My iPhone 4s keyboard is not working

The keyboard on my iPhone 4s is either not appearing, or, if it does appear, it isn't working right.  What should I do?

What troubleshooting have you tried. User troubleshooting steps are restart, reset, restore from backup, restore as new.

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