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    From micky@21:1/5 to All on Sun Nov 10 14:46:00 2024
    On a previous phone, a friend who is out of the country now fixed it so
    the keyboard at the bottom showed numbers all the time. he did it so
    fast I don't know what he did, but I didn't have to tap to get the
    number keyboard** and then tap again to get letters.

    How do I do this now?

    **A difficult tap it was for some reason. I'd have to tap 3 or 4 times
    for it to work. The phone doesn't generally have this problem and I got
    an app that tests each pixel of the screen for tappability, and it
    passed 100%. Yet tapping for the number keyboard almost never works on
    the first or even second time. Why would that be?

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  • From Frank Slootweg@21:1/5 to micky on Sun Nov 10 20:48:07 2024
    micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:
    On a previous phone, a friend who is out of the country now fixed it so
    the keyboard at the bottom showed numbers all the time. he did it so
    fast I don't know what he did, but I didn't have to tap to get the
    number keyboard** and then tap again to get letters.

    How do I do this now?

    As always, this depends on the brand, model and Android version and in
    this case it also depend on the (software) type of keyboard.

    That said, for my phone (Samsung Galaxy A51 Android 13 with Samsung
    Keyboard) the relevant setting is in the 'Layout' part of the keyboard
    settings [1]. The relevant switch is 'Number keys'. When off, there's no
    row of (1 to 0) number keys. When on, there is.

    But hopefully simpler: When my keyboard is shown, there is a settings
    icon (cog-wheel) on the top row of the keyboard, which directly brings
    you to the keyboard settings and hence to 'Layout'.

    **A difficult tap it was for some reason. I'd have to tap 3 or 4 times
    for it to work. The phone doesn't generally have this problem and I got
    an app that tests each pixel of the screen for tappability, and it
    passed 100%. Yet tapping for the number keyboard almost never works on
    the first or even second time. Why would that be?

    [1] Settings -> General management/Language and keyboard * Date and time
    Samsung Keyboard settings

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  • From micky@21:1/5 to this@ddress.is.invalid on Sun Nov 10 16:13:07 2024
    In comp.mobile.android, on 10 Nov 2024 20:48:07 GMT, Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote:

    micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:
    On a previous phone, a friend who is out of the country now fixed it so
    the keyboard at the bottom showed numbers all the time. he did it so
    fast I don't know what he did, but I didn't have to tap to get the
    number keyboard** and then tap again to get letters.

    How do I do this now?

    As always, this depends on the brand, model and Android version and in
    this case it also depend on the (software) type of keyboard.

    Yes, of course. I say that but I guess I forgot. At the time I think I
    had a Blu phone so even if I'd seen what he'd done, it might not have
    helped.

    (I was up in my unfinished attic just now and found 3 things I forgot to
    do, months ago.)

    That said, for my phone (Samsung Galaxy A51 Android 13 with Samsung
    Keyboard) the relevant setting is in the 'Layout' part of the keyboard >settings [1]. The relevant switch is 'Number keys'. When off, there's no
    row of (1 to 0) number keys. When on, there is.

    But hopefully simpler: When my keyboard is shown, there is a settings
    icon (cog-wheel) on the top row of the keyboard, which directly brings
    you to the keyboard settings and hence to 'Layout'.

    Yes, something very much like what you said and it's fixed. Hooray,
    should have done this years ago. Thank you.

    **A difficult tap it was for some reason. I'd have to tap 3 or 4 times
    for it to work. The phone doesn't generally have this problem and I got
    an app that tests each pixel of the screen for tappability, and it
    passed 100%. Yet tapping for the number keyboard almost never works on
    the first or even second time. Why would that be?

    [1] Settings -> General management/Language and keyboard * Date and time
    Samsung Keyboard settings

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