Phone number pad will not display during calls

[anoldbaldguy]

I have an old nexus5x that I have been nursing along. Running 8.1.0.

After a phone call is established, the phone application will not show the numeric dialpad when the keypad button is pressed.
The dialpad will show and allow me to make a call, but pressing the keypad button once a call is initiated (to dial meeting ID's in conference calls, or to navigate a phone tree for example)
This is not a proximity sensor issue - screen shows fine, keypad button lights and stays lit but numbers dont appear on the screen.
All other buttons (speaker/phone, mute, add call, hang up) all function fine.

I have cleared phone app cache and data.
I have cleared the device cache (recovery mode) and restarted.
Still no joy.

Can I de-reinstall the actual phone app?

Thanks,
Old bald guy mike

 

[anoldbaldguy]

Fixed by uninstalling updates and rolling back to factory original.
Undesired resolution, but it worked.
If anyone knows of another way please let me know.

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! It's a bug with the latest Phone app update: https://www.androidauthority.com/google-dialer-bug-1065070/. Wait a bit for Google to patch it.