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10 troubleshooting tips to fix the iPhone keyboard not showing emoji suggestions
Try these troubleshooting tips to fix predictive emoji suggestions not appearing at the top of the iPhone's onscreen keyboard when typing corresponding words.
Apple releases iOS 11.1.1 with fix for A [?] auto-correct bug
Apple on Thursday released iOS 11.1.1 update for iPhones and iPads. Today's update comes a little over a week after iOS 11.1 was pushed out to the public, and it fixes two significant bugs that have been impacting a large number of users: Hey Siri randomly stops working and an issue with keyboard auto-correct.
Apple’s embarrassing “i → A [?]” autocorrect bug could be a machine learning problem
Apple's QuickType keyboard bug in iOS where typing the letter “i” can replace it with the uppercase letter “A” and a question mark symbol could be a machine learning problem, according to Daring Fireball's John Gruber.
How to work around the “i → A [?]” predictive text bug in iOS 11.1
A new Apple support document published two days ago recommends a temporary workaround solution for a weird auto-correct bug in iOS 11.1 where typing the letter "i" can replace it with the uppercase letter “A” and a question mark symbol.
This app adds haptic feedback to your MacBook Pro Touch Bar keys
Apple’s latest line of MacBook Pros sports an OLED Touch Bar just above the physical keyboard. The point of the Touch Bar is to offer a dynamic, programmable strip that acts as both an extension of your keyboard and an auxiliary input device for select apps on your Mac.
As incredible as the Touch Bar is, one feature that Apple seemed to skim across when designing it was haptic feedback.
Fixmoji lets you designate your favorite emojis in iOS without a jailbreak
If you use iOS' Emoji keyboard regularly, then you should know by now that Apple dedicates the left side of the interface to recently-used Emojis. While useful for some, others often wish they could dedicate this section to manually-designated ‘favorite’ Emojis instead.
Enter Fixmoji, a new third-party keyboard app developed by former jailbreak tweak creator Raviraj Minawala. This keyboard lets users configure a separate database of their favorite Emojis and access them anytime on demand.
EmojiType inserts relevant Emoji in the place of plain text characters
As you type with your iPhone's keyboard, standard plain text characters appear on the screen, but that's not always enough if you're a heavy Emoji user. To insert Emojis, you need to visit the Emoji keyboard and tap on them manually, while the predictive keyboard suggests relevant Emoji from time to time. Nevertheless, it won’t automatically-insert them for you.
If you wish things worked a little differently, then a new free jailbreak tweak called EmojiType by iOS developer Adriano Junior is now available that automatically replaces certain text characters with relevant Emoji characters.
Backspace+ gives you finer control over backspacing in iOS
I can’t even begin to tell you about the countless times I’ve accidentally backspaced an entire body of text when I only wanted to remove a few words from a sentence. It seems like iOS’ automatic backspace acceleration that kicks in when you tap and hold on the backspace key can get a little too excited at times.
Fortunately, a new free jailbreak tweak called Backspace+ by iOS developer Justin Petkovic provides some relief from this issue and makes text-editing more feasible on iOS devices.
IconKeyb10 inserts numeric Emojis when typing numbers from the iOS keyboard
Emojis are quickly taking over in the world of texting, and a new free jailbreak tweak called IconKeyb10 by iOS developer GeoSn0w helps future-proof your texting habits by automatically inserting the Emoji equivalents of certain characters from the iOS keyboard.
The screenshot shown above is rather self-explanatory. Rather than typing the numeric characters “1,” “2,” “3,” etc. when you tap on those keys from the iOS keyboard, the tweak inserts the Emoji counterparts instead.
Microsoft shuts down one-handed iPhone keyboard in favor of SwiftKey
Microsoft is shutting down its one-handed keyboard for iPhone and iPod touch, called WordFlow, fifteen months after the app made its debut on App Store.
Blacklist specific emoji from appearing throughout iOS with Nomoji
We've seen jailbreak tweaks that let you designate favorite emojis, but none so far that allow you to block emojis you don't like seeing from appearing in apps.
If you dislike certain emojis, or a friend of yours uses them too often in messaging or social media, then a new jailbreak tweak called Nomoji by iOS developer PoomSmart will come in clutch.