I continue to have problems with text entry with Android 4.1.2 -- Any word on an update?

Question

When my phone (Droid 4: I like the physical keyboard, which seems to be going the way of the dodo) was upgraded to 4.1.2 a while back, the following happened:
-- Spell check disappeared from text entry using any browser;
-- Auto-complete started losing track of where I was in a sentence, so hitting backspace deleted entire words instead of the last character typed;
-- The Swype keyboard ceased to function.
As a result, I had to give up on many of the spell-check features and give up on the Swype keyboard.
I'm really hoping that an update is forthcoming, and further, that it will fix the issues with the last one.
Anyone have any idea?

Answer 1

I have not installed any third party messaging apps or keyboard functionality apps, at least not intentionally.  I rebooted in Safe Mode and all symptoms are the same.  I tested it by going to Google Translate, which has a web input window.  Spell check was inactive, Swype was capitalizing every word, making it basically useless.
A symptom that  I failed to mention continues to be present in Safe Mode also – when hitting the shift key and backspacing, the selected text is not highlighted, so I basically have to guess what I’ve selected, and only find out if I’m right once I hit backspace or start typing in replacement text.
Spell check was inactive in third party applications also, for example Quick Office.  It did show up in Gmail.  I was unable to duplicate any application getting lost in terms of where the cursor is so that I deleted the wrong text; however, this is an intermittent problem, so I would probably have to do a lot of typing, etc., to duplicate it.   However, I have seen other posts complaining about phone behavior very similar to what I reported.
Bottom line – The phone acted precisely the same in Safe Mode as it did outside of Safe Mode.
Thanks.
(Also, it would be helpful if you could tell me how to reply to a post in the community – I got this reply posted by replying to the e-mail, but I don’t see any reply link on the message webpage.)