iPhone keyboard won't let me type the word "fixes"

As stupid as it sounds have you tried a reboot/restart most software issues are fixed by doing this simple thing 🙂

This is too funny to be true 🙂 I tried it on my iPhone with OS 2.2.1 and indeed, I'm unable to type "fixes" (and also "fixef"). It just doesn't like an "s" or an "f" after "fixe" - it's as if they keys are broken 😉

I tried typing 'fixes'. Initially it typed 'fixed'. But when I backspaced the 'd' and typed 's', it typed 'fixes'.

Reported to Apple as bug #6715127

I'm using 2.2.1 and I can type fixes. It substituted fixed and I backspaced and replaced the d with s.

Of course, it works if you hit backspace and replace d with s. The whole point is that the iPhone doesn't even let you type "s" on the first attempt, which is a bug.

A number of words and names have been reported exhibiting this behavior. I've yet to see a good answer for why, though.

Matt

A similar thing was reported with "Lexus" I believe.. Everytime I type "xx" the spellchecker ALWAYS offers "fx" - no matter how many times I dismiss it. They're just bugs.

All this time, I thought it was me...I couldn't for the life of me type my daughter's name, Caitlin, into the phone. I would always get C-A-I-R-L-I-N. Again, thought it was just me not being able to hit that key right, though I don't really have a problem with anything else. Then this weekend, I finally tried to force the phone to type it right by trying to slide my finger to the "T", and it was completely skipped over. I went back and forth from "R" to "Y" several times. Nope, the "T" refused to be typed. Now that I know it's a confirmed bug, I feel a little bit better about my iPhone typing skills.

I'm no math wiz, but I would think it at least has some part to do with the predictive typing math used. I was reading a thread the other day about where you type determining the success of training your iPhone keyboard - i.e., Notes won't train your keyboard. Safari will. If you have a word you "have" to get right every time, like a name, type it in the Safari search ... When you correct it there, it will log it in the keyboard learning files.

I'm not sure if awkward math constitutes a bug, but perhaps. I'm sure iPhone OS 3.0 will correct a lot of this. Fun times.