Apple Pencil Not Connecting After iPadOS 13.5 Update

I wouldn't heat the battery of the pencil with a hairdryer, that's a bad idea.

Take the pencils/iPad back to apple, as it could be a fault with either the pencil or Ipad

Contact Apple here - Contact Support

Don't try to heat the battery.

If the pencil is within it's warranty then you don't have to buy a new one, not sure why you bought a second one if the first one was only a few months old, apple could have replaced it for free.

From my personal experience/helping people with their iPads/pencils it could either be an issue with the pencil or iPad or both.

So contact Apple and they can run diagnostic and will help you to fix the issue, this can be done on the phone or in store if they are open

Thanks

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Hello,

You will need to call Apple for diagnosis.

Contact AppleCare

I have explained what you need to do to resolve the issue, the community can't help with this issue, you need to speak to Apple,

1. I left the pencil untouched overnight and manage to pair in the following morning.
2. but the pencil details is not shown up under “setting>general>about“.
3. i unpair and forget the device, and it won’t pair again.
4. suppose I need to leave it and try again the next day.

I'm having this problem on both my iPad Pro 1st generation and iPad Mini 5 with two separate Apple Pencils. Neither of them will connect to either iPads (and the iPad Mini and one of the pencils are brand new!). Have tried charging to 100% and charging/unplugging but nothing seems to work. Even when one pencil "connects" on Bluetooth it isn't actually able to write. Pretty sure this must be an iOS 13.5 issue. Anybody else continuing to have this problem and/or found a workaround?

I’m having a similar problem also. iPad Pro first generation and Apple Pencil First generation both new will not pair properly. My pencil charges to 100% then I unplug it and it says 3% remaining and the status of the pencil flashes from connected to unconnected will in the lightning port. I have no idea why it is doing that. But, the problem I have with it, is that this is the second pencil I have purchased and tried using on this iPad Pro and both said and did the same exact thing. It’s definitely a pencil issue because my iPad has been working amazing for me until I tried to use my Apple Pencil. Has anyone else’s did that?

How long did you have the pencil before using it?

When it charges to 100% then drops to 3% sounds like a battery failure in the pencil. Which is caused by two main reasons.

Faulty out the box or been sat around a while not charged.

But if its done it on two pencils it may be a iPad problem, or two faulty pencils.

Your best to contact apple and see what they say

Same problem here as well, I even went ahead and bought me a brand new Apple Pencil first generation, but guess what?, same problem, will apple refund me? NO!..

it’s ios 13.4 and 13.5 that has some bug in it, which apple fails to acknowledge.

Contacting apple support is of no use either, they provide you with no solution what so ever on this matter.

I am having the same issue. Spent ages on to Apple support last night. Told me to restore iPad which I did but still to 13.5 and guess what, the same issue. I really hope there is a fix soon as I really need my Apple Pencil to be working as I am teaching from home at the minute and really need it to annotate and present work for and from my students.

We are all suffering buddy, what to do. These giants dictate the terms, they have the so called policies.

Worst part of it all is that they are not acknowledging it as their problem. Which leaves the customer more in a state of ambiguity and panic.

To everyone confirming my method works, thanks for the feedback - it's a pleasure to be able to offer something back to the community. It'a a real concern however that Apple didn't fix the issue in iOS 13.5.1. Do they actually read these threads?

We spend all this money on Apple tech, thinking it’s idiot proof and they go and screw it up.

Im in the same boat, brand new iPad Air 3, brand new pencil and they won’t bloody talk to one another.

Come on Apple, get your arse in gear or you’ll be loosing a lot of loyal customers.

I have, but maybe I’m not doing it right though, I’ve charged my iPad Air up to 100% the pencil connects, then it says “not connected” and in the setting/general/about the pencil is off and on light a set of Christmas tree lights.

£89 for something that doesn’t/won’t work, no wonder Apple is so bloody wealthy.

I charged my iPad to 100% then charged my pencil and it did connect but pencil stopped working then would work and then again stopped but when I checked the settings it was still showing it was connected. Is anyone having the same problem?Can anyone help me fix this issue please?