diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/Suggest.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/Suggest.java
index bb7d243..430f765 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/Suggest.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/Suggest.java
@@ -160,24 +160,36 @@
                 || (consideredWord.length() > 1 && !didRemoveTypedWord);
 
         final boolean hasAutoCorrection;
-        // TODO: using isCorrectionEnabled here is not very good. It's probably useless, because
-        // any attempt to do auto-correction is already shielded with a test for this flag; at the
-        // same time, it feels wrong that the SuggestedWord object includes information about
-        // the current settings. It may also be useful to know, when the setting is off, whether
-        // the word *would* have been auto-corrected.
-        if (!isCorrectionEnabled || !allowsToBeAutoCorrected || resultsArePredictions
-                || suggestionResults.isEmpty() || wordComposer.hasDigits()
-                || wordComposer.isMostlyCaps() || wordComposer.isResumed()
+        // If correction is not enabled, we never auto-correct. This is for example for when
+        // the setting "Auto-correction" is "off": we still suggest, but we don't auto-correct.
+        if (!isCorrectionEnabled
+                // If the word does not allow to be auto-corrected, then we don't auto-correct.
+                || !allowsToBeAutoCorrected
+                // If we are doing prediction, then we never auto-correct of course
+                || resultsArePredictions
+                // If we don't have suggestion results, we can't evaluate the first suggestion
+                // for auto-correction
+                || suggestionResults.isEmpty()
+                // If the word has digits, we never auto-correct because it's likely the word
+                // was type with a lot of care
+                || wordComposer.hasDigits()
+                // If the word is mostly caps, we never auto-correct because this is almost
+                // certainly intentional (and careful input)
+                || wordComposer.isMostlyCaps()
+                // We never auto-correct when suggestions are resumed because it would be unexpected
+                || wordComposer.isResumed()
+                // If we don't have a main dictionary, we never want to auto-correct. The reason
+                // for this is, the user may have a contact whose name happens to match a valid
+                // word in their language, and it will unexpectedly auto-correct. For example, if
+                // the user types in English with no dictionary and has a "Will" in their contact
+                // list, "will" would always auto-correct to "Will" which is unwanted. Hence, no
+                // main dict => no auto-correct. Also, it would probably get obnoxious quickly.
+                // TODO: now that we have personalization, we may want to re-evaluate this decision
                 || !mDictionaryFacilitator.hasAtLeastOneInitializedMainDictionary()
+                // If the first suggestion is a shortcut we never auto-correct to it, regardless
+                // of how strong it is (whitelist entries are not KIND_SHORTCUT but KIND_WHITELIST).
+                // TODO: we may want to have shortcut-only entries auto-correct in the future.
                 || suggestionResults.first().isKindOf(SuggestedWordInfo.KIND_SHORTCUT)) {
-            // If we don't have a main dictionary, we never want to auto-correct. The reason for
-            // this is, the user may have a contact whose name happens to match a valid word in
-            // their language, and it will unexpectedly auto-correct. For example, if the user
-            // types in English with no dictionary and has a "Will" in their contact list, "will"
-            // would always auto-correct to "Will" which is unwanted. Hence, no main dict => no
-            // auto-correct.
-            // Also, shortcuts should never auto-correct unless they are whitelist entries.
-            // TODO: we may want to have shortcut-only entries auto-correct in the future.
             hasAutoCorrection = false;
         } else {
             final SuggestedWordInfo firstSuggestion = suggestionResults.first();
diff --git a/native/jni/NativeFileList.mk b/native/jni/NativeFileList.mk
index 7299ed3..ca40ba8 100644
--- a/native/jni/NativeFileList.mk
+++ b/native/jni/NativeFileList.mk
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
         ver4_pt_node_array_reader.cpp) \
     $(addprefix suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/structure/v4/content/, \
         language_model_dict_content.cpp \
+        language_model_dict_content_global_counters.cpp \
         shortcut_dict_content.cpp \
         sparse_table_dict_content.cpp \
         terminal_position_lookup_table.cpp) \
@@ -128,6 +129,7 @@
     suggest/core/layout/normal_distribution_2d_test.cpp \
     suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/header/header_read_write_utils_test.cpp \
     suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/structure/v4/content/language_model_dict_content_test.cpp \
+    suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/structure/v4/content/language_model_dict_content_global_counters_test.cpp \
     suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/structure/v4/content/probability_entry_test.cpp \
     suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/structure/v4/content/terminal_position_lookup_table_test.cpp \
     suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/utils/buffer_with_extendable_buffer_test.cpp \
diff --git a/native/jni/src/suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/structure/v4/content/language_model_dict_content.cpp b/native/jni/src/suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/structure/v4/content/language_model_dict_content.cpp
index 509bd68..05a3a63 100644
--- a/native/jni/src/suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/structure/v4/content/language_model_dict_content.cpp
+++ b/native/jni/src/suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/structure/v4/content/language_model_dict_content.cpp
@@ -24,9 +24,11 @@
 namespace latinime {
 
