Why won't my keyboard appear?

[AC Question]

I have a S3 and I will honestly say that it has been abused...about a day ago, the keyboard stopped appearing. I would tap a text box to type and it is as if the phone doesn't register that I want the keyboard. I have tried restarting my phone umpteen times with no luck and when I go to settings>app manager>running>Samsung keyboard>settings, the check box for the keyboard is checked, but shaded. I've tried going into the settings for the keyboard, but nothing happens. All help is greatly appreciated!

 

[belodion]

Have you tried a Cache Partition wipe?

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[Golfdriver97]

Welcome to the forums. You can also try a reboot, or on a PC downloading a different keyboard from Play.

 

[Lance McHatton]

Same thing was just happening on my daughter's Galaxy S4. She was using the Swype keyboard that was native to the phone. I ended up having to swing it to Samsung keyboard. Swype keyboard just won't work right now. I know they're having vulnerability issues with keyboards so maybe that's it. I'm thinking I'll give them a week or two to fix those problems and maybe the "ain't showing up" problems will also be fixed. Maybe they just disabled it for now.