Iode 5 beta testing: lost access to keyboard. NEED AVICE URGENTLY

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I lost access to a keyboard with IodeOS 5 beta. Versions 28 and 29 Feb.

How can I revert back to Iode 4? Where is the apk stored on my phone? (I did not delete the latest, but cannot find it)

This is FP4

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Maybe go to settings, apps, all apps, openboard and delete data and try again?

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Thanks, but … I cannot afford to delete data. They are important to me.

I need to fall back to Iode 4 until Iode team resolves the issue. How?

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You only delete the appdata of the keyboard… You dont loose any of your data.

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Ah, now I understand what you mean … Just checked: OpenBoard is not around here. Nor is the other keyboard that I used to work with (cannot recall the name).

Through F-Droid I found that OpenBoard is not installed ! Nor any other keyboard …

Done. It’s there, and works again. Thanks for your suggestion that was helping me to find the issue.

Luckily, I had an external keyboard around by means of which I could operate my phone. It might have become a brick …

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Glad its working again!

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OpenBoard was entirely removed from System and HeliBoard is the only keyboard in system (as system app) now

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Then you shouldn’t be beta-tester… :thinking:

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Ah so that’s whats included in the new 5.0 update pushwd today.

Since local install doesnt work on 5.0 either I am gonna have to redownload first.

Is this problem already communicated?

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discussed in matrix and telegram group

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Well, I don’t find HeliBoard in Settings>Apps…

(So, where is it?)

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There was probably something going wrong with your update which uninstalled the old keyboard app but did not install the new one.

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Very weird.
Then it happened twice. First I installed the Feb 28 beta. Result: lost keyboard.
Then I did the Feb 29 update, which gave me no keyboard either.

HeliBoard still not found anywhere …

It seems to me that beta testing is quite relevant (as is an active advisory community) :wink:

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Btw thanks for your headsup!

I downloaded OpenBoard, just to be safe…

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No App
You find it in settings, system, keyboard, onscreen keyboard

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And yes, there are issues at the moment
Eventually when other keyboards are installed.
Discussed this morning in beta Tester group
Investigation is running

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Indeed. it’s there. But switched off. That’s not a good idea of the developers to supply an OS with a keyboard that is disabled.

Would it make sense for me to uninstall OpenBoard, now that I found the HeliBoard?

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v5 is only beta
Everything can happen
We all do it at our own risk

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:smiley:

fair enough

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Worked here without loosing my keyboard preference. It did of course delete all my keyboard settings of openboard which I had to reconfigure. :smiling_face: