Secret Android-Like AutoCorrect Bar Found in iOS 5

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Posted November 10, 2011 at 5:53am by Shalom Levytam

A secret Android-like autocorrect keyboard bar has been found in iOS 5 by Sonny Dickson. The bar lets users pick from a series of word choices.

Dickson has posted instructions on how to enable the hidden feature.

Instructions:
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:

Secret Android-Like AutoCorrect Bar Found in iOS 5

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

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Nelly - November 16, 2011 at 3:14am

You really saved my skin with this infromaiton. Thanks!

cory hellow - November 12, 2011 at 1:37am

Will this interfere with future things such as updating the iPhone software, creating new backups or restoring from backup?

Russell - November 10, 2011 at 5:14pm

Can Google sue Apple? You know for damn sure Apple would.

Baxter - November 10, 2011 at 6:33pm

Nobody can sue Apple. They invented all features & would never copy!

marco - November 10, 2011 at 2:55pm

Is it very buggy or does it work fine?

MrHitYoSista - November 10, 2011 at 7:20am

sweet! it works just fine but crashes when i clicked the upward arrow :(

Chris - November 10, 2011 at 6:56am

My iPhone does not have com.apple.keyboard.plist in the backup or using iFile. Not showing anywhere on phone only ref to it was in the cache folder and it wasn't a plist. I've checked /private/var/mobile/Library/Preferences/ , Library/Preferences/ and every other Preferences location. iPhone 4 on iOS 5.0.

MrHitYoSista - November 10, 2011 at 7:25am

that's weird! just click the little home icon on ifile then click Library scroll down to Preferences and the first folder is called Firewall scroll down mine is under com.apple.itunesstored.plist com.apple.keyboard.plist. hope it helps ;)

fabioschi68 - November 10, 2011 at 9:21am

Make new backup. It doesn't work with older backups (4.x.x)

Chris - November 10, 2011 at 3:10pm

Its not on the phone period not sure if its cause I've been restoring my iCloud backup since beginning of ios5 beta or what but i can live without it or wait till i restore phone again

chris - November 10, 2011 at 3:11pm

Oh and yes it was a current backup on my computer that was backed up manually

Aaron - November 10, 2011 at 6:53am

This bar is already in use in pretty much any non-Latin keyboard, e.g. Japanese, Chinese, etc. It simply seems not to be enabled by default for the English keyboard.

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