Russian Phonetic Keyboard does not show up.

[frd333do33]

Hi all,
I jailbroke my iphone and currently don't know if it's an issue because I jailbroke or not.

When I go to Settings -> General -> Keyboard -> International Keyboards and then add Russian, and then add Russian-Phonetic under the Russian option, the keyboard still shows up as standard Russian layout when I type messages.

Are you guys getting the same thing?

I sent feedback to http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html just incase. If you experience it too, send feedback too!

When I use the apple bluetooth keyboard, the phonetic layout works fine. It just doesn't work on the on-screen keyboard, which I use most of the time when I want to send a message in Russian.

 

[Lola M]

Did you resolve this issue? I have the same problem and cant seem to fix it!

 

[johnyalacy]

I also had this problem

Hello, I also had this problem, but I found this App, it's much more easier now.
http://apps.isimpleness.com/translit/
Take care, Johny

 

[RulerK]

There is no phonetic keyboard on iPhone (yet)

The iPhone unfortunately never has supported an onscreen phonetic keyboard. I have no idea why. When you choose the russian keyboard, you have two choices between regular and phonetic, those only apply to external keyboards. I await the fine day when they finally include a phonetic keyboard or allow us to add our own (previous IOS versions allowed this if jailbroken, but unfortunately, IOS 4 does not).

I hope this helps.

 

[gwyner]

Setting up a custom Russian phonetic keyboard on a jailbroken iPhone

Hey, I've been searching for this forever, and finally found a solution, so figured I'd link it here:

How to set up a custom Russian phonetic keyboard on your jailbroken iPhone

Enjoy!

 

[enoC]

Hey, I've been searching for this forever, and finally found a solution, so figured I'd link it here:

How to set up a custom Russian phonetic keyboard on your jailbroken iPhone

Enjoy!

The thread is a year old. I hope they've found a solution by now....

 

[gwyner]

True, they've probably moved on. Still, this thread is one of the first ones to show up on Google when I was looking for a solution to the same problem, so I imagine others will end up here.

 

[archagon]

For anyone interested, I have recently released a Russian phonetic keyboard for the iPhone: http://appsto.re/us/ZoT33.i

I also have a keyboard with real-time translit (type "sh" and it becomes "ш") for those who prefer it: https://appsto.re/us/BZ3w3.i

There's a free Lite version of the translit keyboard if you want to get a sense of what the keyboards feel like: https://appsto.re/us/4CPG3.i

Hope it helps!