Comments on: I can’t type “rivet” on my iPhone

By: PatrickJ

PatrickJ — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:04:27 +0000

TimmyGUNZ – I’ve seen (and successfully tested) a similar tip – add your desired word to a Contact and it will be excluded from auto correct.

I tested by adding a profanity to the AT&T ‘Pay My Bill’ contact. That contact is now ‘Pay My effin Bill’ and that word no longer gets corrected to ‘ducking’ in case it’s needed 🙂

By: TimmyGUNZ

TimmyGUNZ — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:19:46 +0000

I read somewhere a while back that if you create a notepad entry with some custom words that keep giving you a problem, the iPhone dictionary will learn that word and stop the auto-correct. Might be worth trying that.

By: Danny Vandal

Danny Vandal — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 07:45:58 +0000

I have the same problem when trying to type the word Stansted, it’s impossible to type the second ‘s’ first go.

By: Ragart

Ragart — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:39:53 +0000

@TimmyGUNZ
thanks for the tip. Yeah, I was actually writing the word that way before, but I still found it crazy that I couldn’t actually TYPE the word out because the auto-correct would physically keep me from doing so. When I slide the key to finish the word the only letters I can select are “r” and “y” — the “t” is physically and virtually impossible to type.

It just seems so backwards to me that I can’t even type the letter out. I have to use the backspace trick for a lot of words but it wasn’t until today that I realized I just cannot type some of them.

By: TimmyGUNZ

TimmyGUNZ — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:21:52 +0000

I’m able to type it. After it auto-inputs “River” just hit backspace, then type the T, then hit the x on the popup window that says “River.”