How to use Moto E keyboard?

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• How do I setup 3x4 keyboard in moto e ?

  • Google keyboard does not have this feature. You may have to try some other third-party keyboard apps.

  • Sir, I want ABC, DEF, GHI, JKL... type keyboard how to set up in moto g

    • You need find a 3x4 keyboard in Play store. Google keyboard does not provide 3x4 keyboard.

    • Install but old keyboard from play store and set as default in the settings - >language and input

      • You can set any keyboard as default.

• hello. i m using moto E. pls let me know where is 'Enter' button in keypad? like if someone want to write different lines than where is ENTER button?

  • Google keyboard is smart. It will detect whether a return key is needed. When you want to do a search, it will have search key; when you want to type a quick note, you will get a done key.

    This works most of the time. But sometimes, it may fail to work properly. For example, in some regions, people like to write long sms. They will find there is no return key.

    Anyway, if you cannot find the return key for a new line, it means Google thinks you don't need it.... Your only choice is to use other keyboard. There are quite a lot good keyboard in the Play store.

    • How do you turn the vibration on the key pad off? I'm using a Moto E.

      • In settings -language and input,tap the gear icon next to Google keyboard. Tap preferences. Then you can uncheck vibrate on keypress.

  • Google keyboard has Enter (return). Hit the "Shift" key, you will find it bottom right corner.

    • Thank you for sharing the info.

    • great thanks :)

    • Thanks Naveen

• Hi how r ull I wanted to ask does moto e support Arabic language

  • yes, Moto E supports Arabic language. The Google keyboard also support this language.

    Anyway, you should check it before buying it because the firmware in different regions may be slightly different.

    • How do I shut off this predictive txt its so anoying

      • You can find the answer in last comment.

        Predictive text or auto correction is a keyboard feature. You can turn it off in Settings–language & Input, tap settings icon in the right for Google keyboard, tap text correction. You may turn off Auto correction, and next-word suggestions.

• How can I copy text in moto e?
  Previously this was Woking but corrently not working.

  • Tap and hold ant characters, drag the handler to select more character. Once it's ready, tap the copy button in the top of the screen.

    To paste, tap and hold current input area, tap paste.

• How to inactive the dictionary mode?

  • Do you mean personal dictionary? You can tap the entry, then tap delete icon to remove that entry.

• how can send messages and someones no which is already in contact list

  • In people app, open the contact, there is an message icon to quickly send messages,

    You can also use direct message widget for any specific contacts.

• yes this i know ,but how to send business contact no means i want send one contact no directly to other contact no by messaging.

• How do I add Gujarati, Indian language to my moto e phone? I tried adding fonts but that does not work. Please guide

  • if you cannot find that language, it means it is not supported by the keyboard. You may have to check other third-party keyboard.

• What is third party key board ?

  where is enter key in moto E ???

  • There are many keyboard apps in play store. You may try SwiftKey.

    The enter key may be replaced by emojis of you are typing a message. It will be replaced by search our go button if you are typing web address of the address bar. So, it's context sensitive.

    If you are editing a document or writing an email, the bottom right one usually is enter key. You may tap and hold it to switch to emojis or other options.

  • How do I stop predictive text I'm moto g2

    • Go to settings--language and input, tap the settings icon next to Google keyboard, uncheck "next word suggestion".

• Hi... Dear sir. I am jayant.
  questions is how to see Gujarat language in web site see?
  How can see that plz help
  I can't see that?
  How it solved solve?
  Plz reply me an i waiting your answer.
  Your faithfuly customer

  • Not sure. It probably depends on the website. If the website uses UTF-8, you should have no issues.

    Anyway, I am not familiar with this.

• How do I setup 3×4 keyboard in moto e ?

  • You need install other keyboards from play store. The pre-installed Google keyboard doesn't provide 3x4 keyboard.

• how i change the alarm ring on moto e

  • In clock app, tap the alarm, tap the music symbol, then you can change the alarm tones. You can customize it similarly as ringtones.

• Moto e has many more hidden smileys.my small sis ws typing rubbish in my phone when i accidently discovered a few: ✍ ✆ ♂ ♀ i knw only dese bt i hv seen more pls pls tell me those remaining.bt fr using dese smileys we hav to type in d keyboard like if u type man ull get ♂ dis one so plss let me knw more ♬

• is there any option in MotoE to connect external keyboard like we use in MotoG
  please suggest if its possible in Moto E

  • Yes, you can use most Bluetooth keyboard.

• how to download the telugu language

  • The procedure is covered in this guide.

