Apple Pencil Charge Issue

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Apple Pencil Charge Issue

I have an Apple Pencil Generation 1 and a 12.9 inch iPad Pro. The Apple Pencil was working fine a week ago, and has only recently began acting up.

Recently it has started taking an unusual time charging, and it is losing charge very quickly. Usually it fully charges within 10 minutes but I left it in for at least 20 and it barely climbed up to 40. I then cleaned the ports, reset it by reconnecting it with Bluetooth. I tried again and it managed to go a bit faster, and then I plugged it into the wire and it still only managed to climb to 81%.

It has been 5 minutes, and it has already dropped to 75% without me using it.

Posted on Jan 3, 2019 4:49 PM

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Jan 3, 2019 5:10 PM in response to vi036

These pencils have extremely tiny batteries and they don't last long. Chances are the battery has degraded, especially if there have been times you let the battery run completely out of power. It's not highly publicized, but the Apple Pencil should always have at least a 10% charge at all times. You may need a new Pencil. Take it to the Apple Store for evaluation.

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