an important BT keyboard bug that has been overlooked entirely since iOS 8's inception

By Gadget Meistress, 9 April, 2015

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Okay, we're at 8.3 and still we have this annoying bug for BT keyboard users which appears to have been ignored even up until now, even though I'm sure it has been reported. There is still that situation where at random when one first starts to use the keyboard to enter data into edit fields double characters, if not more than just double characters are being entered when I know for a fact I'm only entering one of each character. And, of course, the only way to solve it that works is having to reboot the phone, unless there is another idea I don't know about for solving said problem that is not as drastic. Yes, I did try the suggestion of switching between different language keyboards using, I think is the command, option space bar key combo. I've used it before, but can't remember the combo. However, that does not always work either. Any other ideas?

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By KE7ZUM on Friday, April 24, 2015 - 23:46

Try turning off qn. Then toggle your keyboard off then back on. If that does not work toggle on and off bluetooth. I don't have this issue at all.

Take care.

By dvdmth on Friday, April 24, 2015 - 23:46

As I posted elsewhere, the issue can be worked around by turning VoiceOver off and back on. This resolves normal keyboard behavior, at least until the next time the bug appears. I have to do this at least once a week, sometimes more often than that.

By KE7ZUM on Friday, April 24, 2015 - 23:46

Hmm. Yeah maybe I've been lucky for the 6 months ios 8 has been around, but I have never had that issue at all. I reported it but I guess it's so rare that they cannot isolate it.