    If the language is not listed, it means the language is not supported by Google keyboard. You have to use other keyboards that support this language.

• voice search on moto E when offline is not working... i opened google by sliding finger from bottom of screen and said ok google..When it showed speak now i said Some word , it showed cant reach google at this moment.. i have both uk english and usa english loaded.. i wish to get some help from you... ty in ASdvance

  • The offline voice search actually is for voice commands only. What you downloaded are the voice recognition file for offline use when you are offline or your connection is not good.

    If there is no internet connection, Google cannot connect to its server to perform the search.

• I don't want my chatting get auto corrected but can't find any help pls let me know if I can stop auto correct while chatting on WhatsApp or fb and I also m unable to direct save any image I like in fb it download some link in place of the pic pls pls help as I m not very net friendly so can you mail me the solution plss help

  • Settings -- language & input, tap the setting icons next to Google keyboard, tap auto-correction, you can choose Off. The default is modest.

• I don't like using the qwerty keypad. Why doesn't it have option to use the phone keypad????????? Is there a way to do that?

  • I saw on other comments you said go to Google play store

    • In the Play store, there are a few 3*4 keyboards. You can try them. For a touch screen qwerty keyboard normally works better. 3*4 is good for a small physical keyboard.

      Anyway, you may try this one: GO Keyboard (with 3*4 ) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jb.gokeyboard&hl=en

• Hi , i am using Moto E , i have a problem with the keypad , because when i type the letter Q or R it appears as numbers and one alphabet is appearing in capitals and next one is appeared as a lower case . i think there is some problem with keypad. Kindly help

  • Very likely, you tap the keys too slow. The first row of the keys in the keyboard will become numbers (or even more options) if you tap and hold the key.

    You may chekc the settings--accessibility -- touch & hold delay. Set it to Medium.

• Can someone please help me with disabling Predictive text from my MOTO G 2nd Gen.

  • Settings--language & input, tap settings icon for Google keyboard, tap Text correction, you have all options there. You can turn off auto correction of adjust the auto correction levels, or turn off next-word suggestions.

• Hi I am using the Moto X 2nd Gen and I am wondering it there is a setting to turn on suggested emoticons when a word is typed. Ex: "The football game was exciting." On the 1st gen Moto X the word football would be blue and when you thumb over it a suggested football emoticon would appear. This is not a function that I have found on the 2nd Gen... Any help is appreciated.

  • You may try SwiftKey keyboard. It has a emojis prediction feature.

• hello sir, can u help me with the disabling vibration while typing messages??

  • Go to settings - language and input, tap settings icon for Google keyboard, uncheck vibrate on key press.

• When ever I clicks on Personal dictionary in My Googlke Keyboard it shows error dat unfortunately settings have stopped...

  Y so please help!!!!!

  • You may have to reset the Google keyboard at Settings--Apps--Google keyboard. Tap clear data, and clear cache. Then reboot the phone.

• Hi.m a new moto e user...can smone pls guide me on how to switch off predictive text fr Watsapp bbm n other such applications??

  Thanks

  • Predictive text or auto correction is a keyboard feature. You can turn it off in Settings--language & Input, tap seettings icon in the right for Google keyboard, tap text correction. You may turn off Auto correction, and next-word suggestions.

• Hi, I am not able to enter continuous capital letters in my moto e. The shift key in bottom left will allow only 1 capital letter, but I have to enter whole sentence in capital.

  • Tap it twice to lock it.

• Hi how can we edit a number on the dialpad while a call is in progress?

  • If the call is in progress, why do you want to edit the number?

    If you need tape some numbers (like phone banking, or support hotline), you can move the phone away from your ear to wake up the screen (or tap the power key). Then under Hangup (in red background), you can find the icon for dial pad (the first one from left, 10 dots). Tap it to input.

• Hi,
  my Moto G keypad is not getting displayed while typing anything, instead of keypad speaker is getting on.
  In Language & input setting - in default option it shows "Emoji - iWnn IME: instead of US keyboard.

  • You can tap it to change.

    Do you have Google keyboard in the list?

• I want to make a letter capital while using Gesture typing. How do I do it?

  • Double tap (tap twice quickly) the shift key will lock the keyboard to upper case.

• Is there a way to disable the Emojis on the Moto E and use the better and more clear ones from the app? Bc I've tried and isn't working it just goes back to my original crappy Emojis.

  • What app?

    You can try SwiftKey keyboard.

    • I guess what I'm trying to say is I want them to look like the ones on a iPhone or iPod but I dont think it'll work. But i did dwnld SMS Pro and they worked, but in order to do that I have to disable my original messaging and access my contacts through the app SMS Pro to send a text message . And for that I think I have to keep an internet connection...., which I don't want to do all that.
      W/ my iPod all it had to do was access a few things and then simply made its way as an option to my keyboard.

