My Nokia won’t remember dictionary additions

Published by Ewan on Thursday 24th April 2008, 14:25 View Comments | Filed under: Mobile

Small things. Really pissing me right off.

My Nokia E90 — the new one I got the other week thanks to Vodafone — is completely up to date with the right firmware. I didn’t have to flash it. But it won’t remember any dictionary additions.

I keep on having to program in my name every sodding time I use it.

It’s winding me right up. Anyone else getting this?

JebBrilliant

Ewan, I think it's a phone glitch. I know the phone has the capabilities to remember my name but sometimes it knows what I'm spelling and other times I have to reinput my name. This is especially bad if your someone like WhatleyDude who doesn't even look at the screen or keypad when sending a message (he's just that experienced and fluid with T9).

Ewan

Aye,
I actually got a text from him telling me he was 'in a very long Steve' this
evening, Jeb.
Took me a while to recognise that 'Steve' is the equivalent of 'queue' on
T9. Not dictionary related, but thought I'd share ;-)

JebBrilliant

Now that's pretty funny. I'm impressed that you were able to figure that out and didn't just sms him back asking him what in the world he was talking about.

Ewan

The only reason I knew as I'd been typing 'queue' to someone else in a
similar text and noticed that steve=queue!

JebBrilliant

I am actually having a similar issue with the N95 I have been using. Sometimes it will remember words and sometimes it won't. It's gotten very annoying and to a point that I want to get another phone.

Ewan

Jeb, we're of the same mind. It is highly, highly, highly annoying. I
don't know how these handsets can get something so STUPIDLY basic, wrong.
I'm pretty sure it's not something I've done!

stevelitchfield

Err... sounds obvious, but you ARE hitting 'Spell' and putting in "Ewan" - aren't you? Maybe not? This isn't a known S60 or E90 bug.

Ewan

Steve, sadly, yeah. I'm hitting 'Spell', spelling the word... then when I
come to write it again, the device has forgotten it. It's really
infuriating when you're spelling a long word -- like 'smstextnews'. You end
up having to delete the gibberish and start again once you find it's not in
the dictionary.

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