First, start avd, and then "adb shell" in a terminal, and "ps" to see the following processes:
# ps USER PID PPID VSIZE RSS WCHAN PC NAME root 1 0 296 204 c009a694 0000c93c S /init root 2 0 0 0 c004dea0 00000000 S kthreadd root 3 2 0 0 c003f778 00000000 S ksoftirqd/0 root 4 2 0 0 c004aaf4 00000000 S events/0 root 5 2 0 0 c004aaf4 00000000 S khelper root 6 2 0 0 c004aaf4 00000000 S suspend root 7 2 0 0 c004aaf4 00000000 S kblockd/0 root 8 2 0 0 c004aaf4 00000000 S cqueue root 9 2 0 0 c017bb3c 00000000 S kseriod root 10 2 0 0 c004aaf4 00000000 S kmmcd root 11 2 0 0 c006ecac 00000000 S pdflush root 12 2 0 0 c006ecac 00000000 S pdflush root 13 2 0 0 c007349c 00000000 S kswapd0 root 14 2 0 0 c004aaf4 00000000 S aio/0 root 21 2 0 0 c017933c 00000000 S mtdblockd root 22 2 0 0 c004aaf4 00000000 S hid_compat root 23 2 0 0 c004aaf4 00000000 S rpciod/0 root 24 2 0 0 c018e530 00000000 S mmcqd root 25 1 728 248 c01537e8 afe0c7dc S /system/bin/sh system 26 1 796 260 c019a854 afe0ca7c S /system/bin/ servicemanager root 27 1 832 372 c009a694 afe0cba4 S /system/bin/ vold radio 29 1 5420 548 ffffffff afe0d0ec S /system/bin/ rild root 30 1 81928 15588 c009a694 afe0cba4 S zygote media 31 1 19928 1172 ffffffff afe0ca7c S /system/bin/ mediaserver root 32 1 784 316 c02094ac afe0c7dc S /system/bin/ installd keystore 33 1 1616 268 c01a65e8 afe0d40c S /system/bin/ keystore root 34 1 728 248 c003d444 afe0d6ac S /system/bin/sh root 35 1 824 332 c00b7dd0 afe0d7fc S /system/bin/ qemud root 37 1 3376 184 ffffffff 0000eca4 S /sbin/adbd root 44 34 780 304 c02094ac afe0c7dc S /system/bin/ qemu-props system 64 30 146608 25012 ffffffff afe0ca7c S system_server root 91 37 736 328 c003d444 afe0d6ac S /system/bin/sh app_7 117 30 113904 18624 ffffffff afe0da04 S com.android.inputmethod.pinyin radio 119 30 117944 16796 ffffffff afe0da04 S com.android.phone app_7 145 30 123644 19560 ffffffff afe0da04 S android.process.acore app_3 174 30 103636 15664 ffffffff afe0da04 S android.process.media app_14 199 30 111504 19152 ffffffff afe0da04 S com.android.mms app_17 214 30 102824 15304 ffffffff afe0da04 S com.android.alarmclock app_23 223 30 105972 16548 ffffffff afe0da04 S com.android.email root 261 1 656 248 c01a65e8 afe0d40c S /system/bin/ debuggerd root 300 91 868 332 00000000 afe0c7dc R ps So u can see the default softkeyboard is "pinyin". Next, go to setting change the default keyboard to "Android Keyboard" and close all other keyboard. And come back open a new message box or something: # ps USER PID PPID VSIZE RSS WCHAN PC NAME root 1 0 296 204 c009a694 0000c93c S /init root 2 0 0 0 c004dea0 00000000 S kthreadd root 3 2 0 0 c003f778 00000000 S ksoftirqd/0 root 4 2 0 0 c004aaf4 00000000 S events/0 root 5 2 0 0 c004aaf4 00000000 S khelper root 6 2 0 0 c004aaf4 00000000 S suspend root 7 2 0 0 c004aaf4 00000000 S kblockd/0 root 8 2 0 0 c004aaf4 00000000 S cqueue root 9 2 0 0 c017bb3c 00000000 S kseriod root 10 2 0 0 c004aaf4 00000000 S kmmcd root 11 2 0 0 c006ecac 00000000 S pdflush root 12 2 0 0 c006ecac 00000000 S pdflush root 13 2 0 0 c007349c 00000000 S kswapd0 root 14 2 0 0 c004aaf4 00000000 S aio/0 root 21 2 0 0 c017933c 00000000 S mtdblockd root 22 2 0 0 c004aaf4 00000000 S hid_compat root 23 2 0 0 c004aaf4 00000000 S rpciod/0 root 24 2 0 0 c018e530 00000000 S mmcqd root 25 1 728 248 c01537e8 afe0c7dc S /system/bin/sh system 26 1 796 260 c019a854 afe0ca7c S /system/bin/ servicemanager root 27 1 832 372 c009a694 afe0cba4 S /system/bin/ vold radio 29 1 5420 548 ffffffff afe0d0ec S /system/bin/ rild root 30 1 81928 15472 c009a694 afe0cba4 S zygote media 31 1 19928 1172 ffffffff afe0ca7c S /system/bin/ mediaserver root 32 1 784 316 c02094ac afe0c7dc S /system/bin/ installd keystore 