Phone will only type one letter in text message

[cbay2222]

The last time I was using my phone I was deleting words from my user dictionary.  I realized my phone was dying so I pushed delete and instead of the ones I had selected being deleted, the entire dictionary was just replaced with only three letter words, with about 4-7 copies of each word (this may be a separate problem).  Then I saw the option to calibrate the keyboard, I started doing this and the phone died in the middle of it.  I don't know if any of this has anything to too with my problem but....

When I plugged in the phone I couldn't text.  the phone will type only one letter and then freeze.  I can exit to the home screen but the keyboard remains on screen.  the phone types normally everywhere but in the messaging box.  also I can receive texts fine, and was told by someone that my phone had sent random texts from a month ago when it turned off and on. 

Can anyone give any insight to my problem(s)?  it is greatly appreciated.

[Wildman]

Try installing Smart Keyboard and see if the issue is there with another keyboard... https://market.android.com/details?id=net.cdeguet.smartkeyboardtrial&feature=search_result

[cbay2222]

adn what if i'd rather stay with the original keyboard? is there a way to uninstall or do something else to it to get it to work?

[cbay2222 · Accepted solution]

cleared data from the touch input app, worked.