# Why is my iPhone SE now doing the “predictive text” thing?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 17, 2018, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-iphone-se-now-doing-the-predictive-text-thing/818054 "2018-07-17T01:28:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2018, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-iphone-se-now-doing-the-predictive-text-thing/818054/1 "2018-07-17T01:28:40Z")

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I know how to turn predictive text on/off. However, I didn’t mess with the settings… it just started offering it in all my text messages about 7pm. When i go to settings it is now _on_, but I didn’t turn it on. Strangely enough, it also happened to a friend that was with me at the asian restaurant tonight. What’s up? Are the aliens controlling my phone now?

BTW, I don’t even use autocorrect. Sometimes I want to deliberately misspeel words.

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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2018, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-iphone-se-now-doing-the-predictive-text-thing/818054/2 "2018-07-17T11:16:50Z")

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Did your phone update recently? After operating system updates I’ve noticed some settings changed.

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**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2018, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-iphone-se-now-doing-the-predictive-text-thing/818054/3 "2018-07-17T23:11:30Z")

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No, no updates. I sometimes put it in my pocket w/o locking the screen, but I don’t think that would do it. The PT feature is many _clicks_ away from anything I’d (routinely) have open. But that’s the only plausible explanation.