Disable "LOL" Auto-Correct on iPhone 3G

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Disable "LOL" Auto-Correct on iPhone 3G

Is there any way to make the iPhone learn to stop changing lol to LOL? The auto-correct feature on the iPhone is phenomenal; however, typing lol in a conversation makes auto-correct change it to LOL always which, to be gentle, makes it sound really annoying. I know you can press the little "x" button above the suggestion, but it becomes cumbersome to press every time -- especially if you text as fast as I do (and use "lol" as much as I do..). Yeah people have suggested use "haha"...but it's not the same....

Any suggestions?

MacbookAir, iPhone 3G, Mac OS X (10.5.6)

Posted on Feb 16, 2009 2:57 PM

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Answer 1

paulcb

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Feb 16, 2009 2:59 PM in response to dukeblue17

You could turn off the auto-correct feature... Settings - General - Keyboard

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web500

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Feb 16, 2009 6:46 PM in response to dukeblue17

Make sure you have firmware 2.2 or later

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Feb 16, 2009 6:48 PM in response to web500

and what will that do?

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ducky3

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Feb 17, 2009 5:17 AM in response to dukeblue17

what about typing lawl? might work

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Randy Fast

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Feb 17, 2009 6:28 AM in response to dukeblue17

It would seem the iPhone doesn't learn words for me anymoe and when I type "lol" it just automatically changes it to "LOL" and doesn't pop up with the suggestion of "LOL" with the X so I can cancel it. It now just changes it to "LOL" when I hit the space bar with no options not to do it, nor does it appear I can teach the iPhone new words now. I have no idea why.

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