Comments on: How to Revive a Dead Apple Bluetooth Keyboard with Tin Foil

By: Johan Olsson

Johan Olsson — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 20:32:08 +0000

Mitt trådlösa tangentbord verkade ha dött. Ville inte starta ens med nya batterier. Fann då denna bloggpost. Fungerade! http://t.co/H836sRbX

By: jerry

jerry — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:25:01 +0000

Peer inside with a flashlight, the metal part in the center is getting recessed too far back and the shoulder of the battery is being held by the white plastic part. Your very small pea of aluminum foil should be centered on the metal part before dropping in the batteries. The aluminum foil should not short to the side of the battery compartment. The keyboard is about the best design I’ve seen, except the one weak spring (unseen) that apparently isn’t quite springy enough.

By: Gary

Gary — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 18:15:32 +0000

Hey there, stumbled upon this article mid dissection of my keyboard and it worked a treat. Thanks very much.

By: WMaass

WMaass — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:10:48 +0000

thanks a lot. It saved my day.

By: Giri Gagan Khorana

Giri Gagan Khorana — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 23:56:40 +0000

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I am typing from my now repaired keyboard. My keyboard was lying unused for the last year!! I thought it was a lemon. It conked off within 6 months of buying it. Well, your aluminum pea ball trick worked like a charm! Muah! I am in India which is one of the places where Apple does not have such a strong presence. As an Apple user I recommend Apple products to a lot of people, but recently I have seen there is a marked decline in the quality of the products from Cupertino. Please Apple don't do this, you are a premium brand which was synonymous with quality design. Don't become a dumb bimbette. All show no go.

By: Craig39

Craig39 — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:35:59 +0000

Wow! Is all I can say! As I type happily on my now-functional Apple Wireless Keyboard. What a bonehead move from a normally competent company. Of course, the Apple knowledge base has no entry for this problem.

By: Richard G.

Richard G. — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 10:26:46 +0000

Thanx a lot, this worked for me as well!!!

It was great that you shared this work-a-round.

Cheers

By: michael

michael — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:55:51 +0000

Thanks a lot. Worked for me as well :-)

By: dyxlesic

dyxlesic — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:11:35 +0000

I too had the mysterious “No more Power On” syndrome I had a feeling it was something to do with the internal connection, but didn’t think to try the magic al foil bullet.
Gotta love Apple users- perhaps even more than Apple itself – for their dedication to their chosen products, cos like I tell all my Windaze using friends, I don’t need an IT expert to sort out ANY problems that I have with my Apple products.
I just have to google it. The solution is out there on the Net.
Thanx for confirming that. Another great story to tell the Winfidels!

By: Rob Fleming

Rob Fleming — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 06:19:03 +0000

Fixed here also. I assumed I just had crappy batteries laying around. Seriously apple admit when you make crap, offer a public recall, and just fix the product.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:04:11 +0000

Am now the proud owner of a working bluetooth keyboard. Cheers for sharing this!

By: Dan Boorman

Dan Boorman — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:44:53 +0000

Worked liked a charm. Thanks for the tip.

By: Daniel Greene

Daniel Greene — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 04:06:22 +0000

Thanks for the tip, but it didn’t work for me. My keyboard, less than three years old, is dead dead dead.

By: mikecane

mikecane — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:17:48 +0000

Filed for future reference!

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:53:42 +0000

If you think the keyboard is badly engineered, take a look inside the old Apple Mighty Mouse nipple ball unit. I am on my third MM after a warranty replacement and one that Apple Japan refused to replace because it was a warranty replacement. The nipple ball unit is the cheapest piece of Chinese rubbish engineering for a severe operation environment (finger grease and dirt) you can imagine. It has a small detent spring plate under the ball that relaxes over time with scrolling and ball pressing so that it cuts the think silicone sheet covering a contact switch underneath the plate. Complete garbage and almost engineered to wear out a few months after the warranty coverage. I understand now why the Magic Mouse appeared!

By: Demetri

Demetri — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:01:34 +0000

I fixed the audio interference on my treo 600 years ago by shielding the battery cable with some tin foil. Aluminum foil is handy stuff.