It has been a while since iOS 5 went live but Apple’s latest firmware is still hot and keeping itself in the headlines and continues to bring pleasant surprises. What have we got for you this time? Well a new iOS 5 feature related to keyboard has been discovered  and it’s the one Android folks will be all familiar with – the autocorrect keyboard bar, the bar that displays a series of words for the user to choose from. Steps to enable this cool feature await you after the break.

iOS 5 autocorrect keyboard

How to enable autocorrect keyboard feature in iOS 5

Disclaimer – Geekword won’t be responsible for any damage that may affect your iDevice while perform the steps mentioned below.

Step 1 – Download iBackupBot.

Step 2 – Take a backup of your iDevice using your old friend, iTunes.

Step 3 – Launch iBackupBot you downloaded in Step 1.

Step 4 – Find and load the backup you took in Step 2.

Step 5 – Find Library/Preferences/com.apple.keyboard.plist and open the file. (if your software isn’t registered you’ll have to press cancel and then it will open)

Step 6 – Add the following code:

<key>KeyboardAutocorrectionLists</key><string>YES</string>

Step 7 – Save the changes you just made and then restore from the backup using iBackupBot.

Do the following steps and tell us if they worked for you. Share your screenshots/experience with us on our Twitter and Facebook channel.