If you’ve updated to the new version of iOS 11.1 with all 70+ fun new emoji and the triumphant return of the 3D touch multitasking feature along with other various bug fixes and battery life improvements, I’m sure you may have noticed a slightly LESS useful feature. A bug that replaces your “i” character with A and [?] character. It has caused a lot of frustration and confusion and I’m here to try and bring things back to normal for you!
Up until today, Apple’s solution for the bug was to use it’s Text Replacement feature to create a workaround by following these steps:
Open Settings. Navigate to General -> Keyboard Text Replacement.
Tap the Add button in the toolbar.
In the Phrase field, enter the uppercase ‘I’ character.
In the Shortcut field, type the lowercase ‘i’ character.
Add the text replacement.
They were quick to offer that solution to the public but they were also working on a new update to fix the bug without having to use a workaround. Apple has now officially released iOS 11.1.1 for all iPhone and iPad users. The latest software update includes bug fixes and improvements including a fix for the notorious ‘i’ autocorrect bug that resulted in the A and [?] character appearing.