"as" ---> "A's" autocorrect nightmare

[psylichon]

Ok, I had this on my V1 and my new 3GS... I think it's a 3.0 issue. I've restored as a new phone and reset my keyboard dictionary and my phone still relentlessly autocorrects "as" to "A's".... I can't seem to get it out of there no matter what I try.

Is anyone else getting this and have they found a solution? Because it's driving me absolutely insane.

[Napoleon_PhoneApart]

Doesn't happen on mine.

[Ramesh]

Ok, I had this on my V1 and my new 3GS... I think it's a 3.0 issue. I've restored as a new phone and reset my keyboard dictionary and my phone still relentlessly autocorrects "as" to "A's".... I can't seem to get it out of there no matter what I try.

Is anyone else getting this and have they found a solution? Because it's driving me absolutely insane.

just you, buddy. I can type "as" no problem...

[psylichon]

what the friggity-?

[Ramesh]

Nightmare? Really? :P

[psylichon]

You don't realize how often you type "as"....

Most words you can add to the dictionary by refusing the autocorrection like 6 times in a row or something, but I can't make that happen for this word. I've tried in notes, email, safari. It's stuck, and yes, it's a bit of a nightmare. :)

[psylichon]

Seriously, I'll pay money if someone can figure this one out for me. :)

[iNinja]

If it has happened with your V1 aswel, i would guess it has something to do with your personal settings. Does your wifes do this? If not, sync your account to her 3gs and see if it does it. If it does it, it must be something in your Itunes sync

[acosmichippo]

do you have any disorders we should know about?

[psylichon]

do you have any disorders we should know about?

Huh? You lost me there...

[psylichon]

What's really odd is it doesn't correct As to A's, just lowercase as.

[sigh]

[acosmichippo]

i wonder if something like this happened...

one time you were typing, and the iphone corrected something to "as", which you then proceeded to delete and change to "A's". And the iphone remembered.

maybe?

[Londonrockz568]

Dave, try teaching the iphone.

Type as three times. Type as (then when the little bubble with the x comes close it).
The phone will learn this, and it should happen again.

Do this in safari, notes, sms to be thorough.

[psylichon]

I just can't see how this problem has plagued me through several restores now (at least two as new devices... and this last one literally on a new device). I can't even find one instance of this happening to anyone else on the whole internet.

Maybe I need to talk to Apple.

[psylichon]

Dave, try teaching the iphone.

Type as three times. Type as (then when the little bubble with the x comes close it).
The phone will learn this, and it should happen again.

Do this in safari, notes, sms to be thorough.


Tried all those. dozens of times in a row each. :embarrassed:

[Londonrockz568]

Head to Apple.

Tis a Software issue.

[iNinja]

If it happened on a V1 and 3GS then that would suggest it isnt necessarily your software, it could be your itunes sync. Restore as a new device but dont sync and see if it still does it. If it doesnt, you know your itunes sync is screwed

[Londonrockz568]

Dave you could even go as far as reinstalling iTunes to see if that'll help.
If everything on the phone-end is exhausted then try the computer. Do a restart, restore as new and see if anything changed with the phone. If not, try reinstalling iTunes 8.2 and try a restore again.

[patrickj]

One other ugly but usually effective workaround is to create a new contact and give them a first name (or last name or whatever) of 'as' - then see if it accepts it.

Have you already tried that?

[patrickj]

The good news is that 3.0 is New & Improved when it comes to cussing.

****ing is no longer ducking.

Yay. :smile:

[psylichon]

You, sir, get the beer (or two thanks for now). Mr. As Workaround has saved the day indeed. http://dancetech.com/forums/images/ok.gif

Although, honestly, I'd still love to get to the bottom of this. The only phone in my house that doesn't do this is my wife's V1, which I recently restored as new and Redsnowed. Keep in mind, I restored both hers and my 3GSs as new devices and they both still do it.

This workaround definitely will keep me sane, though. Thanks again, Patrick!

[patrickj]

You, sir, get the beer (or two thanks for now). Mr. As Workaround has saved the day indeed. http://dancetech.com/forums/images/ok.gif

Although, honestly, I'd still love to get to the bottom of this. The only phone in my house that doesn't do this is my wife's V1, which I recently restored as new and Redsnowed. Keep in mind, I restored both hers and my 3GSs as new devices and they both still do it.

This workaround definitely will keep me sane, though. Thanks again, Patrick!

Oh yeah - I'll never say no to a beer or two :) Glad it worked. Really not sure what the underlying cause is, but I'm glad the workaround worked and very glad that they've made it easier to be a foul-mouthed git in my notes creation :)

[Londonrockz568]

Kinda jealous i didnt think of it first lol.

[Ramesh]

Dave, I thought this was known, and you wanted to avoid it. TUAW had a write up on this a while ago running 2.x.x firmware.

