Problems entering Japanese characters using the Japanese keyboard for Samsung Galaxy S4 Ver 5.01, how can I fix this?

[popstormcandy]

Problems entering Japanese characters using the Japanese keyboard for Samsung Galaxy S4 Ver 5.01

I recently updated my galaxy S4 to version 5.01, but am encountering problems entering Japanese characters.
Before the update, I had no problem, the kanji I wanted would appear in the boxes above the keyboard upon typing and allow me to choose from a choice of word variations.

After updating, I noticed that they did not allow me to enter kanji or katakana as it did not appear in the word-correct boxes. The last hirigana of the text also appeared as romaji and it stayed stubbornly like that. Because of this I am only able to type hirigana and not katakana or kanji. I have tried various ways to fix this, including installing Japanese input plugins and apps and resetting the language imput. However, nothing I installed would appear in my apps folder although present under "applications" in settings.

Is there anyway I can fix this? Will there be an update that supports such Japanese text input?
Thanks

 

[Executoto]

Have the exact same problem/question. Very frustrating!

I recently updated my galaxy S4 to version 5.01, but am encountering problems entering Japanese characters.
Before the update, I had no problem, the kanji I wanted would appear in the boxes above the keyboard upon typing and allow me to choose from a choice of word variations.

After updating, I noticed that they did not allow me to enter kanji or katakana as it did not appear in the word-correct boxes. The last hirigana of the text also appeared as romaji and it stayed stubbornly like that. Because of this I am only able to type hirigana and not katakana or kanji. I have tried various ways to fix this, including installing Japanese input plugins and apps and resetting the language imput. However, nothing I installed would appear in my apps folder although present under "applications" in settings.

Is there anyway I can fix this? Will there be an update that supports such Japanese text input?
Thanks

 

[mmizutab]

Same proble. Solved by downloading Google Japanese input. It's free and it has QWERTY keyboard that lets you type in alphabet.

 

[Michellehfmn]

Same problem, super frustrating. I know the google keyboard but the samsung keyboard should just work. I always use the swipe-version keyboard so the QWERTY is .. well super frustrating.

 

[zcifer]

I too have the same issue and it's annoying as h*ll!

Anyone heard about a solution or a hotfix?

 

[Pengky]

I had the same problem too, but it's fixed already..
Try to reinstall the japanese keyboard..
Good luck..

 

[Sze Ying Loh]

I had the same problem too, but it's fixed already..
Try to reinstall the japanese keyboard..
Good luck..

Thank you! I reinstalled, it worked

 

[Semteex]

Thanks! I reinstalled keayboard and it's working perfect now! )

 

[Aurastorm]

How are you all reinstalling it? All I can do is reset the settings and that didn't do anything

 

[Kattika Zmugen]

How are you all reinstalling it? All I can do is reset the settings and that didn't do anything

Well, go to SETTING > DEVICE > KEYBOARD, then long press at 日本語 and on the bin icon up right corner. This will delete 日本語 from the DOWNLOADED section. After that just redownload 日本語 and it's fixed!

 

[Kattika Zmugen]

> SETTING
> DEVICES
> KEYBOARD
long press on 日本語
bin icon
Redownload 日本語

 

[Eraigames]

> SETTING
> DEVICES
> KEYBOARD
long press on 日本語
bin icon
Redownload 日本語

I have a note 3 and these menu options are not available. How do I reinstall Japanese?

 

[Ccandance]

Go into "Samsung Keyboard" >> Click "Add new languages" >> THEN long-press "日本語"

The option to delete it will come up as long as its box isn't checked.

 

[msureshmewara]

Thank you! I reinstalled, it worked

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