The android keyboard stops functioning whenever I press certain keys
It just happened recently. My Oppo Neo 7 phone’s keyboard would suddenly stop from functioning every time I press the keys found at the bottom, like the space bar or comma or the period. When that happens, I can’t type anything, the last key that I tried to press before the lag gets stuck, and whenever I press the Home button the keyboard is still there. Also the screen will still function, but the keyboard is still visible, and cannot be touched. I searched for possible solutions like downloading a new keyboard theme (which was told to be useful, in one website), or setting the language to English (US), but none worked. I also tried restarting my phone over and over again, but still nothing.
I may have an idea, which is it might be because of low storage. I can’t confirm it because I found nothing on the internet that it might be right. It never happened before, even when everytime I check the internal storage, the remaining space left is 500MB or less, but now it’s at 800MB and it’s definitely happening. I can’t just erase all my files without preparing and without reason.
Any confirmation, ideas, or solutions please?
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Hi @darv_peps ,
Try starting the phone in safe mode and check if the problem is still there.
If is works OK in safe mode, then a downloaded app is the cause of the problem. The trick is to find out which one is the culprit.
by jayeff
This is the only time I heard of Safe Mode, so thank you for your answer, @jayeff . But one small catch before I can do that. I don't think I understand pretty well the first 2 steps. What I did is I held the power button (as of Step 1), then held the Power Off (or Shut Down) option (as of Step 2), but nothing showed up. I kept holding to it for like 10 minutes, and yet I still don't know what to expect.
by Darvee Janus Pepinas