iOS 7 and Bluetooth keyboard issues

I'm still having some of these problems with iPad2 and Logitech UltraSlim BT keyboard. I've re-paired, reset, etc. Manifests as:

1. Can't enter screen lock pin code with BT keyboard after turning on iPad with home button on keyboard?!

2. If I turn off the iPad (using the lock button on the keyboard?!) then the keyboard home button to turn the iPad on again, I can type in my screenlock pin code with the keyboard.

3. Previously, with Zagg Logitech Keyboard for iPad and iOS6.x, the screenlock would automatically disappear once the last digit was pressed ont eh keyboard. With this new setup on iOS7.x, that only happens a fraction of the time, usually the screenlock just sits there with all four 'dots' filled, until I press an on-screen numeral, when the lock screen disappears.

4. I have noticed the keyboard not working in various fields of a few apps, but the lockscreen fail is the major bug for me.

Very annoying indeed.

This worked for me!!!!!

mkral Ohio

Picnic,

I had the exact same issue. I found a solution here (I hope these boards let my post hyperlinks) http://www.tonyjworld.com/2012/03/resetting-my-apple-bluetooth-wireless-keyboard -to-work/

Not sure if the hyperlink will show up, but basically to solve the problem, you have to keep the power button on the keyboard pushed in the entire time you are connecting the apple keyboard to the iPad. Seems kind of quirky & I don't know enough about bluetooth to know why it works, but it worked for me.

I'm also having all sorts of problems with my Apple BT keyboard and my iPad with iOS7 (7.03). What I have found so far is

• My iPad cannot get a successful connection to my BT keyboard;
• When I access the BT settings in my iPad, it detects all the other BT kit in the house, but just hangs, failing to detect the BT Keyboard; This makes it impossible to 'forget' the BT keyboard;

To get the BT keyboard running again, I have to switch off bluetooth EVERYWHERE in my house, restart the iPad and hope to get the connection.

This is really frustrating: like Josephine I moved to Apple 10 years ago to have error free and bug free work and home computers, yet the recent slew of updates have had dreadful quality control. The new iWork suite is buggy and a step down in functionality and usability from the old suite, and my iPad has been very unstable since upgrading to iOS7. Come on, get your quality control working properly! These are not complex issues, but ones that the typical user faces within 5 minutes of working on Apple devices: these should not have been things that Apple were not aware of.

Thanks for posting this. I've been having the same problem on iPad Mini and thought I was crazy til I saw your post. IOS has a "feature" called hotspot login and it must be ignoring the presence of BT keyboard. I hope they ack this issue and fix it!

I just upgraded to iOS7 on my iPad 2, and now my Logitech keyboard doesn't work at all! It doesn't even connect to Bluetooth! Yes, very inconvenient. A Google search reveals that a lot of other people are also having problems after an upgrade. Grrrrrr. Hope Logitech looks into this ... like now!

The same thing happens to me when I try to access the " My Account" link to see how much data I have left on my verizon 4g package. Again, it's a sign in form, just like the wifi one & the exact same issue shows up. I can't type anything with the external keyboard & I can't get the on screen keyboard to work since the external one is hooked up.

I should say on my iPad2 after upgraiding to iOS7 my keypad absolutely gone crazy - I cant type anything including passwords of every site, male, I cant type in Notes, sometimes I even cant type the entering pass to IPAD!!! its Nightmare! updatede to iOS 7.02 and its still the same ****😠

Hi,

Same here!

If I connect a external keyboard via Bluetooth I will get:

1) multiple key entries

2) jumping cursor

3) permanent cursor scrolling to the bottom

To solve this I must disconnect my keyboard.

Reproduced with a Logitech K760 and ZaggKeys Cover for iPad Mini.

I have also called in at the Apple Support line.

Tested a Settings Reset and Repair of the keyboards but nothing helps.

Any ideas?

Thanks, Jo!

Hi

actually im not using Bluetooth keyboard. My complain is about original IPad2 inside keyboard.😮 it doesnt work properly after downloading iOS7. every button stucks, spending 20-30 sec. for each letter to appear. 😢 its frustraiting. HEEEELP!!!!!!!!!

I've commented in another thread to say that this is across the board in third party keyboards, it's a variety of weird glitches, some of them are program specific (I can't get my up and down arrows to work in a paragraph of text in iMessages, but I'm fine in Pages), and forgetting the bluetooth device and repairing does not resolve any of the issues I've experienced.

I am having the same issue with the new iOS 7. I can not get my Logitech keyboard to connect to the Bluetooth. Tried to reset, repair, and go to default settings. This really *****! They better come up with a solution! Like now!

Actually I'm typing on my Belkin Ultimate Keyboard case right now. Funny thing is that I have the same issue, but it seems to be localized to certain programs. I can type in my browser and web pages, but when I use the email application I can't get the keyboard to register anything except to pop up the virtual keyboard. Very frustrating.

I'm having problems with my Elecom Foldable Bluetooth Keyboard. The backspace button no longer functions in iOS 7. Also, there is a delay between keystrokes and the appearance of the character.

This applies to every app.

I just read this in another thread and it worked for my Logitech Keyboard!

Delete the Bluetooth profile (if still there) and try repairing after you have forced the keyboard back into discoverable mode.

My Logitech Tablet keyboard works fine with iOS 7.0.2 but I did have to re-pair in after the original iOS 7 update. On the tablet keyboard, there is a key on the underside, near the side with the on/off switch, that you press and hold for a second or two to force the keyboard back to discoverable mode. Your keyboard might be a different Logitech model, but just check its manual for how to force it back into discoverable mode.