# Ota: Missing keyboard on decryption prompt (a5y17lte) **URL:** \ **Category:** System and Apps\ **Tags:** SamsungA5\ **Created:** [19 April 2026 15:48 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/ota-missing-keyboard-on-decryption-prompt-a5y17lte/8066 "2026-04-19T15:48:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![r01](https://community.iode.tech/user_avatar/community.iode.tech/r01/32/2565_2.png) [@r01](https://community.iode.tech/u/r01)\ **Post date:** [19 April 2026 15:48 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/ota-missing-keyboard-on-decryption-prompt-a5y17lte/8066/1 "2026-04-19T15:48:49Z")
Hello, By initializing encryption on my A5, I came across the same issue as [S9 update 2.6 -\> 2.7: virtual keyboard missing for unlock the encryption · Issue #26 · iodeOS/ota · GitHub](https://github.com/iodeOS/ota/issues/26) which has been fixed for Samsung S9, but not for A5 (since nobody seemed to complain about it at the time). I was initially on an old iodé release from 2022 (I don’t remember which unfortunately), and plugging a USB keyboard worked. Then I upgraded to iode-2.8-20221121, hoping that the issue would be fixed since the hotfix for S9 devices had been released the month before. Unfortunately, it only made things worse: the USB keyboard stopped to work. With twrp recovery I was able to decrypt the partition, erase it and write it in clear, and from userland I upgraded to the latest version available for my A5 (unfortunately I don’t remember which version too). But at the next reboot my phone remembered that I asked it to initialize encryption. It encrypted everything without any apparent issue just like the first time, and then I had the same issue: no keyboard, USB keyboard doesn’t seem to be recognized. I must add that while I was in userland, I tried going to settings-\>apps-\>keyboard-\>erase data (since that was recommended on some forums), twice (after successfully plugging in my keyboard when I was on the old iodé version; and after decrypting the data partition). Thank you for having taken the time to read this issue, and thanks for the wonderful job you do on iodé. PS: I have created [an issue on github](https://github.com/iodeOS/ota/issues/84) ---
**Author:** ![rik](https://community.iode.tech/user_avatar/community.iode.tech/rik/32/1437_2.png) [@rik](https://community.iode.tech/u/rik)\ **Post date:** [20 April 2026 17:14 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/ota-missing-keyboard-on-decryption-prompt-a5y17lte/8066/2 "2026-04-20T17:14:53Z")
> [@r01](#): > > PS: I have created [an issue on github](https://github.com/iodeOS/ota/issues/84) I need to make sure the team disables their github repos, they have not been used for multiple years. We now have [https://gitlab.iode.tech](https://gitlab.iode.tech) for development and issue tracking but it is not open to public registration, instead creating a post here on the forum is how to flag an issue so you are in the right place. To your specific issue, I created a gitlab tracker for it: [Samsung S5: keybaord not showing for decryption prompt (#81) · Issues · ota / issue-tracker · GitLab](https://gitlab.iode.tech/ota/issue-tracker/-/work_items/81) ---
**Author:** ![rik](https://community.iode.tech/user_avatar/community.iode.tech/rik/32/1437_2.png) [@rik](https://community.iode.tech/u/rik)\ **Post date:** [22 April 2026 15:04 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/ota-missing-keyboard-on-decryption-prompt-a5y17lte/8066/3 "2026-04-22T15:04:45Z")
A post was split to a new topic: [Issue Tracker Board](https://community.iode.tech/t/issue-tracker-board/8075) ---
**Author:** ![rik](https://community.iode.tech/user_avatar/community.iode.tech/rik/32/1437_2.png) [@rik](https://community.iode.tech/u/rik)\ **Post date:** [24 April 2026 16:43 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/ota-missing-keyboard-on-decryption-prompt-a5y17lte/8066/4 "2026-04-24T16:43:33Z")
I believe your device is the A5 as you mention `a5y17lte`, but in your post several time it is referred to as a S5, I hope you don’t mind I am going to edit your post to clarify that as our developer got confused if you meant a S5e tablet instead 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![r01](https://community.iode.tech/user_avatar/community.iode.tech/r01/32/2565_2.png) [@r01](https://community.iode.tech/u/r01)\ **Post date:** [24 April 2026 17:07 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/ota-missing-keyboard-on-decryption-prompt-a5y17lte/8066/5 "2026-04-24T17:07:58Z")
Yep I meant a `A5` sorry!! Thanks ---
**Author:** ![rik](https://community.iode.tech/user_avatar/community.iode.tech/rik/32/1437_2.png) [@rik](https://community.iode.tech/u/rik)\ **Post date:** [24 April 2026 17:22 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/ota-missing-keyboard-on-decryption-prompt-a5y17lte/8066/6 "2026-04-24T17:22:11Z")
Shows how much of a “know nothing” I am about Samsung devices 🙂 As they don’t support VoLTE they are essentially “dead to me” as the USA hasn’t had 3G since 2022.