my htc desire 626 recently stopped offering an on screen keyboard for all apps. I tried downloading foxfire and the same the . I can only use voice input. Is this a google issue or an HTC issue? There are some websites that only offer text input, so my phone is virtually useless.

 

Short answer problem resolved

Full story: after the OP i began having issues with a pop up requiring me to log into or create a keeper account.whenever I entered a field that requires text input. Keeper is an app that came preloaded on the phone that stores passwords. I have never used it. I went into apps and selected uninstall. It actually uninstalled updates and reversed the app to its factory version. I then went into app settings and disabled keeper. No idea how the two are related.

 

Ultimately keeper did pop up and tell me I needed to register, which is why I knew to look there. Not sure what good Keeper does, since Android saves my passwords automatically. I suspect Keeper app updated and the update is what broke the phone. Is there a way to control what updates are accepted? i get updates regularly and never get an option to decline, so I suspect the update will re-push soon. Hopefully disabling the app under settings->apps will solve the problem permanently. Thanks for your reply.

 

Found it. Turned them off. Never would have thought to look there. Thanks. I assume I will continue to get notifications when updated are available? Dont want to miss critical security updates