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My 1st generation apple pencil is not pairing with my iPad air 3rd generation!

Apple pencil(1st generation) is not pairing with ipad air 3rd generation?

iPad Air 3 Wi-Fi

Posted on Jul 12, 2020 4:26 PM

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Posted on Jul 12, 2020 4:30 PM

This appears to be a bug affecting some users of iPad Air3 after updating to iPadOS 13.5.1. 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


Many users confirm efficacy of the workaround - although some have commented that the Pencil must be fully charged. Hopefully this will work for you too.

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Jul 12, 2020 4:30 PM in response to Shaqwhyte

This appears to be a bug affecting some users of iPad Air3 after updating to iPadOS 13.5.1. 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


Many users confirm efficacy of the workaround - although some have commented that the Pencil must be fully charged. Hopefully this will work for you too.

My 1st generation apple pencil is not pairing with my iPad air 3rd generation!

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