Keyboard Issue on IPhone 12 Pro Max

I didn’t bother reading the entire forum because hey, who has that much time and energy. I just wanted to say for people still having this issue the reason it’s happening it because if the space between your thumb and index finger I.e. edge of the palm will register touching the “123” bubble during some points in your typing. That’s the reason when you’re typing something like “how are you?” You end up getting, “how are y97...” instead. When you use your left thumb to reach further out towards the right side of the keyboard, you’ll notice that space I mentioned between the thumb and index finger will hit register the “123” bubble. I find that adjusting your grip, using one handed keyboard, using fingerless gloves (cotton), and or using voice to text to type are helpful ways to avoid this annoying persistent issue. A lot of people upgrading to the new models of iPhone from the older models like the 6, 7, 8, will find that the new screen of the 12 is a big change. You’re used to resting your hand on the edge of the phone while you type and most people for some reason cross type where they use their left thumb to type out letters on the right side of the keyboard. But, it isn’t a software issue or hardware issue. Once you find the problem, the solution is easier to come up with. Hope I was of some help:

Thank you for sharing Minstrel! I really hate to admit it (especially after restarting the phone multiple times, erasing the keyboard dictionary, 2 calls to Apple Care, and 2 attempts at restoring the entire software) but I have realized it's also my hand that is touching the 123 button and activating the numerical keyboard while I type! I still feel this is a bit of a design flaw as anyone with smaller hands is going to struggle this way, but it's good to know this is a solve! I now am training myself to pull my left hand away from the screen while I type...it's a work in progress. Another tip I found to be helpful is turning on the "one-handed keyboard" option under general > keyboard. This moves the keyboard to the right side of the screen which in turn moves the 123 button so it's easier to avoid. Good luck all!

Agreed! This isn't very pleasant. Here are some solutions to fix this issue.

1. Restart your iPhone.
2. Update to the latest version of iOS: For this, open iPhone Settings > General > Software Update > Download and Install or Install Now.
3. Reset All Settings: To do this, open iPhone Settings > General > Reset > Reset All Settings.
4. Use a third-party keyboard app for the time being: Until Apple acknowledges and fixes it, consider using a keyboard app like Microsoft SwiftKey. It is excellent, and you may like to use it even when the problem with the inbuilt keyboard is fixed. However, the cursor feature (accessed by pressing the space bar) of SwiftKey is not as good as inbuilt iOS keyboards.

Hope it helps.

this is kind of a silly fix, but i started wondering if maybe my hand was somehow hitting the keyboard “123” button by accident in the way i was typing, i was having this issue ALL THE TIME. i ended up buying a battery case and now its lifted JUST enough and the problem no longer happens... so for me it was solved and i guess ling story short i was hitting with my hand accidentally.

Lmao yup. Just got my phone yesterday and it’s happening like crazy to mine. The resetting dictionary in general settings seems to fix it. But supposedly it’s temporary. Mines all good now. Try it out. Best of luck.

Don’t think that’s it mate. Just did the reset dictionary fix + turning off slide to type fix and it no longer happens to me and I type like that. I actually thought it was what u were saying because that would make a lot of sense but even then I tried replicating it and trying to “accidentally” hit it with the bottom area near my thumb and it didn’t register. Though the theory is good. That’s what I thought was happening too. But in this whole paragraph I typed it didn’t happen once whereas before it was happening every third word well I was consciously making sure not to accidentally hit it. I was typing with one finger with my phone on the table and it was still happening lol.

Thank you thank you thank you. I turned off slide to type and what a difference.

It’s your phone case. Mine was doing the same. After several on/off try’s, that’s clearly the problem. Getting a new one.

Try turning your “slide to type” off. Worked for me.

I was able to get it to fix itself by resetting my keyboard in the Settings. I was having the issue where it was changing my letters to numbers/symbols when I was texting. Seems to be working fine now (fingers crossed!)

Go to General - Reset - Reset keyboard dictionary. It’s much better than it was. It’s definitely a software glitch I hope they fix soon.

Hey! In case anyone still checks this. I had the same problem. I turned off the slide to type setting and it helped! Guess I was accidentally sliding my finger to the numbers often. It still does it sometimes, but this cut it down a bit.

Go to settings, general, keyboard and you’ll see slide to type just switch it off.

Go to settings, general, keyboard turn off slide to type.