3x4 keyboard missing on Android

[Pawnless Endgame]

I'm pulling my hair out on this one. I got my Sammy Galaxy a year ago, with Android OS v2.1. As far as I'm aware, it has stayed the same version, with no sneakily updates running in the background. When writing texts, I have always been able to switch between 3x4 and Qwerty keyboards. As I'm registered partially sighted, I work much easier when I see 12 buttons on the screen instead of 26 smaller ones. In fact, Qwerty is almost unusable to me and so I really want 3x4 back. Normally, there was a cog button and if you long-clicked it, it gave you the keyboard layout options. What it does now instead is give me a tutorial on 'Swype'. If I go into Android settings, most of its keyboard options there have also been replaced by Swype. I did Google it but its answers only seem to relate to a later OS version than mine. I searched 3x4 on OcUK here too but no hits. Any tips much appreciated.

Time-wise, it happened yesterday, like the flick of a lightswitch and appears to be irreversible. It also happened to one of my mate's Android phones, so I'm beginning it was afterall some OS update installed behind our backs.

 

[brummie]

Where you normally type in any text 'press and long hold' and an option will pop up. Select input and then select the samsung keyboard. Failing that i can resend you the samsung keyboard app.

 

[Pawnless Endgame]

Ahhhhhhhh, that worked a treat! Thanks Brummie I must had long-clicked it before by accident.