Appium sendKeys really slow on android

I'm currently testing an application using Appium on an android device (appium version: 1.2.4.1, java-client: 2.1.0). I'm using the following code to send some text in a textField:

   driver.findElement(By.name("Name")).sendKeys("My Name");

and it works fine just it takes it too long to actually send the text on the textbox (usually 7 seconds). I was wondering does anybody know another way to send text on a textField that takes less?

Thanks!