diff --git a/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 099c5388..dfbef0b0 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@
         <activity
             android:launchMode="singleTask"
             android:name=".MainActivity"
-            android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize|stateUnchanged"
-            android:configChanges="orientation|screenSize|smallestScreenSize|screenLayout|keyboard|keyboardHidden|navigation|uiMode|density|locale|layoutDirection|fontScale|colorMode"
+            android:configChanges="orientation|screenSize|smallestScreenSize|screenLayout|uiMode|density|locale|layoutDirection|fontScale|colorMode"
             android:exported="true">
 
             <intent-filter>
diff --git a/src/gui/views/goblin/mod.rs b/src/gui/views/goblin/mod.rs
index 8b466e63..4b70e7a4 100644
--- a/src/gui/views/goblin/mod.rs
+++ b/src/gui/views/goblin/mod.rs
@@ -1734,14 +1734,12 @@ impl GoblinWalletView {
 						.hint_text("https://node.example.com:3413")
 						.text_color(t.surface_text)
 						.body()
-						.soft_keyboard()
 						.ui(ui, &mut self.node_url_input, cb);
 					ui.add_space(8.0);
 					TextEdit::new(egui::Id::from("set_node_secret"))
 						.hint_text("API secret (optional)")
 						.text_color(t.surface_text)
 						.body()
-						.soft_keyboard()
 						.ui(ui, &mut self.node_secret_input, cb);
 				});
 				ui.add_space(10.0);
@@ -1823,7 +1821,6 @@ impl GoblinWalletView {
 						.hint_text("wss://relay.example.com")
 						.text_color(t.surface_text)
 						.body()
-						.soft_keyboard()
 						.ui(ui, &mut self.relay_input, cb);
 				});
 				ui.add_space(10.0);
@@ -2050,7 +2047,6 @@ impl GoblinWalletView {
 							.hint_text("Type RESET")
 							.text_color(t.surface_text)
 							.body()
-							.soft_keyboard()
 							.ui(ui, &mut rotate.reset_input, cb);
 					});
 					ui.add_space(8.0);
@@ -2060,7 +2056,6 @@ impl GoblinWalletView {
 							.password()
 							.text_color(t.surface_text)
 							.body()
-							.soft_keyboard()
 							.ui(ui, &mut rotate.password, cb);
 					});
 					ui.add_space(10.0);
@@ -2222,7 +2217,6 @@ impl GoblinWalletView {
 							.password()
 							.text_color(t.surface_text)
 							.body()
-							.soft_keyboard()
 							.ui(ui, &mut import.nsec, cb);
 					});
 					ui.add_space(8.0);
@@ -2232,7 +2226,6 @@ impl GoblinWalletView {
 							.password()
 							.text_color(t.surface_text)
 							.body()
-							.soft_keyboard()
 							.ui(ui, &mut import.password, cb);
 					});
 					ui.add_space(8.0);
@@ -2242,7 +2235,6 @@ impl GoblinWalletView {
 							.password()
 							.text_color(t.surface_text)
 							.body()
-							.soft_keyboard()
 							.ui(ui, &mut import.backup_password, cb);
 					});
 					ui.add_space(10.0);
@@ -2527,7 +2519,6 @@ impl GoblinWalletView {
 						.hint_text("yourname")
 						.text_color(t.surface_text)
 						.body()
-						.soft_keyboard()
 						.ui(ui, &mut claim.input, cb);
 					if claim.input != before {
 						claim.available = None;
diff --git a/src/gui/views/goblin/onboarding.rs b/src/gui/views/goblin/onboarding.rs
index 3a453f26..018474fd 100644
--- a/src/gui/views/goblin/onboarding.rs
+++ b/src/gui/views/goblin/onboarding.rs
@@ -324,7 +324,6 @@ impl OnboardingContent {
 					.hint_text("https://node.example.com")
 					.text_color(t.surface_text)
 					.body()
-					.soft_keyboard()
 					.ui(ui, &mut self.ext_url, cb);
 			});
 		}
@@ -384,7 +383,6 @@ impl OnboardingContent {
 				.hint_text("Wallet name")
 				.text_color(t.surface_text)
 				.body()
-				.soft_keyboard()
 				.ui(ui, &mut self.name, cb);
 		});
 		ui.add_space(8.0);
@@ -394,7 +392,6 @@ impl OnboardingContent {
 				.password()
 				.text_color(t.surface_text)
 				.body()
-				.soft_keyboard()
 				.ui(ui, &mut self.pass, cb);
 		});
 		ui.add_space(8.0);
@@ -404,7 +401,6 @@ impl OnboardingContent {
 				.password()
 				.text_color(t.surface_text)
 				.body()
-				.soft_keyboard()
 				.ui(ui, &mut self.pass2, cb);
 		});
 		ui.add_space(10.0);
@@ -799,7 +795,6 @@ impl OnboardingContent {
 							.hint_text("yourname")
 							.text_color(t.surface_text)
 							.body()
-							.soft_keyboard()
 							.ui(ui, &mut self.claim.input, cb);
 						if self.claim.input != before {
 							self.claim.available = None;
diff --git a/src/gui/views/goblin/send.rs b/src/gui/views/goblin/send.rs
index b75faeda..858abf4a 100644
--- a/src/gui/views/goblin/send.rs
+++ b/src/gui/views/goblin/send.rs
@@ -288,7 +288,6 @@ impl SendFlow {
 					.hint_text("@handle, npub, or name")
 					.text_color(t.surface_text)
 					.body()
-					.soft_keyboard()
 					.scan_qr();
 				te.ui(ui, &mut search, cb);
 				// scan_qr() already starts the camera on tap.
@@ -793,7 +792,6 @@ impl SendFlow {
 					.hint_text("Add a note…")
 					.text_color(t.surface_text)
 					.body()
-					.soft_keyboard()
 					.ui(ui, &mut self.note, cb);
 				note_focused = ui.ctx().memory(|m| m.has_focus(note_id));
 			});
diff --git a/src/gui/views/input/edit.rs b/src/gui/views/input/edit.rs
index e81a9501..f2c0619b 100644
--- a/src/gui/views/input/edit.rs
+++ b/src/gui/views/input/edit.rs
@@ -222,14 +222,8 @@ impl TextEdit {
 
