The release of iOS 11.1 last week was welcomed by many users, primarily because the original operating system version had caused a lot of headaches. Many people were hopeful that the latest update would put an end to the list of issues introduced by the iOS 11, but sadly the major software patch reportedly has a strange bug that autocorrects the character "i" with an "A" followed by a question mark. Thankfully, Apple has already provided a temporary solution for this minor problem.
Many people owning the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch devices are complaining that typing the letter "i" in the keyboard would automatically turn into letter "A" with a question mark symbol. It appears that this issue only surfaced when the users updated their gadgets to iOS 11.1. Some people may just let this pass and proceed with manually editing the text, but for professional and business users, deleting the "A" and question mark characters would be time-consuming.
According to The Telegraph, the invisible character that the bug is trying to replace the letter "i" with is called Variation Selector 16. In the text board, this character appears as the letter "A" with a question mark sign, but it is actually a code intended to merge two characters together to form an emoji.
The bug replaces the letter "i" with an invisible character called Variation Selector 16, which is a code typically used to merge two characters together into an emoji. In this case, no emoji appears.
Apple recently addressed the autocorrect bug in the iOS 11.1 update, giving the users a step-by-step guide on how to fix the issue temporarily. A software update will be needed to fix the problem for good, but Apple said that the minor update, likely the iOS 11.1.1, will be released a week later.
First, users must go to Settings, General, Keyboard, then Text Replacement to tap on the "." symbol. For phrase, type the uppercase "I" character, and the lowercase "i" for shortcut. In case that the guide does not work, 9To5Mac suggested to disable the emoji keyboard.
The iOS 11.1 update featured an all-new set of emojis, including a cursing smiley face, Chinese takeout box, a hedgehog, a sandwich, a mermaid, and a vampire. The major update also introduced an important security patch to protect the iOS users against "Krack" Wi-Fi exploiters. The iOS 11.1 also brought back the 3D touch option, which was supposed to appear in the first release of the software version.