33 1 1616 268 c01a65e8 afe0d40c S /system/bin/ keystore root 34 1 728 248 c003d444 afe0d6ac S /system/bin/sh root 35 1 824 332 c00b7dd0 afe0d7fc S /system/bin/ qemud root 37 1 3376 184 ffffffff 0000eca4 S /sbin/adbd root 44 34 780 304 c02094ac afe0c7dc S /system/bin/ qemu-props system 64 30 161652 26384 ffffffff afe0ca7c S system_server root 91 37 736 328 c003d444 afe0d6ac S /system/bin/sh app_7 117 30 109492 17196 ffffffff afe0da04 S com.android.inputmethod.pinyin radio 119 30 117944 16736 ffffffff afe0da04 S com.android.phone app_7 145 30 149636 20636 ffffffff afe0da04 S android.process.acore app_3 174 30 103636 15532 ffffffff afe0da04 S android.process.media app_14 199 30 112528 19088 ffffffff afe0da04 S com.android.mms app_17 214 30 102824 15224 ffffffff afe0da04 S com.android.alarmclock app_23 223 30 105972 16476 ffffffff afe0da04 S com.android.email root 261 1 656 248 c01a65e8 afe0d40c S /system/bin/ debuggerd system 301 30 114840 20068 ffffffff afe0da04 S com.android.settings app_7 309 30 107584 17844 ffffffff afe0da04 S com.android.inputmethod.latin app_1 320 30 114252 18660 ffffffff afe0da04 S com.google.process.gapps app_0 336 30 107884 16000 ffffffff afe0da04 S com.android.browser root 353 91 868 332 00000000 afe0c7dc R ps Even though there is no pinyin keyboard now....the process still run. Now do a "adb reboot" which will shutdown the AVD, and the manually restart the AVD again (reboot does not restart???!!!), and then "adb shell" and "ps" inside the shell again: # ps USER PID PPID VSIZE RSS WCHAN PC NAME root 1 0 296 204 c009a694 0000c93c S /init root 2 0 0 0 c004dea0 00000000 S kthreadd root 3 2 0 0 c003f778 00000000 S ksoftirqd/0 root 4 2 0 0 c004aaf4 00000000 S events/0 root 5 2 0 0 c004aaf4 00000000 S khelper root 6 2 0 0 c004aaf4 00000000 S suspend root 7 2 0 0 c004aaf4 00000000 S kblockd/0 root 8 2 0 0 c004aaf4 00000000 S cqueue root 9 2 0 0 c017bb3c 00000000 S kseriod root 10 2 0 0 c004aaf4 00000000 S kmmcd root 11 2 0 0 c006ecac 00000000 S pdflush root 12 2 0 0 c006ecac 00000000 S pdflush root 13 2 0 0 c007349c 00000000 S kswapd0 root 14 2 0 0 c004aaf4 00000000 S aio/0 root 21 2 0 0 c017933c 00000000 S mtdblockd root 22 2 0 0 c004aaf4 00000000 S hid_compat root 23 2 0 0 c004aaf4 00000000 S rpciod/0 root 24 2 0 0 c018e530 00000000 S mmcqd root 25 1 728 180 c01537e8 afe0c7dc S /system/bin/sh system 26 1 796 192 c019a854 afe0ca7c S /system/bin/ servicemanager root 27 1 832 300 c009a694 afe0cba4 S /system/bin/ vold root 28 1 656 164 c01a65e8 afe0d40c S /system/bin/ debuggerd radio 29 1 5420 464 ffffffff afe0d0ec S /system/bin/ rild root 30 1 82016 15588 c009a694 afe0cba4 S zygote media 31 1 20948 968 ffffffff afe0ca7c S /system/bin/ mediaserver root 32 1 784 196 c02094ac afe0c7dc S /system/bin/ installd keystore 33 1 1616 188 c01a65e8 afe0d40c S /system/bin/ keystore root 34 1 728 184 c003d444 afe0d6ac S /system/bin/sh root 35 1 824 256 c00b7dd0 afe0d7fc S /system/bin/ qemud root 37 1 3372 184 ffffffff 0000eca4 S /sbin/adbd root 44 34 780 228 c02094ac afe0c7dc S /system/bin/ qemu-props system 52 30 152156 25108 ffffffff afe0ca7c S system_server app_7 99 30 108072 14964 ffffffff afe0da04 S com.android.inputmethod.latin radio 101 30 123084 16456 ffffffff afe0da04 S com.android.phone app_7 105 30 130808 20688 ffffffff afe0da04 S android.process.acore app_14 165 30 112536 15684 ffffffff afe0da04 S com.android.mms app_23 187 30 106016 16240 ffffffff afe0da04 S com.android.email app_3 198 30 103648 15836 ffffffff afe0da04 S android.process.media root 209 37 728 324 c003d444 afe0d6ac S /system/bin/sh root 212 209 868 332 00000000 afe0c7dc R ps Ok, viola! no more pinyin method. 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