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When viewing the tear down I saw that the repairability is 0/10. My Smart Keyboard is acting up (it shows the device is being charged when I connect the keyboard to the iPad) and thus lead to poor keyboard performance (repeated keystrokes and malfunction). After some research I believe that their might have been something wrong with the “conductive fabric” which causes poor connectivity. So, I’m planing to wire the contact pin to the deeper part of the fabric to remedy the wear and tear on the hinge part. Problem is I have no idea which part of the fabric is connect to which pin, and I have no x-ray image to reference to. If I can get this information, I may be able to salvage the keyboard in some way. Thanks!
I don’t think your issue is the fabric its self. You may have an issue at the connection points to the fabric if you have bent the keyboard snapping the plastic keyboard base or magnetic anchor plate. As long at you haven’t done that your issue is deeper within the circuitry within the keyboard its self. There are a bunch of components in the top left:
Top center:
And lastly the top right
And here’s the full view of the keyboard:
Unless you have the skills to microsolder these very tiny components (and access to replacements if needed) I don’t think resuscitation is possible for your poor keyboard ;-{ Truly! iFixit’s score is a good framework of repairability. Yes, Apple’s designs as of late are less and less serviceable! Just like an egg you can’t get to the innards without breaking the shell and once you do you can’t put it back together again. Sadly, its time for a new keyboard ;-{
