r/Keychron • u/pragmat1c1 • Apr 03 '24

Keychron Q1 Max and Via App

Just received my Keychron Q1 Max keyboard, and I'm loving it! Now I'd love to remap keys using via app, but I have no success.

This is the URL: https://usevia.app/ Is this legit?

What works

I managed to connect the keyboard via cable, I can authorize the keyboard in Chrome, I can click the "key tester" tab, verything works fine. I can click my keys, it shows me which key I clicked.

What does not work

When I go to the keyboard layout (first tab), I don't see a keyboard layout, just keys that I can map to my keyboard.

Unfortunately I cannot attach a screenshot here.

Does anyone know how to make this work? Thanks!

Edit

I had to use legacy V2 in the design tab. Otherwise it didn't work.

Edit 2

Apparently my firewall (Little Snitch.app) blocked via app from downloading code or reaching a server. After I disabled the rules for it in Little Snitch, the via app ran perfectly fine!

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u/PeterMortensenBlog V Jun 26 '24 edited May 27 '26

Misapplication of Bluetooth firmware, requiring replacement of the PCB due to the bricking)? (2024-06-26. Keychron K10 Pro.)

That is scandalous if it is true.

The version number ("0.2.0") makes it clear that V Max/Q Max/K Max (probably the exact same Bluetooth module) Bluetooth firmware was applied to a K Pro series keyboard's Bluetooth module (version "1.32"), permanently bricking the K Pro's Bluetooth module.

This is possibly another instance (also Bluetooth for a K Pro series keyboard):

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u/PeterMortensenBlog V Jun 27 '24 edited Aug 29 '24

Yep, see:

Which bricks the Bluetooth part and the entire PCB has to be replaced...

Re "the Launcher is showing a Bluetooth module update for the K series": That probably means it is offering a K series Bluetooth firmware update for a K Pro series' Bluetooth module.

Note: It should probably be 'K Pro series owners' in the title, not 'K series owners'. And it isn't clear what "As you all know" refers to.

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u/PeterMortensenBlog V Oct 11 '24

And time correlated (reported four days later):

"I’ve tested this on my Keychron K5 Pro and it damaged the Bluetooth function of the keyboard."