Upgraded to IOS 11 & now Tex Replacement not syncing. I rely on this feature SO much, what a PITA. Apple: please fix this NOW. Any suggestions from users appreciated!
iPad Air 2 Wi-Fi, iOS 11.0.2, Text replacement sync not working!
did you try the solution suggested by jtown973 earlier in this thread?
I would suggest give it a try — it didn’t work for me initially, so i did a fresh (encrypted) backup and factory iOS restore/ restore backup , using itunes. This puts a fresh original copy of iOS in place, replacing the series of incremental OTA updates I had previously.
Then I used jtown973’s solution and it worked the first try. You do have to follow the steps *exactly* as written, right down to which specific keyboard options to toggle off, then later back on again. Good luck!
tried this 5 times with no luck...😠
6th time was the charm! Thank you!🙂
I don't know if it was critical; but this last time I turned the toggles back on IN THE REVERSE ORDER as turning them off.
don't know; don't care. it worked... happy happy 😀
I have had this happen to me before. The last time it happened when I replaced my iPhone 6. After a couple days, my text replacements all came back without any intervention from me.
Howard
Absolutely awesome...this worked! Thanks!
I experienced the exact same problem with iOS 11 on an iPhone 7. I found the solution in a different Apple Discussions thread for people who had experienced a similar problem after iOS 10 on an iPhone 6/6s. But it also works for iOS 11 & iPhone 7 as well.
Here’s how to fix it (I don’t know if each step is necessary, but I followed it step-by-step and it worked perfectly for me):
1. Go into Settings > General > Keyboard > Text Replacement
2. There shouldn’t be any text replacement shortcuts listed
3. Go back to Keyboard (I had all of the auto-switches for Auto-Capitalization, Auto-Correction, Check Spelling, etc. enabled)
4. Turn off Auto-Capitalization, Auto-Correction and "." Shortcut
5. Immediately turn off** your phone without leaving the page (**to clarify: turn your phone off does not mean reset your phone; you have actually manually turn off your phone off the right way)
6. Wait a minute or so before turning it back on
7. Open up Settings > General > Keyboard
8. Turn back on all the switches that you turned off in step 4
9. Wait a minute or so, and then go into Text Replacement, and all your previously saved ones should be there again
I did this and got all of my ~200 text replacements back!
Other things I tried before this:
Hope this helps!
Shame on Apple for not fixing this!! Thank you to Slideboy for somehow discovering such an obtuse fix! Kudos to ME for somehow having the tenacity to keep searching till I found it. But mostly shame on Apple!
I followed your steps exactly - still didn't work.
So I gave up, and started to create the shortcuts manually - guess what - every shortcut that I create on the iPhone is now duplicated on the iPad!
I have an open ticket with Apple tech support... waiting to hear from a "senior engineer" at Apple - not optimistic.
Don't work for me on Iphone 8 plus ios11.2
just one abbreviation has been restored... 😐
Thanks a lot. Your solution works perfectly. Highly appreciated 🙃
Thanks. Worked perfectly for iPhone X.
It worked!
THANK YOU!!! This worked for me!
Fantastic, thanks so much for sharing. Just used it to fix my new iphone X
My kudos to the guys figuring out the solution. They must have unlimited patience!
Really simple and easy remedy! Many thanks !
Krg
Upgraded to IOS 11 & Text Replacement Not Syncing!
