Disable auto complete?

sagittaru

macrumors member

Original poster

• Jul 18, 2008

• #1

How can I disable auto complete/correction for text message on iphone 3g?
It's pretty annoying sometimes.

 

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vertigomhs

macrumors member

• Jul 18, 2008

• #2

this is not possible as of yet.

 

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ins0mniaque

macrumors newbie

• Jul 18, 2008

• #3

I'm not sure about the 3G and 2.0, but on my iPhone with 1.1.4, I can go to "Settings > General > International > Keyboards" and add a keyboard. I added the French Canadian one here. It allows me to switch keyboards while typing. The French Canadian keyboard doesn't trigger any auto-correction and has the same layout as the US one, only difference is that space is labeled "espace" and return is labeled "entrée".

 

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iPhone3G

macrumors member

• Jul 18, 2008

• #4

Unfortunately, the international keyboard swap does not work on the 3G and/or 2.0. Auto-correction still applies to the various international keyboards (including French-Canadian). It seems as though there is no fix for this texting issue as of yet (that I know of, at least).

Anyone with ideas, please pitch in. I'm sure there are many who would love to disable this "feature."

 

sagittaru

macrumors member

Original poster

• Jul 18, 2008

• #5

ins0mniaque said:

I'm not sure about the 3G and 2.0, but on my iPhone with 1.1.4, I can go to "Settings > General > International > Keyboards" and add a keyboard. I added the French Canadian one here. It allows me to switch keyboards while typing. The French Canadian keyboard doesn't trigger any auto-correction and has the same layout as the US one, only difference is that space is labeled "espace" and return is labeled "entrée".

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I tried that on my iphone, french canadian still does trigger auto correction 🙁

 

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ins0mniaque

macrumors newbie

• Jul 21, 2008

• #6

sagittaru said:

I tried that on my iphone, french canadian still does trigger auto correction 🙁

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Nice! At last auto-correction in french! 😉


But for those still struggling with that issue, I found a fix on my friend's 3G. You just need to rename (or delete, but I don't recommend it) the text input file located at /System/Library/TextInput/TextInput_en.bundle (_en for english). Your phone needs to be jailbroken.

Steps for unsavvy users:
1. Start terminal (MobileTerminal)
2. su <enter>, enter root password (default is alpine, but let's hope you changed it using "passwd <enter>".
3. cd /System/Library/TextInput
4. mv TextInput_en.bundle TextInput_en.bundle.backup
5. Restart phone
6. Enjoy not having to tap every word you type!

 

sagittaru

macrumors member

Original poster

• Jul 21, 2008

• #7

so its only possible to disable this autocomplete/correct on jailbroken huh? 🙁

 

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ins0mniaque

macrumors newbie

• Jul 22, 2008

• #8

sagittaru said:

so its only possible to disable this autocomplete/correct on jailbroken huh? 🙁

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AFAIK, yes. But why wouldn't you jailbreak your phone ?

 

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tsvb

macrumors 6502

• Jul 22, 2008

• #9

It must have been coincidence but I jailbreaked my phone last night and then had no service so I restored.

 

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Raja.m

macrumors newbie

• Dec 22, 2010

• #10

Auto-correction off

I m nt sure abt iphone 2g r 3g but its possible in iphone4.
Go to Settings --> General --> Keyboard --> Auto-correction, switch to 'Off'

 

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Sean.n

macrumors newbie

• Jan 6, 2011

• #11

Raja.m said:

I m nt sure abt iphone 2g r 3g but its possible in iphone4.
Go to Settings --> General --> Keyboard --> Auto-correction, switch to 'Off'

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Thanks. It worked fine on my 3gs.