can't access or delete private space

Soundblaster

I can't access the settings for private space or private space because they ask for a pin... but there is no keyboard that pops up to type with. Can't take screenshots to show

Fay_Wilmont

Did you uninstall the system keyboard? Does a physical keyboard work?

Soundblaster

Fay_Wilmont update: I managed to delete the private space with the reset settings but when I reinstalled it face the same issue, while using stock keyboard. I could try physical keyboard but its not a solution

de0u

Soundblaster Are any keyboard apps installed other than the regular GrapheneOS keyboard?

Soundblaster

de0u yes, but I tried disabling them and it didn't help

JustBeginnez

Soundblaster
Which keyboard is toggled on?
Settings->System->Keyboard->On-screen keyboard

de0u

Soundblaster I tried disabling them and it didn't help

I would consider removing one, rebooting, and trying again, repeatedly until (hopefully) the issue goes away. Then (hopefully) adding back some or all of them won't disrupt things.

It's even possible that there is a problem if the total number of installed keyboards is above some level. How many are installed at present?

pixel8don

I have the exact same issue. Uninstalled all 3rd party keyboards, and still get the same issue.
Click to unlock private space, keyboard opens for a split second then disappears. Same issue for workspace when i go to lock then unlock it.

Fay_Wilmont

@Soundblaster @pixel8don

What happens when you rotate your device while screen rotation (Settings > Display > Auto-rotate screen and Home settings > Allow home screen rotation) is on?

What happens when you try unlocking from Settings > Security & privacy > Private space while running it in split screen with another app that can use the keyboard, after first using the keyboard in that app?

Do you have Developer Options enabled?

Are you using any automation apps or accessibility services?

Fay_Wilmont

Another report, from 3 days after this topic was opened:

For a while I had the issue of my keyboard not showing when trying to type something within the notification panel (e.g. replying within notification, typing WiFi password within wifi quick tile). But now I also have the same issue when trying to access the private space and I need to type my password for it. The text fields are moved up as if there was a keyboard but nothing is visible, not even an empty overlay. Connecting a physical keyboard works. Using the AOSP Keyboard doesn't work either.

https://github.com/GrapheneOS/os-issue-tracker/issues/6111

Fay_Wilmont

I was able to reproduce the issue of not having a keyboard to type the private space password after booting into safe mode while a third party keyboard was active. The system won't load the third party keyboard because the app providing it is disabled in safe mode, and the system keyboard isn't shown either, resulting in no way to input the password. This also makes it impossible to unlock your phone at all when you use a password on your main account by the way:
https://github.com/GrapheneOS/os-issue-tracker/issues/4662

Also, when the AOSP keyboard is active in safe mode, the keyboard switch icon on it lets you (try to) switch to the disabled third party keyboard while on an unlock screen, resulting in the same situation. It's a bit of a mess...

So another option is that the system somehow tries to load a non-existing or inaccessible keyboard. Outside of safe mode, when I set the default input method to a bogus value through ADB with settings put secure default_input_method bogus, no keyboard shows up anywhere you'd normally use a keyboard. The only way I found to resolve this through the regular user interface is adding or switching to another system language.

Does changing your system language resolve the issue?