How to go to the next line when texting with an andriod phone

It's not something that's fixed in Android, I always have a return key visible. But I have seen an option to set things this way (though my current phone doesn't seem to have it), so guess LG have "helpfully" set it like that.

Check your keyboard settings for anything that says to always show the emoji key and turn this off if you find it. If you can't see anything there try your message app's settings.

If you use an emoji key more often than return then you could try a long press (press and hold) on it and see whether that makes it act as return. Long-pressing in Android is like a right click on a computer mouse, and often brings up options (in many parts of the user interface, not just the keyboard).

 

The default keyboard is different for every brand. Samsung's TouchWiz keyboard is different from the default keyboard on a Motorola (I think they use Google Keyboard).

I just checked, and on it, as well as on Swiftkey, the return/enter key is always present to do what you want. Long press for smileys.

So just install a different keyboard if the default can't do it.

 

Go into your text screen, right click; settings; scroll all the way to the bottom "soft key setting"
...I just figured it out after bitching for a year=)