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Here's the elastic 22mm sports band that I swapped out...

 

My smart key fob is definitely being deactivated when I lock it inside the vehicle using the activity key...

Here's my usual routine. After work, I head out for a run. My smart key is clipped to my backpack, which I hide in the cargo area. Grab the AK out of my backpack, strap it on, lock the vehicle and go for my workout. Upon return to the vehicle, I unlock it with the AK, start the engine and head home. Stash the AK inside my backpack for tomorrow. I park inside the garage, so no need to lock the car, I take my backpack inside the house. If I head back out to the car (without the AK), the smart key fob will still lock and unlock the door but will not start the engine. A warning message appears on the dash saying that “the smart key is deactivated, refer to the handbook”. So if I go get the AK, place the smart key inside the vehicle, and from outside lock and unlock the car, the smart key remains de-activated. I have tried to lock/unlock the car multiple times with the activity key outside/inside and the key fob inside/outside but the smart key remains deactivated when it comes to starting the engine.
So far, the only way I've been able to re-activate the smart key fob is to have the AK and the smart key inside the vehicle at the same time and proceed to start the engine. The smart key appears to re-activate after this, allowing me to use the vehicle without the AK. I'm not sure why the smart key doesn't re-activate upon my return from the run. Sorry, I sound really confusing. I need to play with it more to come up with a clear "work flow".

Therefore my question, has anyone worked out the proper, clear procedure for “reactivating the smart key“?

 

That's so odd. I tried it again tonight to make sure I wasn't mistaken before, and my fob is not deactivated if I leave it in the car and lock the doors with the AK. I can grab it through an open window (simulating a thief smashing it), unlock the doors, start the engine and drive away even after storing the AK well out of range in my house. That;s why I keep recommending that you leave your fobs at home if you take the AK with you.

I'll take a short video tomorrow of the way I test mine, curious to see if it behaves differently. Perhaps it's a model year thing? Mine is a 2020.

 

Mine's a MY22, so maybe. I'll try a video as well.

 

I promised a quick video. In my test, the activity key doesn't appear to disable the regular fob if I leave it in the car.

 

Same behavior as @umbertob with my 2022 110. Only aspect of the key fob that seems to be disabled is the ability to unlock the car using the buttons on the door handles.

 

According to my Dealer and JLR you need Keyless entry from factory AND the KVM for the activity band to deactivate the traditional key fob. I noticed in the video you don't have keyless entry is that the issue?

 

The vehicle in the video has keyless entry.

 

Keyless entry has a button not a keyhole on the handle? You have the factory fitted KVM?

 

Yup. It's on the wrong side of the handle - like everyone else's - but ithe keyless button is there, trust me... You can sort-of see it at 0:29. I don't believe an Activity Key could be programmed without the KVM.