[crackerleroy]

So after 2.5 years of use and a beating only an illegitimate child or a Democrat could have deserved, my trusty phone started freezing, always when i started to text something important, but it would never do so consistently. Id get halfway through a text or even to the last word sometimes, and the thing would freeze up totally. After innumerable restarts and a gajillion failed messages, it started getting worse, until only one or two word messages could be sent. I was just on the verge of reflashing, which i probably should do anyway, when i found my problem.

It turns out there's a Clear Stored Entries function for the Word Completion function. I think the list must have gotten corrupt or just too full, thereby bringing the system to a grinding halt.
Start:Settings:Input:word completion: and press the Clear Stored Entries button. Probably good to do anyway, as mine runs like new.
Hope this helps someone