Since upgrading to the lastest iOS on my first generation iPad, the keyboard does not pop open when I need to type. The only way I can recover it is to turn off the iPad and turn it back on. This is getting annoying as it is happening constantly.
Anyone have any ideas of the cause or solutions?
iPad, iOS 4.3.2
I have the same problem now. My external keyboard connects to the iPad via the magnets just like the apple external keyboard. I assume this is not Bluetooth? Also, this just started after the last update. I have not had this problem until just recently. It would be a hassle to take my external cover and keyboard 30 feet away when needing to use the onboard keyboard. Help?
I have the same problem now. My external keyboard connects to the iPad via the magnets just like the apple external keyboard. I assume this is not Bluetooth? Also, this just started after the last update. I have not had this problem until just recently. It would be a hassle to take my external cover and keyboard 30 feet away when needing to use the onboard keyboard. Help?
Have you tried a full reset?
Is the iPad paired with a bluetooth keyboard at all? Have you ever used a bluetooth keyboard with it? If so, and the keyboard is within 30 feet, then it will connect and the on-screen keyboard won't pop up. Make sure bluetooth is off on the iPad and see what happens.
There is a setting to turn the internal keyboard off. Make sure it didn't get changed.
MyMac8MyPC, Where is the setting of which you speak? This doesn't sound right to me.
I thought it was in the accessibility section, but now that I think of it the last time I saw it was when I was pairing the Apple Wireless Keyboard, so it's probably automatic via Bluetooth. If the OP turns off Bluetooth the internal keyboard should start working again for reasons mentioned in your initial post. A lot of people have been locked out of the iPad because they'd use a Bluetooth keyboard and forget to turn it off, and then later they'd go to use the iPad but the iPad thinks you still want to use the Bluetooth keyboard instead of the internal one.... so the internal one never pops up.
Exactly.
I had tried a reset, but each reset caused the same problem. I turned off the Bluetooth keyboard (1 floor away) and the keypad reappears. Thanks
Jeff
This is strange, because for one whole year the on-screen keyboard would pop up whether or not the bluetooth keyboard was on or off - I could switch between the two without changing any settings. Then I had to get a new bluetooth keyboard the other day. I was still able to toggle between the two until today! What gives?
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