• Hey, I was wondering how to disable the emojiis on my phone. My older sister disabled them on her phone and I don't like the kind of like of emojis I have so I just want to download an app for different emojis. But my question is. "How to disable the emojis on the motorola moto g?"

  • Emojis support is built into the KitKat. You cannot disable it. You can choose not to use it.

• I can receive emojis from a friend (who uses a different phone/network) but am unable to send them myself. When I try, the space where the emoji should be is left blank. The old school smileys work - e.g. :-) :-P - but when I send them they display as little green alien emojis on my friend's phone. Is this fixable?

  • It depends on phones. Some vendors may have a proprietary implementation.

    • What does that mean, exactly?

      • Sorry. It is probably a reply for another comment.

        Try to set the language to English, use Google keyboard and use the stock messaging app.

• How to Store & check Calls In & out

  • All calls (incoming and outgoing) are recorded in call history. You need some third party apps to process these raw data if you need statistics.

• When I go to send a emojj on the text messaging (sms) app it let's me but the person I'm texting can't see them

  • Probably his phone doesn't support emoji.

• My Moto E was set with a password to unlock but due to some reason it is showing "Speak Now Loading" with "Google Mic", now it is not allowing me to unlock....please help

  • Did you install any other keyboard apps?

    You can unlock moto e with your Google account through android device manager from a pc.

• Why can't I use my emojis on my Facebook app?

  • Tap and hold the enter key.

• Hi everyone i have a problem, today i was using my moto E and noticed that the (a, q, caps, 1, @, ~) don't work.
  i dleted the keyboard cache and made a factory reset and it stills the same? what should I do? please answer

  • Did you check the language settings for both the phone and the keyboard? What characters did you get when tapping these keys?

    You can try some other keyboard apps, e.g., SwiftKey.

    Sometimes, a reboot may also solve such strange problems.

• Dear Sir, My new Moto E 2nd gen operate in only double click for open any application. What should I do for Single Click. Please reply as soon as.

  • Did you turn on TalkBack in Settings--Accessibility?

• Other phones offer you to add a custom word while typing. Can the Moto G do this? It is very annoying to have to go to a separate 'special' list each time to add a name or local word. Other phones offer to 'add to dictionary' as you type.

  • You can user personal dictionary for Google keyboard in settings - language and input.

    • Yes but that's not as you type which other phones all seem to offer. E.g. Nokia Lumia, Amazon Fire, they all add as you type and learn to predict better. Not sure if it's Google or Moto to blame but it's a poor system.

      • I guess you probably turned off some setting under text correction for Google keyboard. The Google keyboard actually is quite good in learning your typing habit.

        If you need alternative keyboard, you can try SwiftKey.

• my mote e shows unfortunately, google keyboard has stopped. how to overcome this problem. i can't able to type anything.

  • Reboot the phone (power off and then power on) to see whether the keyboard persists.

• When I send an emoji by text message it doesn't show on my message and the person receiving gets a greyed out speech bubble - how can I rectify this

  • When you tap the emoji, it should be shown in your message. But the recipient may not get it as emoji depending on the phone OS.

• Hi the emoji does not appear on the sent text on my phone and i know the recipient has emoji as i receive these when they reply

  • When typing, do they display normally?

• How can I delete a line of text on Moto E?

  • It's up to the app you are using.

• by mistake, in my mobile moto e 1st gen - input language has been changed to some other language including keyboard, other than english. now i want to restore the english language and what i can do now ?

  • You can guess based on icons. The relative location of the settings are identical for all languages.

• Hi Simon..
  I have a query..
  While texting a message, I wanted to add a word..
  for example 'momos' to my personal dictionary, how do i do that..
  Previously I used to find a prompt "add this to personal dictionary", but now I couldn't find it.

• I was using Personal Dictionary optional shortcut (type in one word and ENTIRE SENTENCE would appear). It was working fine, but will no longer work. I type certain sentences repeatedly and was trying to save time/typing. Any suggestions on what happened, or how to get it working again? The info is still in the phone, I have tried re-entering.

• Sir, how can I change my text colour ...plz guide me sir in changing my keyboard colour..

  • Sir I'm using moto e with kitkat4.4.4V....how to change the font colour..is it possible in moto e??

  • Some third-party keyboards has various themes. You may try SwiftKey keyboard, which is free with many themes.

    Google keyboard does not offer theme options.

