Hi all!
I am no longer able to use a bluetooth keyboard on my iPhone. I have an se2020 and 26.4 on my phone. I can navigate around with keystrokes but when I get into an input field I am unable to enter anything. I can turn off voiceover and it works fine. I've talked to apple accessibility and they say that other people are reporting this issue. Just wondered if any of you all are having difficulty with this. Any fixes that you know of? Apple accessibility told me to restore the phone and install as new and go through that all over again. Not really willing to do this because I am considering anew phone.
Thanks for any help and info.
By JimInTexas, 5 April, 2026
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iOS and iPadOS
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is Full Keyboard Access enabled?
This setting is found under Settings, Accessibility, Keyboard and Typing (under the Accessories heading). If it is on, you will want to disable it.
HTH.
I have been through all of this with Apple Accessibility
I have never turned full keyboard access on. Apple Accessibility tells me that it must be some sort of bug issue and they are looking into it. I say several other people are having the same.
Fair enough
I only suggested it because plenty of people on here have had that setting automatically turn on for them without them knowing it, so I thought I would have you check and see if it was enabled. 🤷
Thanks for the comments Brian!
Hey Brian! Thanks for your responses. I didn't mean to sound so abrupt but I have been dealing with this through apple accessibility for seems like years now. I'm pretty tech aware so when they want me to go through the same routine to try and diagnose things I've already done that it is just frustrating. They were looking in manuals and on the web and I can do that.
I rarely use my computer so when I had to break out the laptop to interact here because I can no longer use a bluetooth keyboard on my phone it is just frustrating.
I just want them to fix the problem. Once again, thanks for your comments.
Jim
Single Letter Quick nav
Hi Jim, a recent iOS update caused single letter quick nav to be enabled for some users, even when they haven't used it before. When you're in an edit field, try pressing VO+Q to see if it toggles single letter quicknav off and gets your functionality back.
Single letter quick nav
Hi Jonathan! That was one of the first things I actually tried. Went to check the setting and make sure that it was off so I appreciate your input but I still want Apple to fix it as quickly as possible
weared
i have been using bluetooth keyboards bon my various iPhones and iPads ver the years. full kejyboard access needs work, so i keep it off. i have quicknav set to tagle only aro key quicknav, with VO-! tagling single letter quicknav, which should have never been reverted back in the earley days of sanoma. i just think apple did there R&D, figured out screen reader convention, and ajusted VoiceOver accordingly. bluetooth keyboards on iOS don't really have much to set up. did you reset your VoiceOver settings?
Bluetooth keyboard
I did reset all of the voiceover settings and have messed around with equip quick NAV settings and I now know of about 20 people who are having problems not being able to input text using a Bluetooth keyboard Apple Accessibility says they've been receiving a lot of complaints and comments about this and that they are working on some sort of fix but who knows when it will happenT
logitech k 380
Hey guys!
Sorry for the change of topic.
I have a logitech k 380, and the home, end, page up and down keys don't work on iOS.
Would anyone have a solution?
When I use it on Windows, the fn + arrows combination works, but on the iPhone it uses shift arrows, or arrows, option arrows, one of these combinations.
I'm still having this issue, so I haven't delved too deeply into using keyboards with VoiceOver.
Please Create a New Topic
Hi Diego,
To keep things organized, please create a new topic for your specific question.
Thanks,
Michael