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Why is my Magic keyboard buggy after iOS 15 upgrade?

After the upgrade to IOS 15 on my iPad 4 air, my Apple Magic Keyboard started acting buggy. The touch pad, space bar, and what I call the macro keys (control, option, and cmd keys) no longer work.

Based on what I read online, I have done the following:

removed the keyboard and cleaned the connectors with a dry lint cloth and re-attached the keyboard - it did not fix the issue
i rebooted my iPad and then connected the keyboard - it didn’t fix the issue

I have a Logitech folio touch keyboard is displaying the same issues.

is there anything else I can do? These devices worked until I upgraded to iOS 15.

any help is welcome

Thanks in Advance

iPad (4th gen) Wi-Fi + Cellular

Posted on Sep 26, 2021 3:27 PM

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SleepWalkingFalcon92 Author

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Posted on Sep 27, 2021 6:51 PM

I just want to clarify something - I read through your instructions to re-pair the keyboard to realize that isn't the keyboard I have. I am using the Magic Keyboard for the iPad 4 air - Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation) and iPad Air (4th generation) - US English - Black - Apple not the individual magic keyboard you reference in your answer.

Second after some testing after multiple reboots of my iPad tonight I narrowed it down to this, my tab key and spacebar isn't working.

I did a Google search to find this article - iPad Pro Magic Keyboard “space bar” Not R… - Apple Community

For some reason the iOS 15 upgrade enabled the accessibility mode of the keyboard. I just turned it off and everything is working.

not sure why this happened but it affected my Magic Keyboard for iPad 4 air and my logitech folio touch case keyboard as well.

It would be nice to know why that setting was turned on but for now I'm happy.

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