IOS 11 Keyboard lag

I have a work around that works on my iPad ll. I just went to pages to see if it was a just safari problem, opened a new doc and typed in a few words and the problem goes away for quite a long time. I hope it works for you guys as well and it’s not just my iPad being weird.

This issue is effecting my iPhone 7 too. It happend immediately after updating to iOS11. After 5+ updates it is still not fixed and rather disappointing. The only way I can fix it is to close every other app. I loved iOS because it was something. I never had to worry about, while my Android using friends were constantly closing apps.

Craig Federighi, wth happened with this release?

I too, have the problem of very laggy keyboard and apps occasionally taking 6 to 10 seconds to open after selecting them after upgrading to iOS 11. Sometimes when I start entering text, the first TWO characters will be auto-capitalized because of the lag. Both issues are very bad and cause me great delay and headaches. Please fix this, Apple!

I've installed swiftkey and then removed the default apple keyboard, rebooted my phone and I haven't had a lock up since.

I suggest everyone else do the same, it could be months before Apple does anything about it. Or continue to be frustrated.

A series of conversations with an Apple tech representative completely solved this problem on my iPhone 8. I had tried toggling all the setings off in the keyboard menu. Resetting my phone worked for a while. But it took a series of steps to fix it completely. I don’t know if I needed to do all of them or if just one would have fixed it.

Basically I connected my phone to iTunes with a cable and completely wiped all the information off the phone. I then installed the software as if it were a new phone which put iOS 11.1.2 on the phone. Then I toggled off “predictive” and I now use Swiftkey. That is, in a nutshell, what fixed it. We tried other things, but this is what worked. It was a drag to start all over again (200+apps). But I took screen shots.

I cannot believe the difference. The iPhone works perfectly.

PS. I had tried everything else suggested in this discussion. Deleting the native keyboard, installing Swiftkey, and then reinstalling the native keyboard almost seemed to work. I have read of others completely wiping their iPhone on a yearly basis. I think years restoring from incrementally messed up backups is what finally did my iPhone in.

I too have this issue. After having used iPhone since the first one, one aspect that kept me from switching to android had been how solid the iOS platform was. This iOS 11 is the version with the most bugs I’ve ever seen. Not only the keyboard freezing when typing anything but the prediction tool is nuts. My iPhone 6 was barely usable in iOS 10 but on 11 is a mess. I type real fast and it took me about 10 minutes to type this message. Very disappointed at Apple in general...

That sounds like an awful solution. I’m moving alsocbronchisoans (*** I wrote also ) to Samsung. Does anyone know I they work ok with a MacBook ? Could I download safari on a Samsung and keep my keychain ?

Well I’m now on iOS 11.2 and if any thing it is worse. I’m actually stuck in hospital with heart failure and all Apple want me to do is plug my iPad into my iMac to restore it, whIch I obviously can’t do. My iPad is almost unusable and my only link with the outside word is my iPad and I was reliant on it. .......I’m afraid that Apple have lost their trusted brand status with me now, when I needed reliability and quality they have let me down with their self generated iOS11 **** up. I can’t see me favouring a Apple product again in the future. Apple seem to have lost their way and their products appear not to be as good as their competitors. Apple don’t seem to understand why I don’t want to install a third party keyboard, or delete my iCloud data, or turn off predictive text etc. What I want is for the product that I’ve paid good money for to work as it should. Is that too much to ask?

I tried this suggestion from Reddit user seimungbing, and my keyboard has worked smoothly with no issues for 2 weeks now:

"if you have icloud backup, go to "Apple ID" -> "iCloud" -> "Manage Storage" and delete "TextInput" (or similarly named backup). no amount of reinstall nor restore from backup will help you unless you delete that (the lag comes back after couple hours)... took me 7 restore and 1 phone replacement to figure that out... lag free for 7 days now"

https://www.reddit.com/r/ios/comments/7cuftk/keyboard_lag_since_1111/

It did reset the dictionary, but for me that was a small price to pay.

Exact same issue here as well. There’s a major lag since upgrading iOS 11. When I open messages I have to wait before I type or else all key strokes queue up and blast out once the OS allows typing to function. Please fix this issue it’s really cumbersome and annoying now. Wish I hadn’t upgraded at all

I have this problem too. For me, it is beyond just some delays, it's a huge issue. I cannot send the full text of messages I want to send, I look unprofessional as my typing is getting messed up, etc. Just typing any random character sequence, locks it up for 8 seconds or more. For each edit. In the middle of a professional exchange. Thus taking *minutes* to respond.

I have a (4 month old) 6S that this is happening on. So, I bought a iPhone 8 and tried using it instead. First from backup, then, using the only solution they are giving me, which is to NOT USE MY BACKUP, set up a phone from scratch. Given I had no choice, I tried that. Guess what, only a hour into that work of setting it up... the iPhone 8 was starting to exhibit the SAME PROBLEM. This is a fresh phone, no backup, no "bad software stuck in the backup".

This is just unacceptable. Apple, we need a solution. This is affecting my well-being.

The fact that it's happening on a new and powerful device is very strange. You should definitely have that checked in an Apple Store. Meanwhile, installing a third party keyboard such as SwiftKey will keep you from going totally nuts.

Also, I'm guessing that you used the same icloud account on both devices. You should definitely go in the icloud settings > manage data > and clear "text input"

Yeah I have iPhone 7 and this keyboard thing is driving me crazy. I restarted, I installed a different keyboard, turned a bunch of stuff off. I really don’t wanna restore and try again but it’s driving me so crazy I may need to. Please release a bug fix

IVE been in contact with the support team since september and they really dont know what to do, i even have to buu a new battery cuz they told me that battery was slowing down the system, LIES!

Best option is to move to note8 o galaxyS8 and never trust in apple, they slow down devices everytime for us to forcw migrate

This is the fix:

"if you have icloud backup, go to "Apple ID" -> "iCloud" -> "Manage Storage" and delete "TextInput" (or similarly named backup). no amount of reinstall nor restore from backup will help you unless you delete that (the lag comes back after couple hours)... took me 7 restore and 1 phone replacement to figure that out... lag free for 7 days now"

I've done the above and been lag free for a month now.