S23 Skipping Letters While Typing

[mishyg]

I have a.Samsung S23. Over the last month it started skipping letters while I was typing texts, doing searches, using FB messenger. etc. (Basically I hit the key and it didn't type the letter). Sometimes the skipping was frequent, other times occasional). I tried uninstalling various apps, using different keyboards, different texting apps, cleared cache, etc. Nothing worked. Verizon finally sent me a replacement phone and I used Smartswitch to move all my stuff to the new phone. I had this new phone for a week and all was fine. Today it started skipping again. So obviously this is not a phone issue since the new phone is doing it now. Could this be an app? Maybe I should have done a factory reset instead of using Smartswitch, does that make a diff? Where do I go from here?

 

[Dannydet]

Are you typing too fast?
What language keyboard do you use?
English?
Hebrew?
Croatian?
Have you tried typing on different devices and what was the outcome?

 

[mishyg]

Not typing too fast at all. English. Doesn't happen on other devices. I have had lots of smartphones and never had this issue before. I feel like I'm at a loss. And I don't understand why this phone was fine for a while and now it's started happening again.

 

[AugieTN]

If you think it's a hardware problem return it since it's under a year old

 

[mishyg]

Except I did. This is the replacement I got a week ago. Doing it again. Should I have done a factory reset instead of SmartSwitch? Or does that even matter?

 

[AugieTN]

You have nothing to lose by trying a factory reset

 

[mishyg]

I have been trying to avoid because it makes me uneasy. I guess as long as everything is backed up on Google Drive? Will I have to set up my home screens again?

 

[Dannydet]

Yes everything will be gone if you do not have backups