diff --git a/android/modules/ui/src/java/ti/modules/titanium/ui/widget/TiUIText.java b/android/modules/ui/src/java/ti/modules/titanium/ui/widget/TiUIText.java
index fea4eb62d6e..5e5d3066d5d 100644
--- a/android/modules/ui/src/java/ti/modules/titanium/ui/widget/TiUIText.java
+++ b/android/modules/ui/src/java/ti/modules/titanium/ui/widget/TiUIText.java
@@ -496,13 +496,9 @@ public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count)
 	public void focus()
 	{
 		super.focus();
-		if (tv != null) {
-			if (proxy.hasProperty(TiC.PROPERTY_EDITABLE)
-				&& !(TiConvert.toBoolean(proxy.getProperty(TiC.PROPERTY_EDITABLE)))) {
-				TiUIHelper.showSoftKeyboard(tv, false);
-			} else {
-				TiUIHelper.showSoftKeyboard(tv, true);
-			}
+		if (tv != null && proxy != null && proxy.getProperties() != null) {
+			final boolean editable = proxy.getProperties().optBoolean(TiC.PROPERTY_EDITABLE, false);
+			TiUIHelper.showSoftKeyboard(tv, editable);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/android/titanium/src/java/org/appcelerator/titanium/util/TiUIHelper.java b/android/titanium/src/java/org/appcelerator/titanium/util/TiUIHelper.java
index e68609653af..6fa1d6b22cb 100644
--- a/android/titanium/src/java/org/appcelerator/titanium/util/TiUIHelper.java
+++ b/android/titanium/src/java/org/appcelerator/titanium/util/TiUIHelper.java
@@ -1116,20 +1116,14 @@ public static void requestSoftInputChange(KrollProxy proxy, View view)
 	 */
 	public static void showSoftKeyboard(View view, boolean show)
 	{
-		InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) view.getContext().getSystemService(Activity.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
-
+		final InputMethodManager imm =
+			(InputMethodManager) view.getContext().getSystemService(Activity.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
 		if (imm != null) {
-			boolean useForce =
-				(Build.VERSION.SDK_INT <= Build.VERSION_CODES.DONUT || Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 8) ? true : false;
-			String model = APSAnalyticsMeta.getModel();
-			if (model.toLowerCase().startsWith("droid")) {
-				useForce = true;
-			}
+			view.requestFocus();
 			if (show) {
-				imm.showSoftInput(view, useForce ? InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED : InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);
+				imm.showSoftInput(view, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);
 			} else {
-				imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(view.getWindowToken(),
-											useForce ? 0 : InputMethodManager.HIDE_IMPLICIT_ONLY);
+				imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(view.getWindowToken(), InputMethodManager.HIDE_IMPLICIT_ONLY);
 			}
 		}
 	}