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Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere.

From "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk>
Newsgroups comp.mobile.android
Subject Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere.
Date 2018-11-05 19:29 +0000
Organization 255 software
Message-ID <RRw0jneWoJ4bFwE+@255soft.uk> (permalink)
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In message <051120181414518953%nospam@nospam.invalid>, nospam 
<nospam@nospam.invalid> writes:
[]
>missed that, but he should find out why that doesn't work. sometimes
>the download is delayed for a short time (usually less than an hour at
>the most), and forcing a refresh on the phone will cause anything
>pending to download.

Looks like that was it.
>
>however, there appears to be a much bigger problem going on, since
>there should never be a situation in which there is *no* keyboard at

That's my puzzle. I will admit I tried "crashing" various app.s, 
ignoring the warning that other things might not work if I did that, but 
I'd have expected a power-down cycle of the 'phone ought to restore 
something like the keyboard.

>all. something is clearly wrong, which means sideloading another
>keyboard might not help.

I've now got three keyboards - Swiftkey, simple big, and gboard - all of 
which were loaded as 'Push', no need for sideloading.
>
>> > another option is pair a bluetooth keyboard with the phone.
>>
>>   If he *has* such an animal.
>
>bluetooth keyboards and mice are extremely common, but in the unlikely
>event he does not have one, one can easily be obtained, even if only
>temporarily. certainly he knows someone with one.

I'm not in that sort of relationship with anyone nearby.
[]
>however, as i said before, it looks like there's a bigger problem.
>
>these threads might help:
><https://forums.androidcentral.com/droid-razr-m/378992-keyboard-disappea
>red.html>
>  I ended up tapping the Play Store, tapping the "speech to text"
>  microphone, speaking "Keyboard", and I ended up downloading
>  Google keyboard.

Got that.
>
><https://forums.androidcentral.com/moto-e-2014/533175-keyboard-disappear
>ed-going-language-input-crashes-settings-how-can-i-fix.html>
>  The keyboard is disabled. I just fixed this problem. Go to Settings >
>  Apps > Disabled. Swipe to the left to get to the disabled tab. There
>  you should find the keyboard disabled. Tap on it to enable it.

No sign of original built-in keyboard there. The only keyboards I have 
are the three I've installed (via the PC) as app.s.

(Obviously, I'm unlikely to keep all three of those - I'll decide which 
I like best. Presently a toss-up between Simple Big - because of its 
sensible size - and Swiftkey. [Even Simple Big seems to be doing some 
prediction, so maybe that function is separate from the keyboard itself, 
since I can't see 64K holding much of a dictionary.])
-- 
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

"This situation absolutely requires a really futile and stoopid gesture be done
on somebody's part." "We're just the guys to do it." Eric "Otter" Stratton (Tim
Matheson) and John "Bluto" Blutarsky (John Belushi) - N. L's Animal House
(1978)

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No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-10-28 16:37 +0000
  Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> - 2018-10-28 09:57 -0700
    Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-10-28 18:03 +0000
      Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> - 2018-10-28 11:44 -0700
        Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2018-10-30 07:41 -0400
  Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2018-10-28 17:46 +0000
    Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-10-28 18:09 +0000
      Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2018-10-28 18:33 +0000
        Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-10-28 18:44 +0000
          Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2018-10-28 19:12 +0000
            Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-10-28 20:48 +0000
              Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2018-10-29 22:21 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-10-30 01:02 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2018-10-30 12:22 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-10-30 15:41 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2018-10-30 18:02 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-10-30 18:37 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2018-10-30 18:46 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-10-30 19:00 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2018-10-30 19:07 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-10-31 10:19 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2018-10-31 10:29 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-10-31 10:39 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2018-10-31 10:43 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-10-31 11:11 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2018-10-31 11:27 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-10-31 11:40 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2018-10-30 18:25 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-10-30 19:45 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. 123456789 <123456@123456.com> - 2018-10-30 14:17 -0700
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-10-31 10:36 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. 123456789 <123456@123456.com> - 2018-10-31 08:42 -0700
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-10-31 16:55 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-10-31 13:40 -0400
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. 123456789 <123456@123456.com> - 2018-10-31 11:11 -0700
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-10-31 21:13 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. 123456789 <12345@12345.com> - 2018-10-31 15:26 -0700
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-10-31 10:31 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2018-10-31 10:36 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-10-31 10:45 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2018-10-31 10:52 +0000
                general 'phone chat (was: Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere.) "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-10-31 11:14 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-10-31 09:09 -0400
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-10-31 19:00 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-10-31 15:11 -0400
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-10-31 21:18 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. Joe Beanfish <joebeanfish@nospam.duh> - 2018-10-31 13:37 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-10-31 14:49 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. 123456789 <123456@123456.com> - 2018-10-31 08:42 -0700
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. M.L. <me@privacy.invalid> - 2018-11-06 07:07 -0600
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. 123456789 <12345@12345.com> - 2018-11-06 10:33 -0700
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2018-10-31 15:57 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-10-31 18:55 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-10-31 15:11 -0400
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-10-31 21:27 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-10-31 17:58 -0400
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-10-31 22:11 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-10-31 18:25 -0400
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2018-11-01 07:26 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2018-11-01 07:19 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-10-31 21:21 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> - 2018-10-31 14:11 -0700
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-10-31 21:32 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2018-10-31 15:48 +0000
          Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2018-10-28 20:37 +0000
            Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-10-28 21:16 +0000
              Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2018-10-28 21:27 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-10-28 22:26 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> - 2018-10-29 08:19 -0700
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2018-10-29 15:43 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-10-29 12:04 -0400
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-10-29 21:44 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2018-10-30 07:18 +0000
      Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. Mark Blain <mblain2@yahoo.com> - 2018-10-28 19:59 +0000
        Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2018-10-28 20:39 +0000
          Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. Mark Blain <mblain2@yahoo.com> - 2018-10-29 14:04 +0000
            Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-10-29 21:45 +0000
  Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. Joe Beanfish <joebeanfish@nospam.duh> - 2018-10-29 13:28 +0000
    Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-10-29 21:50 +0000
      Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2018-10-30 07:25 +0000
      Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-10-30 17:21 +0000
        Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-10-30 18:44 +0000
          Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-10-30 19:16 +0000
            Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-10-31 11:35 +0000
          Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. Bill <Billaboard@gmail.com> - 2018-10-30 23:54 +0000
            Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-10-31 11:51 +0000
              Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. Bill <Billaboard@gmail.com> - 2018-10-31 16:59 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-10-31 21:37 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-11-03 09:10 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2018-11-03 09:21 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-11-03 09:28 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-11-03 15:38 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. Bill <Billaboard@gmail.com> - 2018-11-03 19:23 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-11-03 20:04 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-11-03 22:39 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-11-04 14:31 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-11-04 20:13 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. 123456789 <12345@12345.com> - 2018-11-04 14:31 -0700
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2018-11-04 14:12 -0800
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. 123456789 <12345@12345.com> - 2018-11-04 16:45 -0700
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-11-05 01:57 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. 123456789 <12345@12345.com> - 2018-11-04 20:02 -0700
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-11-05 10:05 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2018-11-05 08:10 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-11-05 10:07 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-11-05 01:53 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-11-04 21:06 -0400
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-11-05 02:14 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-11-05 15:57 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-11-05 11:04 -0400
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-11-05 18:11 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-11-05 14:14 -0400
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-11-05 19:29 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2018-11-05 16:54 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-11-05 18:11 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2018-11-05 19:14 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-11-05 19:23 +0000
                Re: No keyboard. At all. Anywhere. "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-11-05 18:52 +0000

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