diff --git a/src/gui/views/input/edit.rs b/src/gui/views/input/edit.rs
index f2c0619..9e949c2 100644
--- a/src/gui/views/input/edit.rs
+++ b/src/gui/views/input/edit.rs
@@ -78,7 +78,13 @@ impl TextEdit {
 			scan_pressed: false,
 			enter_pressed: false,
 			numeric: false,
-			no_soft_keyboard: is_android(),
+			// Goblin uses each platform's NATIVE input everywhere: the Android
+			// soft keyboard via JNI on Android, the physical keyboard on desktop.
+			// Upstream Grim only suppresses its own on-screen keyboard on Android
+			// (`is_android()`) and pops it on desktop — which looked out of place
+			// in Goblin's wallet flows and competed with physical typing. Suppress
+			// it on every platform; native text entry still works.
+			no_soft_keyboard: true,
 			hint: None,
 			text_color: None,
 			body_font: false,
diff --git a/src/nostr/client.rs b/src/nostr/client.rs
index 2c0519e..c114cb4 100644
--- a/src/nostr/client.rs
+++ b/src/nostr/client.rs
@@ -517,6 +517,24 @@ async fn run_service(svc: Arc<NostrService>, wallet: Wallet) {
 			warn!("nostr: add relay {relay} failed: {e}");
 		}
 	}
+	// Wait for the bundled Nym sidecar to be listening before dialing relays.
+	// `warm_up()` starts it at launch, but a fast wallet-open can beat the cold
+	// mixnet bootstrap — and dialing relays before :1080 is up makes every relay
+	// fail and drop into nostr-sdk's (backing-off) reconnect, so the wallet sits
+	// on "Connecting…" long after the mixnet is actually ready. Once the sidecar
+	// is warm this returns immediately.
+	for i in 0..60u32 {
+		if nym_socks_ready().await {
+			if i > 0 {
+				info!(
+					"nostr: Nym sidecar ready after ~{}ms, dialing relays",
+					i * 500
+				);
+			}
+			break;
+		}
+		tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(500)).await;
+	}
 	client.connect().await;
 	{
 		let mut w_client = svc.client.write();
@@ -612,6 +630,19 @@ async fn run_service(svc: Arc<NostrService>, wallet: Wallet) {
 	client.disconnect().await;
 }
 
+/// Quick, non-blocking check that the Nym SOCKS5 sidecar is accepting
+/// connections on its loopback port (i.e. the mixnet is ready to carry traffic).
+async fn nym_socks_ready() -> bool {
+	matches!(
+		tokio::time::timeout(
+			Duration::from_millis(500),
+			tokio::net::TcpStream::connect(crate::nym::socks5_addr()),
+		)
+		.await,
+		Ok(Ok(_))
+	)
+}
+
 /// True when at least one relay has completed its handshake.
 async fn relays_connected(client: &Client) -> bool {
 	client