Backward apostrophe missing on keybaord

Good question, I cannot find it either. I know I have used it in the past for passwords (though none now) so would be nice to have.

Also if anybody knows a page somewhere on the web that can list all secondary characters that can be accessed in submenus by holding would be nice.

qkerby,

Is your iPhone updated to software 1.1.2? If so, you should see those accent letter keys when you press and hold down on letters that commonly have accents. It can take a couple of seconds for those accented letters to pop up.

Hope this helps,
Jennifer B.

qkerby,

Perhaps I was not too clear with my explanation. Updating to software 1.1.2 will not give you a backwards apostrophe key, but it will provide letters that have the apostrophe already on them. For example, holding down the e button should give you the option to enter é and several other accented letters. Is that what you were going for?

Hope this helps,
Jennifer B.

I posted about this a while back, too. It's called the Grave Accent, and sure enough, it's missing from the iPhone keyboard. The silly thing is they thought to include the non-standard bullet symbol, but forgot an actual keyboard key.

I need the character for my company's WiFi key, so until they add it to the keyboard, I'm stuck without WiFi while at work.

Related: It seems to have the closing curly double-quote, but not the opening one.

The real issue is the lack of certain ASCII symbols, any one of which could be used in a password someplace. I believe the missing ones include at least `, \, and |, but a full list would be useful to have. The total ASCII (besides the alphabet and numbers) is as follows:

!"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\]^_`{|}~

Tom,

\ and | are there in iPhone 1.1.2.

Go to the alternate keypad, then the button that replaces the shift key.

I have been unable to located the `. However the rest of them can be found in that same section.

Hope this helps,

Nathan C.

Well, both \ and | appear in the "123" keyboard if you press the "#+=" button, along with curly braces, the euro symbol, the pound, symbol and a bunch of others. But I can't find the ` key. Of the symbols you listed, the ONLY one I haven't found is the ` key!

Of the symbols you listed, the ONLY one I haven't found is the ` key!

Thanks, useful to know! Hard to believe they are still lacking only this one, which I think was reported as soon as the first iPhone came out.

Technically, the grave accent mark isn't the same thing as the backward apostrophe, though it could be used as a decent substitute. I recently came across a need for this when typing Hawaiian words and island names. It's called an okina. Not something that is needed often, to be sure, but still.

Though I am a stickler for grammar and punctuation, I always allow leeway (for myself and others) for accents, apostrophes, and the like when composing SMS and e-mail messages. I have found that even if I take the time to compose correctly, how it displays is entirely dependent on the end user's settings. Thus, I tend to not spend extra time with tildes, etc.

Note to the person who thought an apostrophe appears above an "e." Apostrophes and accent marks are not the same. An apostrophe indicates letters missing, whereas an accent mark indicates emphasis or pronunciation.

(Yes, I am a grammar nazi.) 🙂

Thanks for the info. Of course we are talking here about a particular ASCII character (U+0060) which is sometimes required in passwords. Whatever it might be called or however it might be used elsewhere in language, the fact that it cannot be created with the iPhone/iPod Touch keyboard is a major mistake/omission/bug.

I recently came across a need for this when typing Hawaiian words and island names. It's called an okina. Not something that is needed often, to be sure, but still.

For the Okina the best thing to use is U+02BB Modifier Letter Turned Comma, if your font has it.

http://m10lmac.blogspot.com/2007/03/typing-hawaiian.html

qkerby,

I wasn't able to find the backward apostrophe, but the iPhone has built in accents for letters now if you press and hold on a certain letter.

Hope this helps,
Jennifer B.