[Ramesh]

Sorry, it was Ars when Erica was writing for them

http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/01/what-the-duck-train-your-iphone-to-truly-learn-new-words.ars

I guess she discovered where the iPhone learns the words....

[psylichon]

Well, I feel dense. It turns out it was a contact in my phone, "Tony A's" that was doing it. I can understand not autocorrecting a contact name, but to force it in place of a word as standard as "as"?? That's a bug.

Props to Mittenman for figuring it out the crux of the problem for me.

[iNinja]

Wow, Dave, glad you solved the problem. I cant believe you didnt twig though after you put "as" as a contact :)

[iphonewarrior]

I think dave got quite obsessive over this whole auto-correction thing :)

Glad you got it sorted though.

[psylichon]

Hey man, when you're the only person in the world that something happens to, you tend to wanna know why. :)

[iphonewarrior]

Hey man, when you're the only person in the world that something happens to, you tend to wanna know why. :)

Thats a valid point, at least you've discovered what was wrong and when this flags up again you'll be the first to give your knowledge and experience.

[Londonrockz568]

Hey man, when you're the only person in the world that something happens to, you tend to wanna know why. :)

The gods hate you. Thats why. Do not question it.

[psylichon]

Nah, I just have a lot of good pizza joints around here. http://dancetech.com/forums/images/ok.gif

[speener]

Thanks Dave - I want to say I was having the exact same problem - Tony A's. I see you live in Philly and I live in Conshohocken so it might even be the same Tony A's. Makes no sense that it works this way. Thanks again.

[psylichon]

Small world. I live near the Roxborough branch, but same chain. :) Glad I could help...

[JWiPhone]

This one of the things so amazing about EIC. No matter the problem or how unique it appears to be someone out there can assist with some very helpful advice. I'm glad you got it resolved Dave.

[zPhone]

Haven't been to Tony A's, but heard Taconelli's is killer. For me, I have "Five A's Cafe" in my address book. (It's an awesome Asian restaurant in the Bay Area we do take out from, not in Philly.)

I was ready to believe that some Apple coder is an obsessed Oakland A's fan...

I'm renaming that contact post hast as this is quite annoying and I'm grateful for this thread's existence and answer!

[Napoleon_PhoneApart]

Well, Tony A's makes sense, but the others...

[ad6am]

Entering "Mr. As" in my contacts stopped my iPhone from correcting as --> A's!
So, a HUGE THANK YOU to both Patrick for solving this issue, and to Dave for spotlighting (neé admitting) the problem. Until finding this forum tonight, I too was plagued by the A's... but no longer.
As as as as as as!
PS-- Interestingly, the rationale for the problem's existence isn't borne out in my case. I don't live near Philly and I'd never even heard of the Tony A's restaurant.

[rubicon03]

mine autocorrects ''me'' to ''mr'' ever dang time

[Napoleon_PhoneApart]

I try to type the word "awesome" and it keeps correcting it to "Jailbreak Man." What a burden...

[Dustu2]

(Dave, since you have no use for this thread any longer, it is obviously time for us to hijack.)

Ever since FREAKIN' 2.2, my auto-correct has been no good. When I first got my 3G, equipped with 2.0, the auto-correct was beastly. It would fix things I didn't even realize were wrong until it corrected me. However, now, it hardly corrects anything. I've gotten stuck a lowercase "i" in place of an uppercase occasionally, even. And in general, it's just not good at correcting the things it used to jump on. Such as changing "uou" or "yoi" to "you". It's become quite frustrating. :(

[mod]

Hey Dave!

Just to let you know, this exact same problem was driving me insane. I found this thread, and sure enough I have a contact in my phone causing the same maddening problem.

You are not crazy.

Thanks!
M

[psylichon]

Every time this thread is bumped with someone who has been helped, I shed a tear of joy.

:ok:ok

[theswami]

Autocorrect can be UNBELIEVABLY annoying sometimes, even on my macbook it occasionally gets on my nerves.

[Napoleon_PhoneApart]

Is there some new sort of auto-correct with 3.1? I keep seeing words I'm typing underlined until I'm finished. It bugs the crap out of me.

[mittenman]

Every time this thread is bumped with someone who has been helped, I shed a tear of joy.

:ok:ok
Your welcome:dft012:wink

[Mickeylittle]

Naps, 2 things for you; 1) turn auto correction off if it's bugging you and 2) please shed the cape, I'm really ready for JB Man to deliver!:dft003:coolkid

[Napoleon_PhoneApart]

I've always had auto-correction on, but with 3.1 the constant jiggly red underlines bug me.

[johnrmcc]

This too has been plaguing me for some time (since i first picked up the 3Gs...my first iPhone). It seemingly was being controlled by my contacts as well. I had a contact called "Mr. A's"...this burger and Ice Cream place in my home town. Unfortunately he had to be removed! It was a pretty popular place in my home town, I bet you this is annoying many of its residents with iphones.