Typing lag in Notes app on iOS 14

Ever since I updated my phone whenever I type in notes my keyboard is very laggy and slow. It’s never happened before. Any solution??





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iPhone 6s, iOS 14

Posted on Sep 19, 2020 1:58 AM

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Posted on Sep 23, 2020 7:09 AM

I just found a fix that worked for me! Supposedly the custom dictionary in iOS/iPadOS 14 isn’t compatible with the one from previous OS’s, and resetting the keyboard dictionary might reduce or eliminate the keyboard lag problem. I was doubtful at first, but I went ahead and reset my dictionary, and INSTANTLY the lag problem disappeared!


To do this, go to Settings > General > Reset > Reset Keyboard Dictionary.


Another potential fix that might work for some of you is force-restarting your device. The steps for doing this is different depending on which iPhone/iPad you’re using, but it usually involves pressing and holding all the buttons on your device at once until the Apple logo appears. It didn’t work for me, but it might work for someone.

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Oct 28, 2020 2:06 PM in response to Celaena_Sardothian

While using an iPad 9.7 Pro & Logitech CREATE Backlit Keyboard Case for 9.7-inch iPad Pro, any time the note gets more than a few hundred characters, typing starts to lag. It acts like it’s refreshing the entire note each time. The longer the note, the longer the delay. After a few thousand characters I can type entire sentences if I don’t look at the screen. Other programs (Safari, iMessage, UPS) don’t show any difference. Seems: Notes was ‘upgraded’ to refresh the note with each keystroke and only tested for 40 seconds with 100 character notes.

First I can’t have notes from a second account - had to share each, individual, single, separate note. Then old mini server can’t share notes because it can’t upgrade to something that isn’t backwards compatible on Apple servers. Then Notes is arbitrarily changed and not tested enough. Person who wrote it should have to type code in it. After 2 pages and waiting 3 seconds to see a variable name t-y-p-e-d-o-u-t, I bet they’d fix it.

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