Keyboard

[Tim Lyne]

My keyboard does not function as normal.
For some reason my keyboard has changed and I cannot now use my phone.

 

[Clementine_3]

What is it doing or not doing that isn't normal/has changed? What keyboard are you using?

 

[Dannydet]

Reboot your device

 

[Tim Lyne]

I have rebooted my device.......no change.

 

[Tim Lyne]

What is it doing or not doing that isn't normal/has changed? What keyboard are you using?

I was using the "standard phone keyboard.
Now I have a "split" type keyboard that will not allow standard typing.

 

[puppykickr]

I have rebooted my device.......no change.

What keyboard are you using?

 

[puppykickr]

I was using the "standard phone keyboard.
Now I have a "split" type keyboard that will not allow standard typing.

Have you tried opening the settings of the keyoard app?

 

[Hadron]

So what has changed? Why can't you use it? We're flying blind here.

As a generic solution, try installing a different keyboard (especially if HTC are still bundling TouchPal).

 

[Tim Lyne]

I was using the "standard phone keyboard.
Now I have a "split" type keyboard that will not allow standard typing.

I changed nothing on my phone and now when I attempt to type the keyboard will not provide the letters i tap.

 

[Hadron]

OK, "split" is definitely something you can change in the keyboard's settings, whichever keyboard it is.

 

[puppykickr]

Standard keyboard apps are usually not the best choice.

Perhaps you could tell us exactly what you need in a keyboard and then we could make some recomendations.

 

[puppykickr]

Simple Keyboard (Simply keyboard and nothing more) - https://f-droid.org/app/rkr.simplekeyboard.inputmethod

 

[Tim Lyne]

I was using the "standard phone keyboard.
Now I have a "split" type keyboard that will not allow standard typing.

 

[Tim Lyne]

So what has changed? Why can't you use it? We're flying blind here.

As a generic solution, try installing a different keyboard (especially if HTC are still bundling TouchPal).

 

[Tim Lyne]

I require a simple qwerty key board.
I attach 2 screenshots of what I have now.

 

[puppykickr]

I require a simple qwerty key board.
I attach 2 screenshots of what I have now.

You won't get any more simple qwerty keyboard than the link I provided above.

And yes, whatever is going on with your keyboard looks horrible.

Maybe it has entered Swipe mode?

At any rate, try a different keyboard app until you can find the setting(s) that will bring it back to normal.

Often, long pressing a key can inadvertantly put a keyboard into a different mode.

I had a stock one that would consistantly go into a one handed mode that made the keys impossibly small to use.

That was just one of multiple reasons for me to ditch the stock keyboard app.

 

[Clementine_3]

Try long pressing some keys to see if a menu pops up with the settings wheel. Start with the bottom keys, like the comma maybe. It's not like that would make it any worse

 

[Hadron]

That little symbol in the top-left corner of the keyboard in the first screenshot (smile with 3 fingers sticking out from it) is the TouchPal logo. Try pressing that, it may be how you get to the settings.

 

[Dannydet]

You gotta really watch your keyboard, one accidental tap and things go south...

 

[Tim Lyne]

Thanks for all the help and advice.
Matter now resolved.
The smile symbol with 3 fingers sticking out had various sub menus, one of which was normal or split screen.

 

[NightAngel79]

Thanks for all the help and advice.
Matter now resolved.
The smile symbol with 3 fingers sticking out had various sub menus, one of which was normal or split screen.

Glad you worked it out!