• Hi, I have inadvertently disabled the google keyboard option in my Moto E phone. Now, my phone has got locked, to unlock it, i couldn't input my password. Is there any way to get in, without doing a hard reset. Thank you.

• Sir, how to use keyboard moto e USB ,or otg bired .

  • Moto E 1st Gen doesn't support USB OTG. So you can only use Bluetooth keyboard or mouse.

    Moto E 2015 supports OTG.

• How to add the words while typing.... Suddenly the option add to dictionary option disappeared in my mobile.... How I hav to active it

  • Reboot the phone.

  • Can you still get personal dictionary in Settings--language and input--Personal dictionary?

• hi - how can i enable the number lock on the keyboard, instead of always tapping the 123 button, i have the moto x pure edition - thank you

  • You can install other keyboards. Some offer full keyboard.

• I accidentally disabled my google keyboard in settings and now I cannot even unlock my phone. It does not take any keyboard input so I cannot type the password to unlock it. please advise

  • Not sure. But you probably have to reset the phone. You will lose all data that are not backed up.

• Hi Simon,

  This has been raised several times in the thread, but never yet had a full answer - often because people did not give enough detail or did not answer your return question. I hope to get it sorted for myself and all future people with the same issue!

  1. My Daughter now has a Moto E using the Google UK Keyboard.
  2. When she sends an emoji via the default messaging app, it appears in the original message when she types - but after clicking send it leaves a blank space. i.e. it just disappears. This is even when sending nothing but the emoji. In such cases it just sends a blank space.
  3. The recipient (me in this case, using an iPhone 5S on IOS) receives no emoji. I get only a grey speech bubble to show that she has sent an empty text.
  4. Her messaging app shows that she has sent a blank text. The emoji is no longer present.

  My feeling is that it is not just that the iPhone does not recognise the emojis being used (I wondered if the phone recognised that it was sending to an iPhone and made the emoji disappear). When she sends an emoji to my wife - the same thing happens. My wife has a Samsung Galaxy on Android.

  What I can say is that the emoji appears in the line of text when typing - but immediately that you press the send icon, it disappears (and does not send).

  Sending emojis via email is fine.

  Please help.

  Thanks,

  Paul

  • It sounds the problem is not due to keyboard, but very likely due to messaging app.

    What happens if you send the message through Hangouts? In Moto E, you can choose Hangouts as default SMS app.

    In Messaging app, you need make sure the SMS encoding method as "Automatic". Open messaging app, tap menu key (3 vertical dots in top right), tap settings, make sure the encoding method is automatic.

• Sir ,I m a user of moto e I want to change the white display which is very bright at night time in android 5.1 version .

  • White background is part of Google Now. You have to use other launchers if you don't like the white background.

    • Thank you sir.

• I use the MotoX, 2nd gen. I have some words that I "saved" somehow. Example: the word -"because" always comes up as "becuase" as the default, but it is no where in my personal dictionary. I can't seem to find where I can delete this and the other words I have that I don't want. Any suggestions?

  • You just correct it a few times, the keyboard will learn to change.

    • Does the moto e 2nd generation have somewhere where u can stop your keyboard from vibrating when I txt?

      • Yes, of course. It is under Google keyboard settings. In Settings--language & input--Google keyboard--Preferences. Disable "vibrate on keypress" and sound on keypress as well if you wamt.

• to turn off shutter sound in camera is not possible in moto x play after upgraded to marshmallow the company fails to solve the problem so don't upgrade to marshmallow

• Is it possible to draw words with my finger on the moto e phone

  • You can install Google handwriting input app. Then you can write, instead of typing.

• I recently disabled voice search, now touch sounds on one of my game apps doesn't work.

  • They are not related. You should check the settings inside the game.

• Why does my Moto e 3rd gen keyboard only work sometimes on Facebook. I may have to log out and in several times before I can type a comment

  • Not sure about the issue. It can be caused by Facebook app. you can try to update all apps in play store.

• I have just installed the Facebook app and I have no problem leaving a comment using the app the problem happened when logging using a bookmark, I don't really like the app but if I can't comment for hours at a time I may be forced to use it

  • Do you mean you got problems when using a browser to access Facebook? It would be possible because the web version doesn't work well in Android.

• My keyboard turned red, how do I get black and white back? Pure edition

  • You can change Google keyboard theme in Settings - language & input.

• That worked , thanks very much

• Is moto e3 power support one thumb keypad???

  • probably not. You should check whether Moto E3 is listed as supported devices for the keypad.

• I want to change autocorrect settings

  • In keyboard settings, you can disable auto correction.

