I have a touch of course use at your own risk.. if you phone bricks blah blah blah..... this will uninstall and reinstall without hard reset.. it worked for me...
changes the touch keypad to the big 40 key keyboard but disables the T9 and prediction
https://home.comcast.net/~codyppc/CodyPPC_40_key.cab
I have tried every keyboard and tap this is my favorite... no thanks to me codyppc did all the work