mXml == R.xml.kbd_symbols), mHasVoice);
+            keyboard.setVoiceMode(hasVoiceButton(id.mXml == R.xml.kbd_symbols
+                    || id.mXml == R.xml.kbd_symbols_black), mHasVoice);
             keyboard.setLanguageSwitcher(mLanguageSwitcher);
             keyboard.setBlackFlag(isBlackSym());
             if (id.mKeyboardMode == KEYBOARDMODE_NORMAL
@@ -256,8 +267,7 @@
         int keyboardRowsResId = isBlackSym() ? R.xml.kbd_qwerty_black : R.xml.kbd_qwerty;
         if (isSymbols) {
             return (mode == MODE_PHONE)
-                ? new KeyboardId(R.xml.kbd_phone_symbols, hasVoice)
-                : new KeyboardId(R.xml.kbd_symbols, hasVoice);
+                ? new KeyboardId(R.xml.kbd_phone_symbols, hasVoice) : makeSymbolsId(hasVoice);
         }
         switch (mode) {
             case MODE_TEXT:
@@ -268,7 +278,7 @@
                 }
                 break;
             case MODE_SYMBOLS:
-                return new KeyboardId(R.xml.kbd_symbols, hasVoice);
+                return makeSymbolsId(hasVoice);
             case MODE_PHONE:
                 return new KeyboardId(R.xml.kbd_phone, hasVoice);
             case MODE_URL:
@@ -404,8 +414,6 @@
 
     // TODO: Generalize for any theme
     public boolean isBlackSym () {
-        return (mLayoutId == 6 && (mLanguageSwitcher == null
-                || mLanguageSwitcher.getEnabledLanguages() == null
-                || mLanguageSwitcher.getInputLanguage().startsWith("en_")));
+        return (mLayoutId == 6);
     }
 }
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/LatinKeyboard.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/LatinKeyboard.java
index eba0ec0..1a9350a 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/LatinKeyboard.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/LatinKeyboard.java
@@ -123,7 +123,8 @@
         setDefaultBounds(m123MicPreviewIcon);
         sSpacebarVerticalCorrection = res.getDimensionPixelOffset(
                 R.dimen.spacebar_vertical_correction);
-        mIsAlphaKeyboard = xmlLayoutResId == R.xml.kbd_qwerty;
+        mIsAlphaKeyboard = xmlLayoutResId == R.xml.kbd_qwerty
+                || xmlLayoutResId == R.xml.kbd_qwerty_black;
         mSpaceKeyIndex = indexOf((int) ' ');
     }