Autocorrect can be a great keyboard feature in any smartphone – if you know how to use it. What’s also true is that it can prove a frustrating affair to type in a small keyboard particularly if you are in a hurry or, ahem, you are a proud bearer of sausage fingers. And this is why autocorrect could be your friend because it was built with such issues in mind.
Autocorrect automatically corrects the words you are typing by giving you suggestions of the closest words. However, if you are having issues with this feature, it’s then best to turn it off. But how do you turn off autocorrect on a device like the Samsung Galaxy S6 or Galaxy S6 Edge, many ask?
Well, here’s a quick guide on how to fix the Galaxy S6 autocorrect keyboard issue:
Turn on your Galaxy device.
Navigate to a screen that displays the keyboard (Create Message, Compose email and any other).
On the left of the Space Bar, select and hold the Dictation Key.
Tap the Settings gear option.
Just below Smart Typing, select Predictive Text and disable it.
Voila! That should turn off autocorrect on your device.
It’s 2015 and the evolution of smartphones continues at a blistering pace. And just when we thought there was a phone that could reign supreme for at least a year, wham! Another joins the fray. Well, the latest mantle of best smartphones in 2015 (and therefore to date), has the likes of Samsung Galaxy Edge+, iPhone 6S Plus, and HTC One M9 jostling for places. Another entrant to that list of smartphones bordering on jewelry is the LG G4.
For a while now, the mobile division of South Korean phone maker LG has been lagging and was stirred back to life when they unleashed the LG G3. Things have not been the same since. Especially after they followed it up with this bad boy, a beast of a phone that will make a statement whenever you whip it out. What’s more, it’s the first LG phone that will be getting the Android Marshmallow update.
But even in all its magnificence, the G4 is not exempt from spelling mistakes when you get down to typing, thanks to you know what. It helps matters to know how to turn off autocorrect on a phone as this. Let’s walk you through, shall we?
Disable Autocorrect on your LG G4
Open any application that displays the keyboard.
Tap and hold the button on the left of your Space Bar (it has an icon resembling a mic – the dictation key).
Head over to Keyboard Settings via the button immediate-left of the spacebar
Select Settings by tapping on the gear option.
You’ll encounter a pane labeled Smart Typing. Choose Predictive Text and disable it.
When they first came out, the so-called phablets were viewed as devices targeted at a particular niche. However, as the times wore on, phablets like the Galaxy Note series have increasingly found themselves in the hands of many, not just the busy professional.
Samsung recently launched the Galaxy Note 5, its fifth generation phablet complete with improved features, including the S-Pen stylus. Now, the more advanced the harder some users struggle to find basic settings affecting their everyday use of their Note which can beat the whole purpose of the efficiency it’s supposed to deliver.
One of these settings is the auto correct feature, a setting meant to help you fix typos and spelling errors you’re bound to make. However, at times it can prove to be an issue on the Note 5, whether you find it useful or not. So, what do you do to disable auto correct when it becomes a headache?
Here’s what…
Open any application that allows keyboard typing (messaging or email, for example).
Immediately to the left of the Space Bar you will notice the Dictation key (with a mic icon).
Long-press it and this will yield several options. Tap on the Settings gear option.
Look out for the section that says Smart typing on this pane. Slide the Predictivetext to the OFF position to disable it.
Almost, if not all phones and tablets, have the autocorrect feature. When in this mode, all words veering off your chosen language’s dictionary are automatically switched to how they ought to be. The most annoying thing about it, however, is that proper names are still dished out the autocorrect treatment because the feature isn’t 100% artificially intelligent to totally know your intention. In short, it works on guesswork.
And anyone whose familiar with the guessing game pretty well knows it can be both lucky, and hazardous. This is no different.
Knowing how to turn off autocorrect on Windows 10 is fundamental because ostensibly, it comes turned on by default. Wow unto you if you can’t figure a way around it. But that’s why you’re here.
Disabling Autocorrect
This tutorial will show you how to turn off autocorrect on your Windows 10 device, a procedure you can work backwards to turn around should you, or someone, ever need it.
Go to the taskbar and launch your settings on All Settings.
Next, go to Devices.
Select Typing.
Look for the Spelling option on the right-hand side panel. You will find Autocorrect misspelled words turned to On.
Let’s admit it, the Asus Zenfone 2 isn’t much of a looker. This massive smartphone courtesy of a team effort by Asus and Intel will appeal to consumers with a mid-range budget though. It has a great screen, remarkable battery life that can extend up to three days in power-saving mode and powered by impressive processors that can accomplish just about anything you’d need of your mobile.
Looking at other mid-range phones in the market that are the main competition – the OnePlus brothers, the Sony M4 Aqua and Alcatel Idol 3 – the Zenfone 2 falls short when it comes to looks, although it holds its own with respect to the impressive specs it boasts.
The phablet runs on Android Lollipop but the company has grafted its ZenUI skin atop it. This makes it a bit of a challenge for some users to know how to disable autocorrect issues on the Zenfone 2.
Disable Autocorect on your Zenfone by following these steps:
Launch Settings and go to Language & input.
