Tricks to Teach your iPhone to Swear
Tricks to Teach your iPhone to Swear
You might have noticed that your iPhone doesn't know the swear words. So every time you try to use one, its auto-correct feature kicks in and gives you some weird alternatives. With iPhone firmware 2.2, you have the option to disable the auto-correct feature but in my case the auto-correction...
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wow! the type three times and cancel each time definitely does add the word to the dictionary! (see screenshot) I've been yearning for this option since my first iPhone over a year ago. Has this been available the whole time!?
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Want another way that doesn't screw up your contact list? On a jailbroken phone, SSH into System/Library/TextInput/TextInput_en.bundle/ and copy the Unigrams-en_US.dat file to your computer. Open it with notepad, add your swears to the bottom of the list, save it, and copy it back to the location you took it from.
Obviously, this is for editing a US english auto-correct file, so navigate to your corresponding "TextInput_xx.bundle" folder where xx is the abbreviation of your language, and "Unigrams-xx_yy.dat" where yy is the appropriate dialect.
Clean, and keeps your contact list profanity free :)
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Thanks for the tip cpenner, definitely a neat option for those who are technically inclined to add all the words in one go.
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Cpenner, when I open it in notepad its full of high ascii characters along with the words. Its not a simple text list. Any advice?
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Ditto what jack asks..
Tip: simpler for jailbroken phone users is to just install MobileTerminal and cd to the relevant directory and use vi (or another text editor) to edit the file without copying to your PC..
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thanks for your nice post..
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Easier if you just don't swear.
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Some of us swear!
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LOL ... ducking iPhone!!!
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Yea, I just ignored the ascii characters, and just added the words with spaces between them at the end of the file. It allowed the swears, however, I've found it messed up the auto-correct for some words...
I knew deep down it wouldn't be that easy haha. I'm guessing those ascii characters are part of the code to direct misspellings to their proper corrections. I'm not sure how to edit that unfortunately...
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[Its a clever little trick but I prefer the trick which was suggested by one of the commentators to solve the problem which is to type the swear word two or three times and cancel the auto-correct pop-up each time.]
this solution seems to be very short lived..
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stop swearin
problem solved lol
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swear swear and swear sum more lolz !! ha ha
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**** off
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It's not just about swearing. There are some words acronyms that I use in my job that I need to add and not have the phone ruin.
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Shut up you fucking pussy
