Apple Pencil not connecting/pairing with iPad. It had earlier.

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Apple Pencil not connecting/pairing with iPad. It had earlier.

The Apple Pencil is about a week old. I used it the first few days without any problem. I tried to use it yesterday, and the battery was low, so tried recharging it. Then I tried to use it with my iPad and it wouldn’t pair, so I looked up suggestions and “forgot this device” on Bluetooth, turned off the iPad and then turned on again.

Now the Bluetooth doesn’t “see” the Apple Pencil at all—and it doesn’t pair. I’ve tried several times.

What else should I try?

Thank you for any help!

iPad, iPadOS 13

Posted on Jul 11, 2020 9:54 AM

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Jul 11, 2020 10:14 AM in response to CS7553

Do you have an iPad Air3?

This appears to be a bug affecting some users of iPad Air3, subsequent to update to iPadOS 13.5.1, that interferes with pairing of the Pencil. Another contributor reports having found a workaround solution.

“... can confirm the issue is iOS 13.5. The only way to pair your 1st Gen Apple Pencil to your iPad Air 3 is to quickly connect and then disconnect power to your iPad then plug the Pencil into the Lighting port. This will fix the issue and will pair successfully”

This discussion details the workaround:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251382715

The efficacy of the workaround has been confirmed by multiple users - but some have commented that the Pencil needs to be fully charged.

If you have an Air3, hopefully this will resolve the problem for you too.

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