 const int LanguageModelDictContent::DUMMY_PROBABILITY_FOR_VALID_WORDS = 1;
+const int LanguageModelDictContent::TRIE_MAP_BUFFER_INDEX = 0;
+const int LanguageModelDictContent::GLOBAL_COUNTERS_BUFFER_INDEX = 1;
 
 bool LanguageModelDictContent::save(FILE *const file) const {
-    return mTrieMap.save(file);
+    return mTrieMap.save(file) && mGlobalCounters.save(file);
 }
 
 bool LanguageModelDictContent::runGC(
@@ -212,6 +214,9 @@
     if (!setProbabilityEntry(wordId, &updatedUnigramProbabilityEntry)) {
         return false;
     }
+    mGlobalCounters.incrementTotalCount();
+    mGlobalCounters.updateMaxValueOfCounters(
+            updatedUnigramProbabilityEntry.getHistoricalInfo()->getCount());
     for (size_t i = 0; i < prevWordIds.size(); ++i) {
         if (prevWordIds[i] == NOT_A_WORD_ID) {
             break;
@@ -225,6 +230,8 @@
         if (!setNgramProbabilityEntry(limitedPrevWordIds, wordId, &updatedNgramProbabilityEntry)) {
             return false;
         }
+        mGlobalCounters.updateMaxValueOfCounters(
+                updatedUnigramProbabilityEntry.getHistoricalInfo()->getCount());
         if (!originalNgramProbabilityEntry.isValid()) {
             entryCountersToUpdate->incrementNgramCount(i + 2);
         }
diff --git a/native/jni/src/suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/structure/v4/content/language_model_dict_content.h b/native/jni/src/suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/structure/v4/content/language_model_dict_content.h
index 1cccf92..5b92b96 100644
--- a/native/jni/src/suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/structure/v4/content/language_model_dict_content.h
+++ b/native/jni/src/suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/structure/v4/content/language_model_dict_content.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 #include "defines.h"
 #include "suggest/core/dictionary/word_attributes.h"
+#include "suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/structure/v4/content/language_model_dict_content_global_counters.h"
 #include "suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/structure/v4/content/probability_entry.h"
 #include "suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/structure/v4/content/terminal_position_lookup_table.h"
 #include "suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/structure/v4/ver4_dict_constants.h"
@@ -131,15 +132,17 @@
         const ProbabilityEntry mProbabilityEntry;
     };
 
-    LanguageModelDictContent(const ReadWriteByteArrayView trieMapBuffer,
+    LanguageModelDictContent(const ReadWriteByteArrayView *const buffers,
             const bool hasHistoricalInfo)
-            : mTrieMap(trieMapBuffer), mHasHistoricalInfo(hasHistoricalInfo) {}
+            : mTrieMap(buffers[TRIE_MAP_BUFFER_INDEX]),
+              mGlobalCounters(buffers[GLOBAL_COUNTERS_BUFFER_INDEX]),
+              mHasHistoricalInfo(hasHistoricalInfo) {}
 
     explicit LanguageModelDictContent(const bool hasHistoricalInfo)
-            : mTrieMap(), mHasHistoricalInfo(hasHistoricalInfo) {}
+            : mTrieMap(), mGlobalCounters(), mHasHistoricalInfo(hasHistoricalInfo) {}
 
     bool isNearSizeLimit() const {
-        return mTrieMap.isNearSizeLimit();
+        return mTrieMap.isNearSizeLimit() || mGlobalCounters.needsToHalveCounters();
     }
 
     bool save(FILE *const file) const;
@@ -218,8 +221,11 @@
 
     // TODO: Remove
     static const int DUMMY_PROBABILITY_FOR_VALID_WORDS;
+    static const int TRIE_MAP_BUFFER_INDEX;
+    static const int GLOBAL_COUNTERS_BUFFER_INDEX;
 
