Keyboard is Missing When Trying to Type

Symptoms

  • Keyboard never shows when trying to type
  • Have to speak to enter in information
  • Gboard app is disabled

Environment

Resolution

On a 1.0 and 2.0 phone:

  1. Open the Settings app
  2. Tap Apps
  3. Swipe over to DISABLED
  4. Tap on Gboard
  5. Tap on Enable

On a 3.0 phone:

  1. Open the Settings app
  2. Tap Apps & notifications
  3. Tap See all [number] apps
  4. Tap the down arrow next to All apps
  5. Tap DISABLED
  6. Tap Gboard
  7. Tap Enable

Cause

By disabling the Gboard app, you also disable the keyboard itself.

Additional Notes

You may also need to update the Gboard app via the Play Store to get it to work correctly. 


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