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Can i change from the qwerty keypad?
You should be able to change to normal mode in xperia keyboard-settings-layout.
How do i do this? I seem to be going round in circles
It seems that in 4.3 it has been removed.Check out this topic:
http://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xperia-Z1-Compact/Keypad/m-p/588029#M1415
You need a 3rd party app from google play.