@drwho My experience w/ a different Samsung device was that ... rooting was extraordinarily difficult.

Again: Samsung are on my Never Buy MotherfuckingEver list, across multiple product lines.

#FuckSamsung

@AdrianooFigooo Each product has utterly and completely failed to meet expectations.

Electronics loaded with crap, locked down, and nonextensible.

Appliances delivered DOA MULTIPLE TIMES, and falling apart within a few years. This for products which should last 15--20 years minimum.

Absolute shit support in all cases.

And far too many others with similar reports. There was a thread on HN a ways back I could hunt down should you be interested.

@Natanox

#Samsung #FuckSamsung

@Natanox Samsung are on my Never Buy NeverFuckingEver due to repeated disappointments across multiple product lines: mobile electronics, household appliances, desktop peripherals.

#Samsung #FuckSamsung

And one full factory reset later, it crashes as soon as it's finished pulling me through the setup screens.

OK.

Time for a new phone.

#FuckAndroid #FuckSamsung

@temporal Solved.

So ... one might think that the way to keep a keyboard from trying to choose from amongst several possible language options would be to assign it one and only one option.

One would be wrong.

Solution for a Samsung Android v 5 device

(Given that no two Android device interfaces are the same, Your Mileage Will Fucking Vary. This works for me, for now.)

Settings -> Language and Input -> Physical Keyboard (select your keyboard's description) > Set Keyboard Type

Ensure that NO LANGUAGES ARE SELECTED. Then back out of settings.

Typing <shift>+<space> no longer pops up the language toggle nor eats spaces.

#Android #FuckAndroid #FuckSamsung #FuckGoogle #FML #MFW #WTF #WTAF #ICantEven #FixShiftSpaceAndroid