Keyboard lagging on android and ios devices is a fairly common issue. This is mostly associated with slow typing and dwindling responses from the keyboard.
I literally can relate with how you'd feel getting delayed in typing important data or a piece of requisite information for your project.
I'm quite sure you wouldn't want a similar experience or a similar repetition on your TECNO and Infinix phones. In case there are keyboard lags on your android phone, here are few steps to guide you through.
Diminish Multiple Tasks on Your Device
Your Device CPU sometimes feels apprehensive and embattled by multi-tasking it at a time. Sounds somehow right? The CPU is the Central Processing Unit for mobile devices - an in-built core processor designed to regulate the operation of your device.
It can be overwhelmed by performing multiple tasks on your Android Device at a time. Hence, it shouldn't be. In the latter case, abnormality in its functions may make letters slow to appear, and can also lessen the Keyboard Sensitivity. This is what contributes to keyboard lagging on mobile devices.
However, this source of keyboard lag can be eliminated by restarting your Mobile device before attempting to use your keyboard app again. To restart your Infinix or TECNO phone, simply long-press the Power button for about 10 seconds.
Lessen Frequent Copying On the Clipboard and Words in Your Dictionary
Keyboard lags can slightly be caused by frequent copying on the Clipboard. A major means of easing multiple typing on Android devices is by making copies of the text on the Clipboard, and pasting it on the selected avenue.
The clipboard is a division of RAM in which copied files, images, and texts are temporarily kept until when they are posted. Variably, the clipboard location differs on various devices. Many Android devices have a default keyboard whereas others may have the Gboard installed as the default keyboard.
Inadvertently, there may be glitches in the Keyboard running as a result of multiple words and frequent copying.
Here are few steps to minimize your Dictionary words on Keyboard;
- Open the phone's "Settings" menu.
- Locate and tap on "System."
- Select "Languages & input."
- Under the Keyboards section, select “Virtual keyboard", then tap your default keyboard if you have many of them.
- If you use Gboard, click "Advanced"
- At the bottom, tap "Delete learned words and data"
Doing that will clear all your saved words. But if you're scared of starting over, you may try the next solution first.
Restart your Keyboard App
When your keyboard is not functioning well. As a non-techie, you may not be able to provide a solution to why your Android keyboard is lagging.
However, a quick step to this on Android devices, which works for TECNO and Infinix devices, is to restart the app you trying to use the keyboard on
Here is a way to do it;
- Go to Settings > Apps & notifications > All apps.
- Locate the app fluctuating your Keyboard.
- Tap on the Force Stop button
- Go back to your home screen and relaunch the app.
Clear the System Cache on your Device
Occasionally, you may be stunned and begin to wonder "why is my Google keyboard lagging"? This can be caused by various problems, either as a result of low storage issues, hardware faults, or bugs in the Operating System.
When devices begin to accumulate caches, thereby resulting in keyboard lagging. An efficient way to resolve this is by clearing the cache associated with the keyboard app you are using. Caches are temporarily saved as bits of information as a means to improve functionality. Nonetheless, a large amount of these files may hinder the effective performance of your operation on your TECNO and Infinix devices.
To free up space and fix the lags, these steps will navigate you through how to clear cache and junk files on your TECNO or Infinix phone using Phone Master.
- Open the "Phone Master" app on your phone
- Locate and tap on "Junk files"
- Wait for it to finish scanning.
- Hit Clean below the screen.
Hibernate Background Apps
Guess you might have inquired, "Why is the keyboard app so slow on my phone"? Several Android users are unaware that most apps run in the background when performing other tasks. This can inhibit the smooth running of the keyboard which contributes to keyboard lagging issues. Some apps run and perform some activities in the background which are not active at that moment.
Most social media apps are connected and active in the background, causing a huge consumption of phone resources like Battery and RAM. Hence, it is important to hibernate apps on Android to stop these processes from taking over device memory. Hibernating apps in Android can save a huge amount of Battery, RAM, and Internet data.
These apps can either be frozen or hibernated to enable a free flow Keyboard typing.
App Hibernation feature entirely stops apps when they're not in use to conserve your device's data, CPU, battery, and memory consumption.
Reset the Keyboard Settings
When a device setting becomes disorganized and not set properly, it affects the operation of the keyboard. The default setting is assigned to the device from the factory. Unknowingly, you might have tampered with the keyboard setting, which may not conform with the keyboard layout.
Various keyboard apps have multiple settings arrangements, performance, and speed. When you begin to experience bugs and lags on your keyboard while typing, you can proceed to check the keyboard settings by:
- Go to Settings
- Tap Apps & notifications, followed by all apps.
- Locate your keyboard app and tap it. Say Gboard, for example.
- Select Storage & Cache
- Hit Clear Storage
With these few steps, you can resolve keyboard lags and glitches on your TECNO and Infinix Devices.
