Android-like Auto Correct Keyboard Bar Discovered In iOS 5; Step-By-Step Guide To Enable It Without

[glendale]

It looks like Panorama mode wasn't the only feature Apple has hidden in iOS 5.

iOS hacker Sonny Dickson has discovered an Android-like auto-correct keyboard bar hidden in iOS 5.

The feature can enabled easily without the need tojailbreak your iOS device by following these instructions courtesy 9 to 5 Mac:

1. Download iBackupBot

2. Backup your iPhone/iPod in iTunes

3. Open iBackupBot and find the backup, then load it.

4. Find Library/Preferences/com.apple.keyboard.plist and open the file. (if your software isn’t registered you’ll have to press cancel and then it will open)

5. Add in the following code: KeyboardAutocorrectionListsYES

6. Save your modifications, and then restore from backup from within iBackupbot.


We expect someone to release a tweak on Cydia that will make it very easy to enable the auto-correct keyboard bar for users who have jailbroken their iOS devices.
It is not clear why Apple decided to drop this feature in the final release, but it is possible that this will be one of the new features in iOS 5.1.

[Paced98]

Wow didn't know that.

[Fight9]

Interesting. I'm guessing I can edit this plist on my device very easily. Might give it a try.

[SuperDupahFly]

add code - KeyboardAutocorrectionListsYES

[coco135]

WARNING!!! DO NOT ATAMPT TO DO THAT!!!

1- It works but you have to select and confirm every single word and many times it will NOT give you the word that you are after

2- when you will try to remove the string and go back to the regular keyboard you wont be able to because the backup will be corrupted.

[SuperDupahFly]

Originally Posted by coco135

WARNING!!! DO NOT ATAMPT TO DO THAT!!!

1- It works but you have to select and confirm every single word and many times it will NOT give you the word that you are after

2- when you will try to remove the string and go back to the regular keyboard you wont be able to because the backup will be corrupted.

1 - tru

2- FALSE

hes right it does succ lol , its double the work for every word , but thats probably why its locked in the first place .. not ready yet but i removed it with no problem . make sure ur code is bacc to default

[Heist]

For those of you who are JB'd, there is now a tweak to accomplish this in Cydia.

Look up: Autocorrection Bar

[GadgetGurl]

This keyboard is a pain in the ass with the confirm on EVERY word. no thanks!!

[dy2592]

Originally Posted by GadgetGurl

This keyboard is a pain in the ass with the confirm on EVERY word. no thanks!!

^^ Agree. Was cool at first, but now its a pain in the ass

[hudsora]

I found it to be really annoying as well, you couldn't just type. . . You had to confirm every single word even if it was spelled correctly

[whoadie]

This tweak sucks!! Don't install yet!

[kerode]

i would say thats why apple hasn't enabled it in iOS yet

[uzig718]

not onyl that but now every key is a little lower than where it's supposed to be so when i hit a letter it actually types something else... pointless... absolutely pointless... THANK YOU APPLE FOR DISABLING THIS GOD FORSAKEN FEATURE!!

[GorgonSin]

this crap is crap and does not work right at all..

[killroi]

Will try this anyway. There must be some options to play with. Or am i wrong?

[Coyote81]

This sounds cool, but with 3.5" screen I really hope they make this an option and not mandate it. if they ever implement it. This would suck in landscape mode haha.