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How to turn off

predictive text?

possible to your Personal

Dictionary in Settings>Language &

Input, but we recognise that this

may take time. Ultimately,

however,thiswouldbethemost

efficient solution.

to your second keyboard, which

youshouldhavesetuptonotuse

anyprediction.Theprocesscan

then be repeated any time you like,

butyoucouldgofurtherandinstall

an app called Quick Keyboard

Switch from Google Play, which

will place a shortcut icon on your

home screen for one-tap switching.

Withsomecarefulplanninganda

small amount of time spent setting

up the input methods for your

particularneeds,youwillendup

withasystemwhichworks

perfectly for work and home, and

whichiseasytojumpbetween

wheneveryouwantto.Youcould

alsoaddasmanyspecificwordsas

“I have to type many specifi c words and names when typing on my
Android phone for work and the auto-correction gets in the way, but
when I am contacting friends it is really useful. What’s the quickest
waytoturnitoffandon?”Claire Hamley

DroidSuppor t

HiClaire.This is a
problemthatmanyofus
have faced over time and
itisperhapsanareathatAndroid
coulddobetterin.Thenagain,
Androidissoflexiblethatthereisa
way you can set up your phone so
that disabling prediction is easy.
Thetrickistoinstallasecond
keyboardwhichallowsyoutoturn
off prediction; once done, you will
have all you need to effectively
disablepredictionwhenyouare
communicatingwithyourfriends.
Ifyouareusingthedefault
keyboard to talk to friends, you can
pull down the status bar at the top
andthentaptheoptiontoswitch

A

When you are typing, you should see a

small keyboard in the status bar

Pull the status bar down and tap Select

Input Method to change keyboards

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