I’ve run into a very curious issue with my Logitech Ultra-thin keyboard cover for my iPad 3 running iOS 7.0.2. Here’s the problem:

1) If you are in any application when you start all of this with the application ready to accept text, the iOS virtual keyboard appears. So for example, I start Drafts and start to type on my iPad.

2) Turning on my Logitech keyboard makes the virtual keyboard drop down off the screen, as usual, and I can type using the keyboard. Everything is all regular up to this point.

3) If you turn off the keyboard, the expected behavior is for the virtual keyboard to reappear. It does not, at least not on my iPad 3. I can open any other application that features text insertion, like Notes or Email (with an open new email) and the virtual keyboard will not appear.

4) So far I’ve found two ways to fix this. The first is the inglorious kung-fu grip of holding down power and the home button at the same time to reboot the device and the other solution, which is more acceptable but still annoying is to start the Logitech keyboard, open an app that uses text insertion functions and press FN-F3, which should make the virtual keyboard appear. Then turn off the Logitech keyboard and you should be good to go from that point forward.

If anyone has noticed this problem and knows of a fix, please leave a comment!

Thanks!

EDIT: As it appears, the keyboard is not reliable so it seems that I’ll be resetting my iPad after all. Blah!