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Disable auto complete?

sagittaru

sagittaru

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Jul 10, 2008
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How can I disable auto complete/correction for text message on iphone 3g?
It's pretty annoying sometimes.
 
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".
 
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."
 
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 :(
 
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!
 
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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