Although it began as an element that complicated our existence, the Android spell checker has been improved to become something essential on a day-to-day basis. Thanks to your help, we are able to write faster and not make mistakes that could cause someone to misinterpret us. But nevertheless problems can appear often.
Through various forums and social networks, there are several users who have complained about problems with the spell checker on Android phones , something that can cost us a real headache until we find the solution. Luckily, in most cases what you have to do is very simple and we are going to show you so that you can type again with the best result on your smartphone.
Steps to fix concealer problems
There is no single solution to the various failures that may appear, so we must focus on the failure we are suffering and try to solve it with the method that we explain. In case the situation remains the same, we will have to try the rest of the alternatives to other problems that we propose and surely that sooner or later the mobile corrector will work as we wish.
Auto checker has stopped working on Android
There are times when an update to the Google Gboard keyboard has caused the spell checker to stop working, although luckily this is very easy to recover. We just have to access an app where we need the keyboard and when it is shown we will follow the following steps to use it again:
- We touch on the three points in the upper right.
- Then click on Settings.
- Among the options that appear, we select “Spell correction”.
- Then we have to activate auto-correction, automatic capitalization and everything we want to change when we type.
In case something continues to fail, we can think of an error that is related to our smartphone beyond a configuration failure in the Android keyboard , something that we will solve by returning it to the original state. To do this we will have to access the Terminal Settings, access the applications and search for Gboard to enter it. We then access the storage and cache section to delete these elements, then the keyboard will return to the original state without so many problems.
Words change themselves
There are those who like to use the proofreader only as a revision and yet they do not want the proofreader to make changes to the text. That leads us to only need a spell checker and therefore it is not an error in the keyboard itself but rather a configuration error. To modify it we have to follow the steps that we saw previously, entering the Gboard keyboard Settings> Spell correction and deactivating everything except the Spell Check, which will be what will mark the wrong words with suggestions to click on them and modify them if desired .
Language and checker glitches
Another moment where we usually run into bugs and errors when writing with the mobile appears when we try to write a word in English or any other language. The proofreader will not take long to modify it for another in Spanish that fits within the context, causing us to end up writing something nonsensical. Luckily there are ways to avoid this and thus make it easier for us to speak to anyone in writing.
To do this, we only have to install the necessary languages on the keyboard, making the Android smartphone capable of identifying all the words we need to use and we do not run into the aforementioned errors. To do this we have to enter the keyboard Settings, from the three points that appear at the top of it when using it. Then we enter Languages and choose “Add keyboard” to select the one we need beyond our main one. Once we find it, click on it and activate the writing in several languages so that it combines and understands all the ones we have on the phone.
While we are typing, we can also change the keyboard if there are modifications in these, just by touching the little ball of the world that is at the bottom of Gboard, we will pass on the Spanish keyboard to come across the letter Ñ or with the relevant variations in the chosen keyboard language, while suggestions and corrections will remain active in all languages.
Save special words in checker
Among all that we can do so that the proofreader does not generate errors in our writing, there is the option of the personal dictionary with which we can generate terms that we use in our mother tongue, expressions that escape the official dictionary and ultimately all that we say in a colloquial way so that Gboard does not modify it at will . To do this, we just have to enter the keyboard configuration again and touch on “Dictionary” in the personal dictionary, we can choose the language we are going to add or use in all of them.
Now it is only necessary to write the word that we want to store in our personal dictionary and even use an optional abbreviated form that is very useful in other languages such as English. When we are going to try to write that word on our mobile, the corrector will not make the mistake of modifying it at will.
My concealer options are different
Although we have already seen how we can fix all the problems with the corrector on Android, it is likely that you will find that your smartphone does not offer the same keyboard and that therefore the options are different. This usually occurs in Huawei and Samsung, but also in other manufacturers that use SwiftKey , another of the most popular keyboards and that also present the same or very similar failures in Android terminals. To solve it we have the option to install from the Google Gboard app store and follow the previous steps after configuring it.
On the other hand, solving the problems of the SwiftKey spell checker on Android is done in this way:
- We enter an app that we can write about.
- When the keyboard opens, we play at the three points in the upper right.
- Then click on Settings.
- Then touch on Writing.
Here we can from activating or deactivating auto-correction, to making other automatic corrector modifications that do not convince us. To add other languages we will have to touch on the section for it in the Settings and we will be able to select the ones we want to combine to use them simultaneously without errors or modifications.