How to Adjust iOS 5 Autocorrect Bar

17 Nov 2011 | Advice | Ali Gorelova on Google+

iPad autocorrect function might drive you crazy and make you uttering “damn you autocorrect” curse each time your device’s keyboard writes something opposite to what you wanted to type.

If you want your tablet computer or iPhone understand you better and type what you actually mean, you should activate a special bar. It’s an Angroid-like word selection function that will solve your problem and let you type in accurate auto-corrected words.

We hope that these tips and tricks will be useful to you, as you’ll learn how to adjust autocorrect feature on iPad and iPhone to your own needs.

iOS vs. Android

Users with Android phones can select words from multiple choices. Their devices give them such possibilities for autocorrection while they type.

Unlike Android, iOS platform by Apple uses another approach. It determines what you wanted to say but doesn’t give you a choice when you are typing auto-correcting words.

iPad and iPhone owners often get into hilarious situations because of this. Sometimes they are even led to mean mistakes, especially people who do not review their message before pressing “Send”.

Hackers presented a solution to all iOS 5 users. They released a hack that turns on a secret feature.

How to Enable iOS 5 Autocorrect Bar Instruction

The bar you can reveal in your iPad is similar to the Android’s keyboard feature. Once you enable it, you’ll get a chance to select from multiple words when you auto-correct.

You should follow these steps to enable autocorrect bar in iOS 5 operating system.

1. You have to find iBackupBot, download and install it.

2. Now you should backup your iPad in iTunes.

3. Launch iBackupBot.

4. Load the backup file you created.

5. Go to Library-Preferences-com.apple.keyboard.plist and launch this file.

6. Type or copy/paste this code: <key>KeyboardAutocorrectionLists</key><string>YES</string> and save the file.

7. Restore the backup via iBackupBot.

8. Congratulations. Hopefully everything went on the right way, and you can now use the autocorrect bar on top of the iPad or other iOS 5 device.

Enjoy your ability to select from among the different words possible by entering letters and keystrokes.