     TrieMap mTrieMap;
+    LanguageModelDictContentGlobalCounters mGlobalCounters;
     const bool mHasHistoricalInfo;
 
     bool runGCInner(const TerminalPositionLookupTable::TerminalIdMap *const terminalIdMap,
diff --git a/native/jni/src/suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/structure/v4/content/language_model_dict_content_global_counters.cpp b/native/jni/src/suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/structure/v4/content/language_model_dict_content_global_counters.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9518ab4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/jni/src/suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/structure/v4/content/language_model_dict_content_global_counters.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2014, The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include "suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/structure/v4/content/language_model_dict_content_global_counters.h"
+
+#include "suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/structure/v4/ver4_dict_constants.h"
+
+namespace latinime {
+
+const int LanguageModelDictContentGlobalCounters::COUNTER_VALUE_NEAR_LIMIT_THRESHOLD =
+        (1 << (Ver4DictConstants::WORD_COUNT_FIELD_SIZE * CHAR_BIT)) - 64;
+const int LanguageModelDictContentGlobalCounters::TOTAL_COUNT_VALUE_NEAR_LIMIT_THRESHOLD = 1 << 30;
+const int LanguageModelDictContentGlobalCounters::COUNTER_SIZE_IN_BYTES = 4;
+const int LanguageModelDictContentGlobalCounters::TOTAL_COUNT_INDEX = 0;
+const int LanguageModelDictContentGlobalCounters::MAX_VALUE_OF_COUNTERS_INDEX = 1;
+
+} // namespace latinime
diff --git a/native/jni/src/suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/structure/v4/content/language_model_dict_content_global_counters.h b/native/jni/src/suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/structure/v4/content/language_model_dict_content_global_counters.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9953aa4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/jni/src/suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/structure/v4/content/language_model_dict_content_global_counters.h
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2014, The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef LATINIME_LANGUAGE_MODEL_DICT_CONTENT_GLOBAL_COUNTERS_H
+#define LATINIME_LANGUAGE_MODEL_DICT_CONTENT_GLOBAL_COUNTERS_H
+
+#include <cstdio>
+
+#include "defines.h"
+#include "suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/utils/buffer_with_extendable_buffer.h"
+#include "suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/utils/dict_file_writing_utils.h"
+#include "utils/byte_array_view.h"
+
+namespace latinime {
+
+class LanguageModelDictContentGlobalCounters {
+ public:
+    explicit LanguageModelDictContentGlobalCounters(const ReadWriteByteArrayView buffer)
+            : mBuffer(buffer, 0 /* maxAdditionalBufferSize */),
+              mTotalCount(readValue(mBuffer, TOTAL_COUNT_INDEX)),
+              mMaxValueOfCounters(readValue(mBuffer, MAX_VALUE_OF_COUNTERS_INDEX)) {}
+
+    LanguageModelDictContentGlobalCounters()
+            : mBuffer(0 /* maxAdditionalBufferSize */), mTotalCount(0), mMaxValueOfCounters(0) {}
+
+    bool needsToHalveCounters() const {
+        return mMaxValueOfCounters >= COUNTER_VALUE_NEAR_LIMIT_THRESHOLD
+                || mTotalCount >= TOTAL_COUNT_VALUE_NEAR_LIMIT_THRESHOLD;
+    }
+
+    int getTotalCount() const {
+        return mTotalCount;
+    }
+
+    bool save(FILE *const file) const {
+        BufferWithExtendableBuffer bufferToWrite(
+                BufferWithExtendableBuffer::DEFAULT_MAX_ADDITIONAL_BUFFER_SIZE);
+        if (!bufferToWrite.writeUint(mTotalCount, COUNTER_SIZE_IN_BYTES,
+                TOTAL_COUNT_INDEX * COUNTER_SIZE_IN_BYTES)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (!bufferToWrite.writeUint(mMaxValueOfCounters, COUNTER_SIZE_IN_BYTES,
+                MAX_VALUE_OF_COUNTERS_INDEX * COUNTER_SIZE_IN_BYTES)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        return DictFileWritingUtils::writeBufferToFileTail(file, &bufferToWrite);
+    }
+
+    void incrementTotalCount() {
+        mTotalCount += 1;
+    }
+
+    void updateMaxValueOfCounters(const int count) {
+        mMaxValueOfCounters = std::max(count, mMaxValueOfCounters);
+    }
+
+    void halveCounters() {
+        mMaxValueOfCounters /= 2;
+        mTotalCount /= 2;
+    }
+
+private:
+    DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(LanguageModelDictContentGlobalCounters);
+
+    const static int COUNTER_VALUE_NEAR_LIMIT_THRESHOLD;
+    const static int TOTAL_COUNT_VALUE_NEAR_LIMIT_THRESHOLD;
+    const static int COUNTER_SIZE_IN_BYTES;
+    const static int TOTAL_COUNT_INDEX;
+    const static int MAX_VALUE_OF_COUNTERS_INDEX;
+
+    BufferWithExtendableBuffer mBuffer;
+    int mTotalCount;
+    int mMaxValueOfCounters;
+
+    static int readValue(const BufferWithExtendableBuffer &buffer, const int index) {
+        const int pos = COUNTER_SIZE_IN_BYTES * index;
+        if (pos + COUNTER_SIZE_IN_BYTES > buffer.getTailPosition()) {
+            return 0;
+        }
+        return buffer.readUint(COUNTER_SIZE_IN_BYTES, pos);
+    }
+};
+} // namespace latinime
+#endif /* LATINIME_LANGUAGE_MODEL_DICT_CONTENT_GLOBAL_COUNTERS_H */
diff --git a/native/jni/src/suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/structure/v4/ver4_dict_buffers.cpp b/native/jni/src/suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/structure/v4/ver4_dict_buffers.cpp
index 45f88e9..4d088dc 100644
--- a/native/jni/src/suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/structure/v4/ver4_dict_buffers.cpp
+++ b/native/jni/src/suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/structure/v4/ver4_dict_buffers.cpp
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
                   BufferWithExtendableBuffer::DEFAULT_MAX_ADDITIONAL_BUFFER_SIZE),
           mTerminalPositionLookupTable(
                   contentBuffers[Ver4DictConstants::TERMINAL_ADDRESS_LOOKUP_TABLE_BUFFER_INDEX]),
-          mLanguageModelDictContent(contentBuffers[Ver4DictConstants::LANGUAGE_MODEL_BUFFER_INDEX],
+          mLanguageModelDictContent(&contentBuffers[Ver4DictConstants::LANGUAGE_MODEL_BUFFER_INDEX],
                   mHeaderPolicy.hasHistoricalInfoOfWords()),
           mShortcutDictContent(&contentBuffers[Ver4DictConstants::SHORTCUT_BUFFERS_INDEX]),
           mIsUpdatable(mDictBuffer->isUpdatable()) {}
diff --git a/native/jni/src/suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/structure/v4/ver4_dict_constants.cpp b/native/jni/src/suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/structure/v4/ver4_dict_constants.cpp
index 8e6cb97..eb6080a 100644
--- a/native/jni/src/suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/structure/v4/ver4_dict_constants.cpp
+++ b/native/jni/src/suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/structure/v4/ver4_dict_constants.cpp
@@ -67,6 +67,6 @@
 
