faqs

Frequently Asked Questions

Emoji Related
- Q: My emoji looks fine on my device, but why do they look different on my friend’s phone?
  A: This can happen for a few different reasons.
  The keyboard uses the standard Android font. Depending on what version of Android your device is running and what app you are using, the look and color of the emoji will be impacted.
  The type of device your friend has is different than yours. Your friend’s device could be running a different OS version. 
- Q: Why are my emojis different from other apps or iOS?
  A: The keyboard uses the standard Android font. Depending on what version of Android your device is running and what app you are using, the look and color of the emoji will be impacted.
- Q: Why do emojis take up more than one character?
  A: This issue only affects SMS. When sending a standard SMS, an emoji takes up more than one character. This is related to the way the character is coded. If you are seeing your characters per SMS decreasing when using an emoji, it’s because SMS only has a 140 bytes limit.
- Q: Why are my emojis black and white?
  A: The keyboard uses the standard Android font. Depending on what version of Android your device is running and what app you are using, the look and color of the emoji will be impacted. Currently, emojis are only supported by Jellybean and KitKat (Android 4.1 and higher). In Android 4.1, most emoji system fonts are black and white. Android 4.2 and higher versions of Android have a color system emoji font.
Privacy Related
- Q: Does this keyboard collect my personal information like credit card details, passwords, personal messages, etc.?
  A: We understand that you encountered a warning message saying that Kika Keyboard may be able to collect your data. However, this alert appears whenever ANY third-party keyboard is enabled. We are designed not to receive, store, or transmit any sensitive data. Our keyboard is absolutely safe to use.
Others
- Q: I received an alert that a message may be corrupted on a recipient’s device. What should I do?
  A: If you got an alert on your device that says: message may be corrupted on recipient device. Do not send the message because your friend will get a “???“ text message. Follow this tutorial to fix the problem. 
  Step 1: In the Attention message click Cancel.
  Step 2: Go to Messaging, then click Settings. 
  Step 3: Click Input mode. 
  Step 4: Select Automatic. 
  Result: You should be able to send message with regular text instead of “???“ text message.
- Q: Why can’t I see the voice key in keyboard?
  A: Please go to system setting -> language input to check if the “Google Voice Typing“ has been enabled. If not, enable it. Then you can see the voice key in keyboard. If you still can‘t enable the voice key, please check if you disabled the “GOOGLE SEARCH“ app and enable it. Settings > More tab > Application manager > Scroll over to ALL > Scroll down to Google search > Click on it and click on FORCE STOP > If you scroll over to TURN OFF, it shows all apps you disabled > To enable it again > Scroll over to TURN OFF > Find the app and click to turn it on.
- Q: Why does the keyboard switch to a default keyboard after rebooting?
  A: Keyboard switches back after rebooting is a known Android issue. We recommend you running Backup and Sync in the app first. For the solution: > Go under Android System Settings > Backup and reset > Uncheck “Automatic restore.“ Now uninstall and reinstall the app. Be sure to check Automatic restore back after reinstall.
  **Another Alternate SOLUTION** Using ES File Manager 1) Open ES File Manager 2) Click on the menu button of your device 3) Click on “Manager“ 4) Click on “App Manager“ 5) Long press on app you want to extract 6) Click on “backup“ 7) Extracted .apk files will be placed on the “backups“ directory of your SD card Now install this new backup over your existing keyboard. *Should* stay there forever now.
- Q: Why does Kika Keyboard consume so much battery life or occupy so much memory?
  A: After our developers tested the battery and memory consumption, Kika Keyboard is now in the normal range. If you have any additional questions, please feel free to contact us.
- Q: Why don’t my emojis show up normally in some games or messaging apps?
  A: Some games or messaging apps are incompatible with the Kika Keyboard. We are trying to contact those app developers to solve the problem. However, if the Kika Keyboard malfunctions in any of your apps, please let us know.
- Q: Can I turn off Auto-Correct?
  A: Auto-Correct can be turned off on the keyboard menu (top left hand side of the keyboard). In the app settings you can change the intensity of the Auto Correct, under “Advanced Options.”