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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Lost my virtual N9 keyboard

I am not sure when but recently I found that my keyboard on the Nokia N9 disappeared! I went to the Web browser and tapped on the location bar only to get no response from the phone. Usually the keyboard will magically appear from below but this time, nothing!


I gave a shout out for some help on Twitter but nothing seemed to work. I uninstalled some recently installed Apps like Swipe Manager and some others and still nothing. Restarted the phone, even tried Settings -> Restore. Nothing. Uninstalled PhoneTorch, ScreenshotMe, FileManager and CameraPro and still nothing.

Under Settings -> Time and Language -> Text Input -> Installed Input Methods needs to have something in there "English UK" for example. I turned off the phone. Left it for 10 seconds and turned it on again and it worked! The keyboard was back! Somewhere in there was the problem.. not sure what did it but I posted this up in case someone else out there lost a keyboard whilst playing with their Nokia N9.

Touch screen devices now mean we can never take the keyboard for granted

@NokiaHelps on Twitter just left this message which may be helpful to someone experiencing the disappearing keyboard:

'Unfortunately not known why virtual kb lost. If still happens, try pressing power button for 8s to reboot'

14 comments:

  1. marratjOctober 13, 2011 at 12:41 AM

    "Reboot tut gut" as we say in German :-D

    (reboot is doing you good)

    However, this comes from Windows times...

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  2. MeOctober 13, 2011 at 1:15 AM

    haha interesting, welcome my German friend :)

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  3. AnonymousNovember 3, 2011 at 9:35 AM

    Thanks for this! I had the same issue. I went into Settings -> Text and Lang -> Text Input and noticed that the the Installed Input Methods was magically empty (no idea why). Added the english keyboard, rebooted and everything was working again.

    Thanks for this post.. Saved me today!

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  4. AnonymousNovember 17, 2011 at 2:53 PM

    Thanks for your help! I had the same problem of the keyboard disappearing.I kind of panicked, then found this blog.Did what you stated and it worked.
    Thanks again:)

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  5. AnonymousMarch 10, 2012 at 5:38 AM

    all fine and well but if you have enabled a security code you can't get past it to re-enable the keyboard...

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  6. Sérgio GonçalvesApril 5, 2012 at 9:22 AM

    I can´t add new input methods... I'm desperating... can't get the keyboard

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  7. AnonymousAugust 9, 2012 at 11:48 PM

    high guys i downloaded the tweak programme to make me fonts bigger and now have no keyboard any idea as how to get me keyboard back any suggestions,,thanks,,steve

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  8. MeAugust 10, 2012 at 12:01 AM

    did u try the instructions above?

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  9. AnonymousAugust 10, 2012 at 12:17 AM

    yep,it tells me mi have uninstalled all keyboards????

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  10. AnonymousAugust 10, 2012 at 12:40 AM

    ive rebooted 3 times,,reset it twice changed language settings,,turned off developer mode still nothing

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  11. AnonymousAugust 11, 2012 at 3:22 PM

    now it wont even turn on ,yellow triangle error,,only see on screen flashin white light in bottom corner wen charging,

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  12. AnonymousFebruary 9, 2013 at 9:15 PM

    I solved this problem by removing "quick voice input record"

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  13. AnonymousFebruary 10, 2013 at 5:29 AM

    Same problem, but n) blocked, so I can't input my passwd.

    how can I reset phone?

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  14. UnknownJuly 10, 2013 at 11:32 AM

    hi! i have a problem in my keyboard, i changed the keyboard input text format to english mode but my password was in persian date format as 7/11/1378 (the degigts are in persian or indian format) now how can i change the keyboard or skip the password phase.
    thanks if any one can help me.

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