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I have a Huawei P9.

  • I unlocked the bootloader :

    fastboot oem unlock CODE

  • and I installed custom recovery :

    fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.1.0-0-frd.img

  • I restored the phone to factory settings from phone settings and , from TWRP , wiped the cache and maybe something else( not sure what check boxes were selected ).

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I am stuck at initial screens where I need to enter Wifi password and Google email with no keyboard. I only have the voice option when I click on an input box :

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I can't get pass it and install the keyboard with :

adb install keybord.apk

I also reinstated Android 7 ( the same problem persists )

UPDATE.APP in dload folder in SD card

I tried reinstalling stock ROM but can't because bootloader is locked at the moment. ( locked it back at one of the intermediate restarts )

What happened ?

Would an external keyboard work ? What other solutions are there ?

doremifasolasido
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    Voting to close as this doesn't have anything to do with programming. This may be appropriate on Android Enthusiasts. – Carcigenicate Apr 05 '17 at 00:20
  • I would say that maybe Android security would be one of the categories I would fit it in. Also the answer may include programing details. I am a developer myself and I am keen to learn anything useful about this situation, at any level. – doremifasolasido Apr 05 '17 at 00:35
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    This is offtopic because you aren't writing software. This isn't a programming problem, it's a general android problem. Please read the site tour to learn what is and isn't ontopic here. – Carcigenicate Apr 05 '17 at 13:57

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External keyboard solved the problem

doremifasolasido
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Enable USB debugging, connect to pc, install necessary drivers and get adb.

Then you can enter the prompt via adb shell and you can there use text input "exampleTextGoesHereToType" and it'll send that output to the device.

Chris Stryczynski
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Boot into recovery then mount system and open file manager (in the recovery).

Then search for keyboard files in /system/app or /system/priv-app. If they are not there then download the APK and put in the /system/app/<keyboard package name>/apk directory.

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