    • Greetings.. in setting up my Moto g I was given the option between traditional gum drop Android emojis and just standard ones. How do I change find this setting because I want my standard ones as Android gum drops do not as translate well and are outdated in someways. I love my gumdrops but the rest of the Emojis I cannot with. Please help

      • Not sure about that setting.

• Hii Sir...I have Moto E4 Plus...in the google keyboard the pop up option of the letters and numbers is turned on and I cannot find a way to turn off the pop up option...please help me as my phone is not working properly with the pop up option turned on...thanks in advance

  • You can turn off the symbols in Google keyboard (Gboard) settings (Settings - language and input - virtual keyboard - Gboard - preferences - long press for symbols.

• How to get voice typing "telugu" language on moto e

  • Did you find other languages in the list? Google probably doesn't offer this language in voice typing.

• I can't access the text keyboard on my MOTO E as the voice command box won't close down or delete

  • You can disable voice typing key in Google keyboard. You can change Gboard settings in Settings --language & input --virtual keyboard--Gboard--preferences.

    You cna also disable Google voice typing in Manage keyboards.

• On the top line of the of the key board (the "qwerty" line the keys have little numbers above and to the right of the larger character. What are these numbers for? Is there a "second" function"?

  • You can tap and hold (long tap) these keys to use these additional characters.

• Can the Moto e5 go do speech to text offline?

  • Yes, the voices trying can be used
    offline. You can check download the necessarily language pack in the voice typing settings.

• Hello my husband has motog7 and every time he types over every letter there is like a comma

  • Do you mean something like a tail? If yes, it is due to glide typing. You can disable it in Settings --system -- language & input -- virtual keyboard --Gboard --Glide typing. Uncheck Enable glide typing.

• On my Moto E5 Play, how do I pull up a second "symbol" screen that contains the percent symbol? Thank you

  • Tap the key (1234 in one key) left to space key when you are already in the symbol screen.

    Actually, you do not need the second screen to access % and many other symbols. Hold (tap and hold) the . key (right to the space bar) and you can see some frequently used symbols. Without releasing your finger from the screen, move your finger to the desired one, release your finger to use that one. If you get used to it, it is super fast.

• Where is the colon (:) on the moto 5e play keyboard???????

  • Tap "?123" key and you should see it.

• Hi. I have a Moto g7 Optimo Maxx Android 10 phone (Model XT1955DL) . The keyboard is weird. Whenever I try to complete a form, or write an email, the keyboard completely covers the area I'm working in so that I can't see what I'm typing, make changes, etc. It's really annoying and hard to deal with. Many times I have to completely give up filling out a form, because it covers the "submit" area, just won't go away to allow me to hit the submit. As soon as it realizes I'm touching the screen, up comes the darned keyboard. I've never seen anything like it with any other phone I've ever owned (and I'm an old bat, have owned many, many phones going back to the ones that were like bricks! LOL). Completely frustrated!

  I know you said that Samsung phones use the same keyboard, but I've had many Samsungs (as a matter of fact, right now, my other phone is a Samsung A10e) and none of them have EVER done this.

  Also, a weird tab appears at the bottom of the keyboard with a little "baseball diamond" in the center. I tried using that to move the keyboard down the screen but it won't budge downward. Under some conditions it will go up, but that's of no help because my hand and wrist then are covering the form or content I'm trying to type, so I STILL can't see what I'm typing. PLEASE HELP!??

  • Moto G always uses the stock Google keyboard (Gboard). By default, it should hide less than 1/3 of the screen (you can set the size in Settings --System -- Language & input --Virtual keyboard-- Gboard-- preference --Keyboard height). You can scroll up or down the page to see what you typed. And when you tap anywhere outside of the input box, the keyboard should hide automatically.

    I did not fully understand your situation. But there are serval ways to temporarily hide the keyboard when typing (without leaving the input box).

    If you are using navigation gestures, you should see a down arrow button on the left side when you are using the keyboard (as shown below). You can tap the button to hide the keyboard without leaving the input box.
    
    You can also tap the ... button to use the floating keyboard (it seems you already knew it). You can move the keyboard anywhere on the screen. But no part of the keyboard can be moved out of the screen.

    If you are using 3 navigation buttons, the Back button will change direction from left to bottom, as shown below, you can tap it to hide the keyboard.
    

• I visit line forums. But the keyboard doesn't work for m
  making paragraphs.

  • What do you mean by "making paragraphs"? Did the Enter key appear? or does it appear as the N-ext key (-->|)?

• How do I set up all caps on the keyboard?

  • Tap the caps lock key twice.