Tap on the gear icon of the ‘ASUS Keyboard’ to access its keyboard settings.
Xiaomi seems to be playing the same game as OnePlus: launching phones with high-end specs yet managing to keep the cost at a minimum. And to great effect. Perhaps because they are catering to a market that has remained largely overlooked as top specs have always meant shelling out more.
One such Xiaomi phone is the Xiaomi Mi 4 announced in September and will be fetching at $205 at its most basic. This one runs on the company’s MIUI V5 custom ROM which can be used on a slew of other Android devices, not just those from Xiaomi.
For anyone looking to get a Mi 4 or anyone else with a phone running the MIUI V5 (pronounced Me-You-I), knowing how to disable predictive text will come in handy. Here is how you should go about it:
Find and open the Settings
Open General settings then navigate to Language & input.
Tap on the arrow-like button () next to the keyboard you are using.
If you are using Google keyboard, select Show correction suggestions then proceed to tap Always hide.
If you’re using Chinese Pinyin keyboard, go to Input and uncheck Auto completion.
The shortcoming for anyone using the SwiftKey keyboard is that there is no option to disable predictive text (unless that changes in upcoming versions).
The iPhone autocorrect function is one of the standout features in the iPhone keyboard. Unfortunately, it seems to create more problems for some users than it solves. This is why knowing how to turn off iPhone autocorrect should be on your fingertips so that when it becomes a headache for you, you know where to go in an instant.
Ever since the launch of iOS 8, a new feature called QuickType was introduced. This is predictive typing which is context-sensitive to not just the message you’re writing but also the intended recipient. For example, it can differentiate between words you could use with your significant other and those that would be politically correct when addressing your mum. And it is this function that confuses some iPhone 6 Plus users even more.
Turn off Autocorrect and Predictive Word in iPhone 6 Plus
Go to Settings.
Tap the General button.
Scroll down and find the Keyboard option.
iPhone autocorrect and predictive word are located in the same pane but they are two different entities: Auto-Correction (some upgrades of iOS 8 may list it as Check Spelling) and Predictive. If either of them is turned to green, then know it is active. To turn off, just drag the slider to off (the toggle button should now have no green shading around it).
The first tablet to feature Android 4.1 Jellybean, the Nexus 7 tablet is a tag-team effort by Google and Taiwan heavyweight, Asus. (Yes, it’s upgradeable to Marshmallow too). This tablet was, for a long time, the business when it came to tablets. The build was great (although looking at the silver plastic around the bezel now makes it feel a little medieval), the price was friendly, and Google served us speedy software updates directly.
The Autocorrect functionality can be a pain
Ask many today and you will hear them admit that this, this was the ultimate Android experience the world had so longed for. It was a blessing, the Nexus 7. The good news is that it got a makeover with the release of the Nexus 7 (2013) which allows it to hold its own to date. It’s a tablet you can never go wrong with.
But I’m not here to wax lyrical about some of the greatest tablets ever made, but rather, on one functionality that many find obstructive: autocorrect.
How to turn off autocorrect on the Nexus 7
Go to Settings.
Select Language & input.
One of the options that come up is Personal option. Under it, find and select the Quick Settings.
Under Text Correction, find and tap on Auto-Correction.
Choose the Off option and that is how to turn off autocorrect on your device.
Starting September 30, 2015, Mac users are being treated to a free update of the latest OS X operating system, the El Capitan. It’s an experience every Mac owner should afford a try, because it spruces up a couple of existing tools without veering far from the fundamental OS X experience.
One of the enhancements that have been made on the El Capitan has to do with the autocorrect feature. If this isn’t your thing, rest assured you are headed for the rocks particularly if you don’t know how to turn it off. This is because it has become more aggressive regardless of the language you have opted for.
Autocorrect works within Apple applications like Notes, email or Safari, and can be quite an annoyance. The worst thing (or good to some) about it in this OS version is that the words you add to the dictionary will reflect on your iPhone or iPad in case you are using the same Apple ID. In such a case, you need to turn it off from your computer which isn’t really hard to do.
Here is how you can disable autocorrect on the OS X El Capitan:
Open System Preferences from the system dock.
Click on Keyboard option which you will find in the second row of the listed settings.
Following the above, select the Text tab from the window that ensues.
You will find a box that says ‘Correct spelling automatically’.
For some people like me, the autocorrect on the smartphone serves to be a constant source of headache than a route to efficiency. You are in a hurry to rush somewhere or at the end of a long day, trying to text some important stuff to a colleague, or someone else for that matter. Then autocorrect decides to step in and make its best guess on your intentions, and wham! You get hit by a ‘damn you autocorrect’ moment.
It’s not what you want. No one does.
In such instances, you are far more efficient with autocorrect turned to off. For anyone who owns the magnificent Motorola Moto X, how then do you disable autocorrect? It may be an Android device, but it slightly differs from most. Here’s how…
Launch Settings.
Go to Language & input.
Tap on the gear icon for your default keyboard.
Find and tap Auto-correction.
From the pane that comes up (above), select off.
That should disable autocorrect on your Moto X.
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