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keyboard lag, keyboard lag in iOS 7

I'm using an iPhone 4s 16gb and I've just updated to iOS 7. typing has become really difficult. The keyboard will lag for as much as 10 seconds after as few as 3 characters. Is there a quick fix for this?

iPhone 4S, iOS 7

Posted on Sep 18, 2013 1:33 PM

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Posted on Sep 18, 2013 2:11 PM

I reset my settings after upgrading and that seemed to fix the issue for me.

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Sep 20, 2013 8:39 AM in response to Salvationdave

Because I didn't see these suggestions and was so frustrated after I was barely able to type in the 4 digit passcode on my iPhone 4, I did a complete restore. Restored the software and then restored my phone from backup. It all worked fine after that. It just takes a while to get everything restored from backup, but I had no lag after that. And it was impossilbe to use before I restored.

Sep 22, 2013 7:10 PM in response to Salvationdave

Reset all settings only fixed the keyboard lag issue on my iphone 4s for about 24 hours or less, then lag returned.

Too many complaints; Apple needs to fix this or allow a revert to 6.x.x ios until they can address ios issues.


Some new/differences in ios 7 can be figured out easily enough and interface is different and sometimes more attractive. But a malfunction and turning smart phones into junk phones is not acceptable.


I'm reading about several fixes for the lag issues, but they all seem to be temp at best.

Sep 23, 2013 11:55 AM in response to RyanLejbak

I had a bit of a Lag on my 32 GB iphone 4S. I did the normal trouble shooting routine, shut down all apps in the multitasking tray, Hard Reset and Power Cycle. Still lagged a little bit, not as bad as original poster, but noticable. I turned off Update Apps in Background and it cleared up for me.


Settings => General => Background App Refresh => Turn off Background App Refresh => Tap on Background App Refresh message in Red and it was off.

keyboard lag, keyboard lag in iOS 7

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