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HTML

<input type="text" value="Click to disable me">
<button id="b1">Enable</button>
<button id="b1">Fail</button>

JavaScript

$("input").attr("disabled", "disabled").click(function() {
  $(this).attr("disabled", "disabled");
});

$("button#b1").click(function() {
    // this works
    $("input").removeAttr("disabled");
});

$("button#b2").click(function() {
    // this fails
    $("input").attr("disabled", "");
});