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iPhone 15 Pro and possibly iOS 17.1 When Typing on Keyboard it moves the app switcher randomly and leaves the app I am typing in

iPhone 15 Pro and possibly iOS 17.1 When Typing on Keyboard it moves the app switcher randomly and leaves the app I am typing in.


It's semi hard to explain, but when typing a message or anything, like normal, it randomly kicks into the app switcher (term for swiping from the very bottom to switch to recently opened apps). You're typing in Messages and all the sudden it jumps to another app like you swiped to do so. It's the most frustrating bug and I can't find anyone else talking about it.


Assumptions:

iOS 17.1?

iPhone 15 Pro keyboard... manufacture issue? I've had it since release day.


I've

Soft Reset

Reset Keyboard Dictionary

Reset network settings (Live chat told me to do this, don't know why)


I'll try to make a video of it happening IRL> It's so hard to figure out when it's going to do it.


Thank you!

Matt

iPhone 15 Pro

Posted on Oct 30, 2023 10:44 AM

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Posted on Nov 3, 2023 2:06 AM

Update. I turned off Reachability in accessibility and the issue is gone. I assume that’s the bug! I hope this helps others !

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Dec 17, 2023 5:21 PM in response to paperbrigade

If I understand your problem, it's that cursor is jumping around as you compose. You didn't mention it, but I suspect you may also be having trouble placing the cursor in the middle of text without being forced to erase an adjacent word.

if these are your problems, I think I've found the culprit: predictive text. If I have the feature on, the text generated manifests these problems. If I turn it off before beginning to write, the problem is absent.

Dec 4, 2023 12:29 PM in response to paperbrigade

This is happening to me too. I’ve just returned my iPhone 15 pro max because of this, I thought it was a fault with the phone and when I reported it to apple they knew nothing of this isssue.


ive now backed up my old phone to use while a replacement phone is arriving and the same thing is happening on it now too. So it was never a problem with the phone at all

iPhone 15 Pro and possibly iOS 17.1 When Typing on Keyboard it moves the app switcher randomly and leaves the app I am typing in

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