 const size_t Ver4DictConstants::NUM_OF_BUFFERS_FOR_SINGLE_DICT_CONTENT = 1;
 const size_t Ver4DictConstants::NUM_OF_BUFFERS_FOR_SPARSE_TABLE_DICT_CONTENT = 3;
-const size_t Ver4DictConstants::NUM_OF_BUFFERS_FOR_LANGUAGE_MODEL_DICT_CONTENT = 1;
+const size_t Ver4DictConstants::NUM_OF_BUFFERS_FOR_LANGUAGE_MODEL_DICT_CONTENT = 2;
 
 } // namespace latinime
diff --git a/native/jni/tests/suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/structure/v4/content/language_model_dict_content_global_counters_test.cpp b/native/jni/tests/suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/structure/v4/content/language_model_dict_content_global_counters_test.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..44b5a8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/jni/tests/suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/structure/v4/content/language_model_dict_content_global_counters_test.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include "suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/structure/v4/content/language_model_dict_content_global_counters.h"
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+#include "suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/structure/v4/ver4_dict_constants.h"
+
+namespace latinime {
+namespace {
+
+TEST(LanguageModelDictContentGlobalCountersTest, TestUpdateMaxValueOfCounters) {
+    LanguageModelDictContentGlobalCounters globalCounters;
+
+    EXPECT_FALSE(globalCounters.needsToHalveCounters());
+    globalCounters.updateMaxValueOfCounters(10);
+    EXPECT_FALSE(globalCounters.needsToHalveCounters());
+    const int count = (1 << (Ver4DictConstants::WORD_COUNT_FIELD_SIZE * CHAR_BIT)) - 1;
+    globalCounters.updateMaxValueOfCounters(count);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(globalCounters.needsToHalveCounters());
+    globalCounters.halveCounters();
+    EXPECT_FALSE(globalCounters.needsToHalveCounters());
+}
+
+TEST(LanguageModelDictContentGlobalCountersTest, TestIncrementTotalCount) {
+    LanguageModelDictContentGlobalCounters globalCounters;
+
+    EXPECT_EQ(0, globalCounters.getTotalCount());
+    globalCounters.incrementTotalCount();
+    EXPECT_EQ(1, globalCounters.getTotalCount());
+    for (int i = 1; i < 50; ++i) {
+        globalCounters.incrementTotalCount();
+    }
+    EXPECT_EQ(50, globalCounters.getTotalCount());
+    globalCounters.halveCounters();
+    EXPECT_EQ(25, globalCounters.getTotalCount());
+    globalCounters.halveCounters();
+    EXPECT_EQ(12, globalCounters.getTotalCount());
+    for (int i = 0; i < 4; ++i) {
+        globalCounters.halveCounters();
+    }
+    EXPECT_EQ(0, globalCounters.getTotalCount());
+}
+
+}  // namespace
+}  // namespace latinime