Falstaffpac:

What keyboard are you using. The Apple aluminum external BT kb has been absolutely no problem all the way that I have been doing this BTStack thing. It was the mouse that was the pain.

I have noticed that standard Alkaline batteries in the Logitech V470 mouse don't last long (2 weeks), so I have just ordered a set of high-grade NiMh batteries and a charger. That should make the battery issue easier to deal with.

Brian - Sent from my iPad using iPF

Glad to see that we could help you. One of the two methods should work for everyone at this point. I can't believe how hard it is to find a solution to some of these issues. Guess its not that popular. If my iPad goes into sleep mode for about 30 minutes, the mouse will not wake it up? Lucky can get it to work even after it is in sleep mode overnight. My solution to this is to get sleep depriver (or maybe deprived) from cydia, which will prevent the iPad from going into sleep mode. Therefore the mouse will never disconnect. I left it connected an untouched for about an hour, and it still worked. I will almost always keep my iPad plugged in while using this because btstack seems to take a lot of battery life with prolonged use. Thanks again for the help through this!

Great info guys.

On the iPad, I'm using a tweak called "Prevent Sleep" from Cydia, which is controlled through SBSettings. Seems to allow me to wake the pad in the morning (after overnight) every time. I'm using Insomnia on the phone (different reason).

Brian - Sent from my iPad using iPF

Originally Posted by Bingoldsby

What keyboard are you using?

I'm using the keyboard which came with the Zagg Folio2.

Good evening. Greetings from Italy. Congratulations for your forum which is very interesting. I need a help please. I have an iPad 2 with jailbreak 5.0.1. I installed BTstack keyboard and BTstack mouse. I own a Mediacom BT mouse and a Targus BT keyboard . At the beginning I don't have problems to connect keyboard and mouse as you advised to do and everything works fine for a while. However, the keyboard after about 30 minutes it loses connection and no longer can connect it again. *This always happens. I noticed that when I make the first connection next to the name "Bluetooth keyboard" there is the symbol of a keyboard. And close to the names of the phones that finds there is the symbol of a phone. However when I try unsuccessfully to connect it again next to the name "Bluetooth keyboard" appears the typical blue Bluetooth symbol. And the same blue Bluetooth symbol appears next to the names of all the phones that are nearby. If I try to click on "Bluetooth keyboard to connect nothing happens. . I tried to close the BTstack keyboard and turn off the keyboard, then to reactivate the application and turn on again the keyboard but it does not change anything. The only thing I can do is quit BTstack mouse and restart the entire procedure for the mouse and keyboard. Sometimes this is not enough and then I have to turn off iPad and do a restart. I installed the application PreventSleep but nothing has changed. What can I do? Thanks in advance and forgive my english.

P.S. No problem with mouse that keeps running even when the keyboard loses connection. If I stop using the ipad for a few hours and the screen goes black just touch the mouse and everything turns on again.

I was just curious if there was any consensus on what the best bluetooth mouse to use with the ipad was.

Thanks!

Boy, getting a concensus on about anything at a place like this might be difficult, but I like the Logitech BT mouse. I can't remember the number (and it's not listed anywhere on the mouse itsself). It's smallish and has a two-tone Blue/Black top. Works just fine. I also have the MS Bt5000 mouse, but I haven't tried it for quite a while and not since I upgraded to 5.1 JB.

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anybody an idea how to get all keys working on a logitech bt keyboard? like home key, music etc?
keyboad works fine under btstack keyboard, but special keys do not work

Apple magic mouse is the best. Used price less than $40