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	horus	2009-12-13 , 11:54
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Hi guys,

I was mulling around trying to workout how to remove my dictionary autocomplete words when I came accros this thread for the n810. So I tried to apply the same method for my n900 to remove the autocomplete dictionary. It took a bit of finding but this is the solution.

- Warning, Using X Terminal and the following commands can be dangerous and cause errors to your system. If you are unsure what you are doing Do Not Proceed -

1. Open X Terminal, type following. Note this IS case sensitive.

Code:

cd .osso/dictionaries
rm .used.dictionary
rm .personal.dictionary

2. After this goto Settings > Text Input > [Uncheck] Word Completion > Save
3. Then re-open Settings > Text Input > [Check] Word Completion > Save

For some reason the Conversation app seems to store the dictionary in a cache.

Hope that helps some of you out. Nokia in both generations of OS' now - Symbian and Maemo - havn't made a clear path for deleting auto-complete words. It's quite annoying..

Edit: Added the Settings uncheck/check.

Last edited by horus; 2009-12-13 at 12:07.

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dark335i	2009-12-18 , 17:56
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Originally Posted by horus

Hi guys,

I was mulling around trying to workout how to remove my dictionary autocomplete words when I came accros this thread for the n810. So I tried to apply the same method for my n900 to remove the autocomplete dictionary. It took a bit of finding but this is the solution.

- Warning, Using X Terminal and the following commands can be dangerous and cause errors to your system. If you are unsure what you are doing Do Not Proceed -

1. Open X Terminal, type following. Note this IS case sensitive.
Code:
cd .osso/dictionaries
rm .used.dictionary
rm .personal.dictionary
2. After this goto Settings > Text Input > [Uncheck] Word Completion > Save
3. Then re-open Settings > Text Input > [Check] Word Completion > Save

For some reason the Conversation app seems to store the dictionary in a cache.

Hope that helps some of you out. Nokia in both generations of OS' now - Symbian and Maemo - havn't made a clear path for deleting auto-complete words. It's quite annoying..

Edit: Added the Settings uncheck/check.

do we hit enter after each line of code we enter?

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	fnordianslip	2009-12-18 , 18:13
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Originally Posted by dark335i

do we hit enter after each line of code we enter?

Yes. <padding>

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jessi3k3	2009-12-18 , 20:10
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This removes the dictionary cache and not the dictionary itself correct?

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	RevdKathy	2009-12-18 , 20:19
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Yep - in fact I seem to have removed some of it but not all of it. It has, at least, removed the bit that was mots annoying!

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	horus	2009-12-19 , 23:27
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Jessi: Yes =]

Kathy: According to mars the personal is one time used words waiting for insertion. Used is like the full cache. Did you do the check/uncheck part Kathy?

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dark335i	2009-12-20 , 05:01
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Originally Posted by horus

Hi guys,

I was mulling around trying to workout how to remove my dictionary autocomplete words when I came accros this thread for the n810. So I tried to apply the same method for my n900 to remove the autocomplete dictionary. It took a bit of finding but this is the solution.

- Warning, Using X Terminal and the following commands can be dangerous and cause errors to your system. If you are unsure what you are doing Do Not Proceed -

1. Open X Terminal, type following. Note this IS case sensitive.
Code:
cd .osso/dictionaries
rm .used.dictionary
rm .personal.dictionary
2. After this goto Settings > Text Input > [Uncheck] Word Completion > Save
3. Then re-open Settings > Text Input > [Check] Word Completion > Save

For some reason the Conversation app seems to store the dictionary in a cache.

Hope that helps some of you out. Nokia in both generations of OS' now - Symbian and Maemo - havn't made a clear path for deleting auto-complete words. It's quite annoying..

Edit: Added the Settings uncheck/check.

Just did it now and it works, thank you VERY MUCH!!!!

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jxwolf	2009-12-22 , 16:35
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I noticed that my Yahoo! mail password was added to my .personal.dictionary file. I tried the steps outlined in this thread but the file was consistently recreated every time I re-enabled word completion. Needless to say, this is very disturbing behavior. I tried restarting the device, and the text string continues to be reinserted. I have since disabled text completion.

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joelus	2009-12-29 , 09:27
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Wow, I just discovered that my password for gtalk / gmail is presented as an autocomplete word - every time I press q (which is what my password starts with) it displays my entire password as an autocomplete option. I presume this is a bug. I'll try post my first bug report (if it isn't there already)...

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	Andre Klapper	2009-12-29 , 10:09
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Originally Posted by joelus

Wow, I just discovered that my password for gtalk / gmail is presented as an autocomplete word - every time I press q (which is what my password starts with) it displays my entire password as an autocomplete option. I presume this is a bug. I'll try post my first bug report (if it isn't there already)...

This has been reported already

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