rossygnol
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Q: Apple wireless keyboard A1255 issues

Hi, I recently bought a used A1255 with batteries stuck in. I managed to get them out using vinegar. At first it will switch on and never pair nor switch off using the power button. After a few days it started pairing. I suspect the problem was caused by was the power on button that was always connected by the vinegar that got in.

Now that I could pair the keyboard, the enter key do write enter and type '/', the y and shift keys doe display 'Y'. Space bar does  write ' ]', with a space in front. Anyway, hope you understand the issue, the other keys do work pretty much fine.

The bluetooth card being next to the power button, I believe it was also sucked into vinegar. I try to clean the inside of the keys that were misbehaving and the bluetooth card with ethanol and that fixed the keyboard pretty well. The same night I tried again the keyboard, everything was fine except one key that started to misbehave. The next day, all the key previously fixed got faulty again.

I have checked the input language it's UK (it's a uk layout keyboard). I really don't have a clue what it could be but still think that it's the keyboard that has an issue. Haven't been able to test it on another device, it won't pair to an android device for some reason.

Hope I could find how to fix it

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X El Capitan (10.11.1)

Posted on Sep 5, 2016 12:04 PM

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  • by Tom Gewecke,

    Tom Gewecke Tom Gewecke Sep 5, 2016 12:57 PM in response to rossygnol
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    Sep 5, 2016 12:57 PM in response to rossygnol

    rossygnol wrote:

     

    I have checked the input language it's UK (it's a uk layout keyboard).

     

    I don’t think it is realistic to hope that there is some kind of software fix for your problems, other than perhaps using Ukelele or Karabiner to remap bad keys to good ones.

     

    I’d recommend taking the keyboard to an Apple service facility to see if the hardware can be fixed.  Or try to get a refund for this one and buy a working replacement.

  • by rossygnol,

    rossygnol rossygnol Sep 5, 2016 3:06 PM in response to Tom Gewecke
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    Sep 5, 2016 3:06 PM in response to Tom Gewecke

    @Tom, thx for your reply but I don't think I can get it Apple service since I bought it off ebay knowing that it might not work.

    I have open the back of the keyboard and cleaned the bluetooth board which send the signal to the computer and it's started working fine just like the first time. I'm even using it to type this comment.

    Since I don't know exactly the part/section of the bluetooth card causes the problem, I will try to clean one section at a time while testing the keyboard until I figure out what part causes/fixes the problem.