From dipping my toes in the mechanical keyboard subreddit, it seems some people look down on Keychron keyboards. It was pricier than other mechanical bluetooth keyboards, but I like being able to reassign keys, I like having nifty RGB lights, and it seemed to have very good reviews. Sure, perhaps an artisanal, grass fed, locally sourced, single origin, free range, ethically sourced mechanical keyboard would be better or cheaper… but this keyboard arrived quickly, looks good, worked immediately out of the box for a price I was willing to pay.
Anyhow, if you’re here, it’s because something went wrong.
- Symptoms:
- At first my Keychron K10 Pro keyboard stopped being able to use the shift keys to write capital letters or symbols using the number keys. Doing a factory reset on the keyboard worked, so I had to re-assign the special keys (screenshot, RGB changes, media keys) again. Unfortunately, now the keyboard wouldn’t work over bluetooth.
- What I tried:
- I tried pretty much every combination of starting/restarting the board, flipping between USB/cable and BT, re-flashing and updating the keyboard firmware, then the keyboard bluetooth firmware, turning the PC bluetooth on and off, restarting the computer several times, and reassigning the keys using the launcher.
- What worked:
- One of the various trouble shooting pages suggested that I try FN + J + Z to factory reset the keyboard. Other suggested FN + 1 or FN + 2 or FN + 3. After a little while I thought – wait a second… why don’t I try FN + 2 or FN + 3? In doing so, I saw the bluetooth name for the keyboard pop up on the computer! I guess for some reason the keyboard is only recognized by FN + 2 or FN + 3. I don’t know why this worked really, but I’m happy that the keyboard is back.
I hope this helps someone else (or perhaps… future me!)