IPad 2 iOS7 hardware keyboard dock bug

When I connect the old original hardware keyboard that acts as a dock also, Item model number: MC533LL/B, some buttons dont work, like bringing up the keyboard hotkey. When disconnect it the regular onscreen keyboard isnt comming up until I restart the device. Malfunctioning of the certain keys does not desturb me, but the onscreen keyboard not apearing is a problem. It worked perfectly in 6.1.3... I dont wish to downgrade, because i like the speed of the new system and the task menagement, but i dont like the design, the old one gave me a warm friendly feeling, so it is a tough choice.
It would be a nice thing if apple would look into it. I guess the fix is one liner...

It works... it was just some silly bug... maybe the comnector moved... Sorry for the false alarm.

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The connector on the Apple keyboard is of bad design. The leverage that the iPad places agains the dock connector tab on the keyboard (because it only docks to the keyboard in the portrait mode) puts too much stress on that connector tab.
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Apple should have put a dock connector on the landscape side of the iPad itself (too) so that you could put the iPad into the keyboard in the landscape position, which would put less physical stress on the keyboard connector tab.
I could never imagine using the thing on my lap in the current embodiment.
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well the same thing happened here but here is what i did.
1) called apple support and was put on hold
2) shook the keyboard
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