language input settings disappear

[Makesi]

I own a Samsung Galaxy S III, I bought it 2 days ago.

I live in Shanghai and am good enough at Chinese to buy a local model which was set to Chinese as main operating language. I changed it to English to go faster at learning Android.

In "language and input" I found Samsung Chinese IME that was already there so I kept it. I also setup the Samsung keyboard to English(US) and Fran

 

[chanchan05]

You can try using a different keyboard like Swype. It comes preinstalled in your phone, and its easier to change languages using it,

 

[Makesi]

Hi ChanChan and thanks for your reply.
Swype is not installed in this phone

my model number is GT-I9300
Android version: 4.0.4

 

[chanchan05]

That's odd. Samsung phones almost always have Swype preinstalled. You can get it off their website though. Or you could try one of the many available keyboards on the Market.

 

[Makesi]

I went around the problem by downloading something called "GO Keyboard". It gives me all I need in one single tool. It's a bit of work at installation as you need to download dictionaries for every language but once it's done then this tool works like a charm.