 					// Reset keyboard state for newly focused.
 					if clicked || self.focus_request {
-						// Only ask for the native IME when this field uses it.
-						// Fields that opt into the on-screen keyboard must not
-						// also trip the (flaky, on some devices aborted) native
-						// soft keyboard.
-						if self.no_soft_keyboard {
-							ui.ctx()
-								.send_viewport_cmd(ViewportCommand::IMEAllowed(true));
-						}
+						ui.ctx()
+							.send_viewport_cmd(ViewportCommand::IMEAllowed(true));
 						KeyboardContent::reset_window_state();
 					}
 
@@ -269,10 +263,7 @@ impl TextEdit {
 		multiline: bool,
 		value: &mut String,
 	) -> bool {
-		// Native IME (Grim's default on Android) feeds LAST_SOFT_KEYBOARD_EVENT;
-		// the on-screen keyboard feeds KeyboardContent. A field using the
-		// on-screen keyboard reads the latter even on Android.
-		let event: Option<KeyboardEvent> = if is_android() && self.no_soft_keyboard {
+		let event: Option<KeyboardEvent> = if is_android() {
 			let mut w_input = LAST_SOFT_KEYBOARD_EVENT.write();
 			w_input.take()
 		} else {
@@ -437,14 +428,6 @@ impl TextEdit {
 		self
 	}
 
-	/// Use the on-screen keyboard on every platform, including Android (where
-	/// the default is the native IME). Reliable when the native keyboard is
-	/// unavailable or aborted by the windowing system.
-	pub fn soft_keyboard(mut self) -> Self {
-		self.no_soft_keyboard = false;
-		self
-	}
-
 	/// Set placeholder text shown when the field is empty.
 	pub fn hint_text(mut self, hint: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
 		self.hint = Some(hint.into());