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From the release notes: - Fixes an issue on iPad Pro that prevented the iPad Smart Keyboard from working after connecting to a captive Wi-Fi access point I wa

by jws 9y ago

From the release notes: - Fixes an issue on iPad Pro that prevented the iPad Smart Keyboard from working after connecting to a captive Wi-Fi access point I was sure mine was broken while I was staying with a family member in a hospital, then it "fixed" itself when we moved back home. I'd love to read a description of what caused this bug, I mean "use a captive wifi portal" → "hard wired keyboard stops working until reboot" isn't really where I'd look for a bug.

antiuniverse 9y ago
I suspect it has something to do with the captive wifi webview being (frustratingly) modal. I was staying at a hotel recently that wants you to put in your rewards account credentials at the captive portal page, but I couldn't switch over to 1Password to retrieve those credentials without iOS dismissing the portal page and leaving me with no easy way to get back to it. At which point the internet is working, and you're no longer "captive," but the half-completed process implies you want them to bill your room $15 for a day access pass...
freehunter 9y ago
Knowing how much Apple loves mixing Bluetooth and wifi for some products, are we sure that the Smart Keyboard is actually entirely wired? I mean, I know it has a connector, but is there any chance it uses wifi as well?
- artimaeis 9y ago
  https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Smart+Keyboard+Teardown/53052 https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Smart+Keyboard+Teardown/5305... Fairly confident it's just the smart connector driving the input.
  - jws 9y ago
    My keyboard has a 72MHz 32 bit processor‽ I think I was on my 7th computer before I had one that powerful.
- extra88 9y ago
  Basically every device with both Bluetooth and WiFi use a single chip for both. I don't know the details about how the Smart Keyboard works but I'm confident it doesn't use WiFi.
Rebelgecko 9y ago
I don't know why this would be the case, but my first guess would be that something is trying to phone home when the keyboard gets initialized and it's connected to a network
walterbell 9y ago
Affects Logitech Create Pro keyboad as well. Only some access points, which means that either wifi access point network/frames or the captive portal website can have side effects on the device keyboard. Many security implications, if so. Here's the Apple forum thread with 19 pages of customer reports: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8075772 https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8075772

by jws 9y ago

antiuniverse 9y ago

I suspect it has something to do with the captive wifi webview being (frustratingly) modal. I was staying at a hotel recently that wants you to put in your rewards account credentials at the captive portal page, but I couldn't switch over to 1Password to retrieve those credentials without iOS dismissing the portal page and leaving me with no easy way to get back to it. At which point the internet is working, and you're no longer "captive," but the half-completed process implies you want them to bill your room $15 for a day access pass...

freehunter 9y ago

Knowing how much Apple loves mixing Bluetooth and wifi for some products, are we sure that the Smart Keyboard is actually entirely wired? I mean, I know it has a connector, but is there any chance it uses wifi as well?

artimaeis 9y ago
https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Smart+Keyboard+Teardown/53052 https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Smart+Keyboard+Teardown/5305... Fairly confident it's just the smart connector driving the input.
- jws 9y ago
  My keyboard has a 72MHz 32 bit processor‽ I think I was on my 7th computer before I had one that powerful.
extra88 9y ago
Basically every device with both Bluetooth and WiFi use a single chip for both. I don't know the details about how the Smart Keyboard works but I'm confident it doesn't use WiFi.

Rebelgecko 9y ago

I don't know why this would be the case, but my first guess would be that something is trying to phone home when the keyboard gets initialized and it's connected to a network

walterbell 9y ago

Affects Logitech Create Pro keyboad as well. Only some access points, which means that either wifi access point network/frames or the captive portal website can have side effects on the device keyboard. Many security implications, if so. Here's the Apple forum thread with 19 pages of customer reports: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8075772 https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8075772