swype lagging and missing words

[Zakappel]

I've been using Swype for a while now, and I've never really had any problem with it lagging or missing words, but on my m8 it does. I have it on my nexus 7 tablet and it doesn't happen there, so I know it's not just me.

If I'm swyping quickly, it'll take so long to process one word, that by the time it's ready again I've already swyped a second word that gets missed and it goes straight to the third word. Anyone found a solution?

 

[Mooncatt]

I had that exact problem on my last phone but it's smooth as silk on my M8. What I suspect, and I never got around to testing this, is it was related to my ram being so full that the phone was constantly killing and restarting apps to keep from running out of memory, thus inducing lag across the whole system. Restarting the phone so apps didn't have so much data built up helped for a while until the ram started getting filled to capacity again.

So if you haven't already, try restarting and see if that makes it better, if only for a short time. If you're a heavy user, you may want to check your ram usage to see if it's pushing the limits. I know on Android, free memory is wasted memory. The problem is when you only have 1 GB like my last phone, and over 1 GB worth of apps are fighting for that space.

Btw, I was starting to think I was the only Swype user on this phone. Lol

 

[ugxvibe]

I am an avid Swype user as well. Been a Swype fanboy since early beta. Love using Dragon as well..
Have not had any lag issues here. Sounds like Mooncatt has a good idea there.

 

[Bangkok Hound]

Btw, I was starting to think I was the only Swype user on this phone. Lol

You are not alone. And for the record, I have no issues with Swype on the M8.

 

[oditius]

I too also like Swype.. Was using the beta when it first came out...

 

[Preformer19]

SwiftKey is a good alternative if you are having issues. That's what I use and it's awesome.

 

[loraque]

Swype here as well, though I am trying swiftkey out this week with the number bar... putting that extra tall phone to good use there. Swiftkey does not seem as accurate with the typing, but I am getting used to it. Not nearly as good word correction either, or I am doing it wrong- Swype way better in that area.

I would clear data on Swype, or uninstall and reinstall it. Make sure you disable the other keyboards you are not using and turn off the Android spell checker per Swype tips. If that does not do the trick, try the stock keyboard to see if it is any different... Swype should not be causing any performance problems on an M8.

 

[law2010]

I've been using Swype for a while now, and I've never really had any problem with it lagging or missing words, but on my m8 it does. I have it on my nexus 7 tablet and it doesn't happen there, so I know it's not just me.

If I'm swyping quickly, it'll take so long to process one word, that by the time it's ready again I've already swyped a second word that gets missed and it goes straight to the third word. Anyone found a solution?

I recommend SwiftKey. Although the commenter above me noted that he or she is not satisfied with the word prediction, it gets better as it learns what you generally like to type. This takes some time, but mine has completely adjusted to my court and attorney lingo, which Swype and my former iPhone 4 keyboard failed on. The cloud integration of your typing style between devices is nice, too. Basically, your word prediction will carry over between devices.

I have not had any problems with SwiftKey on my M8 and highly recommend you try it since it is free anyway.

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[SocratesRising]

I've noticed an intermittent lag with Swype on my M8 as well. I am a huge fan of Swype and find it works much more smoothly than other keyboards which attempt to do the same. I've tried SwiftKey repeatedly for example and find it just isn't as good - at least for me. I want to like SwiftKey as I think it looks great and has some nice features - but the 'swyping' is what I really need a keyboard for and the Swype on Swype is just plain better.

Anyway, I read the post which recommends turning off Android spell check which I just did, so hopefully that will show some benefit.

Any other advice? It is really badly lagging on occasion where you can see the line which traces your finger swyping really slowing down and words don't come as they should. I'm not sure what is up? I emailed the developer and received a reply but nothing concrete yet...

 

[CHILLYWILL_95831]

SwiftKey is a good alternative if you are having issues. That's what I use and it's awesome.

Swiftkey can't hold a candle to Swype, it's often wrong in typing, and it will not let YOU run letter and number combinations in the dictionary you can't Swype M9 on swiftkey. I haven't used it in a long time, but there's several other issues with it.

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[Zakappel]

My biggest issue with every other tracing style keyboard is the lack of a button that highlights your last typed word. With Swype, if you get the word wrong you just hit the Swype icon and reswype the word, it's much quicker usually than flipping through the other predictions.

 

[matth3w0283]

I've been using Swype for a while now, and I've never really had any problem with it lagging or missing words, but on my m8 it does. I have it on my nexus 7 tablet and it doesn't happen there, so I know it's not just me.

If I'm swyping quickly, it'll take so long to process one word, that by the time it's ready again I've already swyped a second word that gets missed and it goes straight to the third word. Anyone found a solution?

This is probably outdated BUT, found my solution to your exact problem. I have Motorola Droid Turbo. Turning off auto correct did nothing. Nor did clearing cache or restarting.

I realized the google keyboard actually has a swipe function called "gesture typing". I disabled that as well as Android spell check. Swype is flying again!!

 

[Mooncatt]

I have spell check off and Google keyboard isn't even installed, but my Swype has stated acting up again since their last update. I thought they had fixed whatever the issue was, but it just took a while to pop up.