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Android no on screen keybord ( only voice )

I have a Huawei P9.

  • I unlocked the bootloader :

    fastboot oem unlock CODE

  • and I installed custom recovery :

    fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.1.0-0-frd.img

  • I restored the phone to factory settings from phone settings and , from TWRP , wiped the cache and maybe something else( not sure what check boxes were selected ).

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I am stuck at initial screens where I need to enter Wifi password and Google email with no keyboard. I only have the voice option when I click on an input box :

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I can't get pass it and install the keyboard with :

adb install keybord.apk

I also reinstated Android 7 ( the same problem persists )

UPDATE.APP in dload folder in SD card

I tried reinstalling stock ROM but can't because bootloader is locked at the moment. ( locked it back at one of the intermediate restarts )

What happened ?

Would an external keyboard work ? What other solutions are there ?

Solution

  • Boot into recovery then mount system and open file manager (in the recovery).

    Then search for keyboard files in /system/app or /system/priv-app. If they are not there then download the APK and put in the /system/app/<keyboard package name>/apk directory.