Enter Text 
You can type on your phone using one of the 
available touch screen keyboards or Google 
voice typing. 
Touch Screen Keyboards 
Your phone offers you a choice of two touch 
screen keyboards for entering text. The 
keyboard appears automatically onscreen 
when you touch a text entry field, and they 
can be used in either portrait or landscape 
mode. 
  NOTE: 
Along with the preloaded keyboards, you can 
download additional keyboard options from 
Google Play Store. See Find and Install an 
App on page 42. 
To change the input method: 
1. Touch a text entry field, so that a 
keyboard displays on the screen.
2. Slide the status bar down and touch 
Choose input method.
3. Select an available input method.
To enable or disable the input methods: 
1.  From the home screen, touch    > 
Settings  > Language & input.
2. In the KEYBOARD & INPUT METHODS
section, check or uncheck an input
method to enable or disable it. Some input
methods may not be disabled.
Google Keyboard 
The Google keyboard offers a layout similar 
to a desktop computer keyboard. Turn the 
phone sideways and the keyboard will 
change to a larger layout as the phone 
switches to the landscape display.