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Mar 12, 2010 12:26 AM in response to JasonBChenby Doeme,If I had read your comments a bit earlier I would also have used the tin foil trick... now I have to wait for the apple service partner to send me a replacement which could take about 2 weeks...
Anyway..thanks for sharing...
BR
Dominik -
Mar 18, 2010 12:52 PM in response to JasonBChenby UB - UncleBinky,As like others in this discussion, I changed batteries (4 times, rechargeable & brand name alkaline) in wireless keyboard only to find it inoperable - no green light.
Since my hardware is older, White extended wireless keyboard, the 'foil ball' trick didn't work (battery chamber separated into 2 compartments...2AA on one side 2AA the otherside).
BTW when I got the 'check battery' notice:
• I flipped the keyboard over turned the keyboard 'Off' then 'On' green light went out, then back on [So I know the light did work].
• Went to BT prefpane MOUSE[green bars] the KEYBOARD[red bars] turned off keyboard replace batteries and the problem began.
I opened the keyboard tested the connections it appears the [Switch] may be toast...any suggestions?? -
Mar 29, 2010 5:01 AM in response to JasonBChenby Luca10,Hi all,
some day later I had the same problem.
Today morning I've called Apple, then go to the Premium Reseller where i bought my mac mini + accessories: keyboard changed in 5 minutes with new model (2 batteries). Previously I had aluminium type with 3 batteries. -
Mar 30, 2010 2:12 AM in response to abrudtkuhlby juno1977,I feel as though somebody should explain the essence of your frustrations and "Why" the foil ball works (in this particular instance)
Happened to me and this is what i discovered...
The keyboard is shipped with a "design-flawed" plastic cap which sits internally on top of your on/off switch,plastic end facing the battery.
Here it is pictured on top of my MBP.
http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/6082/img0104s.jpg
http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/9730/img0101nd.jpg
http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/1103/img0102fm.jpg
It is my guess that over time,the height of the metal point diminishes and leaves you with a ridiculous gap
when placing the batteries into place.
The foil ball simply fills the space.
Go figure - i took mine out with a chopstick that had steel wool cello taped to it.
I worked it for 5 or so minutes by inserting and turning and it just fell out.
The keyboard works perfectly without it so i deduce it's a service-curve ball from Apple.
I posted this in case anyone was feeling as inquisitive as me as to why. -
Mar 30, 2010 2:18 AM in response to juno1977by juno1977,PS- Don't bother trying to re-pair your devices,as this will simply waste hours.
The majority of complaints her are due to the above explanation. -
Apr 20, 2010 4:08 PM in response to JasonBChenby patmooney,Panic this morning. I replaced my batteries and notice a gray/white cap came loose inside. I ignored put in the new batteries. The keyboard wouldn't come on. I was resigned to thinking the keyboard had died and was moments away from spending €70 on a replacement. Then I found this thread and tried the tinfoil trick. It worked!!! wow! Excellent! Thanks for this advice! -
May 10, 2010 6:21 AM in response to JasonBChenby jessica41,That happened to me when I was prompted to change batteries last night. Frustration!!! What has just worked--and I hope continues to work--was moistening the nodes at the positive end of each battery. Maybe only the first one in needed to be moistened. The idea came in from the responder who had used a tiny piece of metal to make sure there was contact. -
Jun 19, 2010 2:11 PM in response to JasonBChenby Bob Neer,Tinfoil did the trick. Fabulous.
My keyboard was getting power: the light turned on for a few seconds. But then lost power almost immediately, even with fresh batteries. Tinfoil did the trick: working great now. -
Jul 23, 2010 7:51 AM in response to JasonBChenby pjdiddy,Yes! The tin-foil thing works.
I guess Jason Chen has more important things to worry about these days though... -
Jul 27, 2010 2:37 PM in response to JasonBChenby Gimbanzi,Same problem here,
aluminum foil saved my life, just put a small ball of it at the end of the battery placement -
Aug 10, 2010 1:09 AM in response to JasonBChenby sorbenjai,So my keyboard died after almost 3 yrs. The green light just wouldn't come on. I decided to go buy the wired keyboard instead seeing as it was a bit of a pain to have to change the batteries fairly often and that a wireless keyboard was a bit pointless. 2 days later I stumble upon this thread, stick a bit of foil in, and the thing comes back to life.
Looks like the wireless one will be going to ebay. Wireless keyboards just aren't worth it. Wireless mice I can understand.
Why can't apple make these things last a bit longer? Like the mighty mouse scroll ball was also shocking. -
Aug 17, 2010 3:45 PM in response to juno1977by charms2601,I think you're right....somebody should explain.....but I guess they rely on the ingenuity of people to fix their problems. Thanks for fixing mine. I hope I can be of help in the future....Tin foil - who would have thunk!! -
Aug 18, 2010 5:37 AM in response to JasonBChenby chillvisio,Anybody could confirm that the two-battery version of the Apple Wireless Keyboard (introduced at the end of 2009) is failing either or it is just the three-battery version affected by this design flaw ? -
Aug 18, 2010 5:55 AM in response to JasonBChenby RC3,I love my wireless apple keyboard.... errr.... I mean tin foil.
It solved the problem for me as well. -