G1 Keyboard typing gibberish

Hate that. You might want to try hitting ctl-z right away. That's the keyboard command for undelete. My guess is that you're using a laptop with a mousepad. If so, you might be touching the mouse pad unknowingly and causing it to select text, then you're deleting it. It can happen so fast you might feel like a magician using slight-of-hand.

Go to any text message or email typing screen. Once the keyboard is loaded, look for the settings icon . Press it and you could see some option saying T9. Just turn it off


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If text changes when you type, it is either the keyboard or the program to which you are addressing your data to. If you use a word processing program, go to that program, open it and type a message. If that message is exactly as you want, no errors, etc; then the keyboard is fine. You may try and write some material in a word processing program and do a COPY of that data and Paste it into an email message to see if the content is exactly the as you typed it. If it changes, then your Email or Internet application is defective.

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The function key could be damaged or stuck down. If not, try going to Device Manager. Right click on the Keyboard and choose Properties. Click on Update Driver as it might find something. Reboot the computer. If that doesn't work, go to Device Manager, right click on the keyboard, choose Uninstall, and reboot the computer. When it starts up and sees the keyboard and loads a driver(s) for it, it might fix it. Good luck.

yes if u have phone isnurance send it in for a fix if not call and have it placed upon your phone call them back and then telll them the problem and send it in for a free fix

my blackberyy did that a few times, take the battery out for like 5 mins then try again

touch the START menu on the top left of your screen, touch on MESSAGING, select SMS/MMS account by touching, that will take you to your inbox. then just touch the MENU on bottom right of screen and select NEW... then touch SMS. It will ask you to add contact 1st. then touch screen where text goes till curser appears then type either by keyboard buttons or middle bottom of screen if you touch a electronic version of keyboard will appear you can use stylis to type on screen keyboard. Then bottom left of screen hit SEND. message sent message will come on screen when msg sent.... Goodluck

Try the FN and num lk ey together the coloured blue then try typing again.