Samsung Predictive Text

[KARL]

I truly cannot stand predictive text and for some reason my Samsung GT E2120 has decided to take over and not allow me to write even a single word of text of my own choosing. Does anyone know how to get back to selecting individual letters and symbols ?

[Buenchico]

Depending upon the operating system installed on your Samsung phone, one of the following routes should allow you to access the option to disable predictive text:

Settings > General Management > Language and Input > On-screen Keyboard > Samsung Keyboard > Smart Typing

OR
Settings > General management > Language and input > On-screen keyboard > Predictive text

OR
Settings > Language and input > Samsung Keyboard > Predictive text

[KARL]

Thank you Chris, but I think you may be assuming a smartphone and I should have mentioned that this is just a simple phone (google image GT E2120). There is no access to a keyboard control and the user manual doesn't even mention predictive text. For no reason I can fathom the problem I had has disappeared as mysteriously as it appeared, which makes me very uneasy - I need to know how to tame the beast.

[Fitzer]

Pressing and holding the hash key # switches the T9 predictive text on and off

[Buenchico]

It looks like you'll have to experiment with the 'Menu' options by following these generic instructions from the user manual:
https://ibb.co/MS10LFW

Unhelpfully though, they say to press 'Menu', even though there's no button labelled as such! It looks like it might mean the 'outer ring' bit to me though:
https://ibb.co/w09P289

Good luck!

[Buenchico]

As Fitzer suggests, it might be worth seeing what the # key can do for you. It certainly works with the Nokia 3310, which is about as basic as a phone can get (and not too dissimilar to your Samsung phone):
https://ibb.co/kBpsBGC

[Fitzer]

I got that from the E2120 manual on the Samsung website :-)

[KARL]

Thanks guys, will try the # if I get stuck again.

[Naheed]

It is very easy to turn off the predictive text on any mobile. Just to go settings and then tap on Language and input. Now tap on the Samsung Keyboard > Predictive text and turn it off.