The letters on my iPad keep repeating when I use the keyboard

Reset your iPad. Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the same time for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.

If that doesn't help, restart your iPad. Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button until the red slider appears. Slide your finger across the slider to turn off iPad. To turn iPad back on, press and hold the Sleep/Wake until the Apple logo appears.

Carolyn Samit: Thank you, very helpful. I reset and it fixed the issue.

Kostby: There are many wrong answers on the Internet but yours is insulting, useless and long.

Hi, I had this trouble too but it only happened when I was charging my iPad. As soon as I remove the USB cable, the problem goes away.

Hope this helps other people.

His problem isn't stupidity, the characters he is typing are repeating. He doesn;t need typing lessons, he needs a knowledgeable person to suggest a solution.

For me this problem was resolved after unplugging from the charger. So based on the comments I suggest both resetting and unplugging from a charger.

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Welcome to Apple Support Communities.

Multiple letters result when you 'hold down' a key too long.

For best results, touch the on-screen 'keyboard' lightly and quickly with your fingertips.

I find it is easier to type with more accuracy on the larger 'landscape' keyboard, because the keys are spaced better for my fingers.

If you are trying to use a compatible iPhone or iPod Touch app, use the 2x button in the lower right corner to enlarge the iPhone keyboard. (But it still won't be the same layout as the iPad.)

If you've never done much typing, it might help to use a typing tutor app. Several are available in the iTunes App store.

If you have a lot of text to enter (writing papers, transcribing recordings, writing a novel), you might consider purchasing a compatible wireless keyboard. In my experience, two different USB keyboards I own do work when plugged into the USB Camera Connection kit, even though the iPad may 'complain' about the keyboard being an unsupported device.

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I reset my iPad and this solved the problem! I recently exchanged my Zagg/Logitech combination case/wireless keyboard when the characters kept repeating. I experienced the same problem with the new keyboard. So I did a reset and problem solved!

Thanks!

JM

I'm having this very same issue with my new iPad and my Apple wireless keyboard. And, it has nothing to do with how long my finger is on the key. Even if I tap it VERY quickly and lightly, it sometimes (50%) inserts a double character for the first word typed. It's almost as if after not using the keyboard for a minute or so that it sends a double wireless signal to the iPad, almost like a stutter.

If I do a hard reset on the iPad it fixes it, but only temporarily. It eventually reverts back to making double characters for the first word typed.

Am I allowed to bump threads on the Apple boards?

If I do a hard reset on the iPad it fixes it, but only temporarily. It eventually reverts back to making double characters for the first word typed.

Then restore with your backup. If still a problem restore as new, i.e. without your backup.

Thank you soooo much Carolyn!!! I'm in school and I sooo desparately need my IPad! I just reset my IPad and it saved all of my info.!

Peace & Blessings

Adriane

I have an original Ipad and am using a Zagg wireless keyboard. I keep having problems with a key repeating at random times. I heard that I needed to charge the keyboard battery, which I've done numerous times. I know my keyboard touch is heavy as I have rubbed off some of the letters but don't know if that is a problem or not.

I don't know what else to try. I've done the hard reset holding both buttons down, waiting and resetting. It seems to come and go but is happening several times a day.

Any suggestions?

Hi Robert.

I have exactly the problem you describe: double initial keys after the keyboard sits idle for a short time. I'd add that it doesn't repeat if I hold the shift key while typing the first letter. Did you ever find a definitive, permanent fix to this problem?

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

Greg

Dear Kostby

i am horrified by your response. 1) depressing the key for a millisecond longer does not cause this issue. I am holding a letter down for more then a second and it does not keep on repeating

2)i had the very same problem of selecting the key resulting in multiple letters. This was resolved by carrying out a reset as mentioned in this forum.

Your post was extremely demining. And you have not had the curtesy to apologise.