Some Apple device users running iOS 11.1 are reporting a strange text-prediction feature that autocorrects the letter ‘I’
When attempting to use ‘I’ as a word, some users are seeing it replaced with an ‘A’, along with a unicode question mark character in the prediction field.
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If the users don’t take action to remedy it, the incorrect characters will appear within text.
The issue was first brought to light by Reddit poster TheCravin and more reports of the flaw have since emerged across social media.
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Some Twitter users claimed the incorrect character is even the default suggestions whenever they reply to a tweet.
Apple says a fix for the flaw is coming in a “future software update” and has published a finicky workaround to tide over users being troubled by the issue.
“If you updated your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to iOS 11.1 and find that when you type the letter “i” it autocorrects to the letter “A” with a symbol, learn what to do,” Apple writes.
It then advises users to head to “Settings > General > Keyboard > Text Replacement” and tap the + icon.
For Phrase, users are told to type an upper-case “I”, and for shortcut they type a lower-case “i.”
Users can also disable predictive text completely, in order to halt the autocorrection.
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