Apple Pencil Glitching

Been experiencing the same issue and it’s true that most of the glitch thingy has something to do with the static flow on the surface where the iPad is placed. Try working on a wood surface, this should fix the problem. Also if not available, use cloth underneath or anything of different texture with your desk.

Hello dd271,

After reviewing your post, it seems like the Apple Pencil is putting random dots and lines when using it in the Notability. If it is isolated to only one app we can see if any updates are available for that app. Try unpairing and then pair the Apple Pencil with the iPad.

Does it happen more or less often if it is charged or low on battery?

Charge your Apple Pencil and check the battery

Connect Apple Pencil with your iPad

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I may have a suggestion:

If you are using a case and screen protector, try exposing some of the metal on the side of the iPad and keeping a finger on it while you write with the other hand. Perhaps when you are writing you are generating some static electricity that is interfering with the pencil and iPad.

Please post a reply if this works for you. If it does, maybe someone from apple support could chime in on an actual fix?

Hope this helps!

I’ve noticed (and ****** of with) this issue happening for all note taking applications during streaming (I.e., zoom screen sharing, etc.) First, I thought it to be specific to OneNote, then switched to notability, then to others. All work excellently when the iPad is stand-alone. As soon as you share the screen, the screen-capture software fails to sync to the pen digitizer hardware and starts inserting these crazy error-lines. But then, since I am a teacher, screen sharing is the “only” way I use these apps. Shame! This is certainly an iPad-software-hardware bug to be resolved only by Apple.

It feels like a software issue with IOS, I’ve had the same issues, I did all the same steps dd271, unplugging it seemed to work but the issue happens even when unplugged.

I just got apple to send me a replacement iPad to see if the hardware on the pad itself might be problematic (waiting for it to arrive). I’m seeing a lot of people complaining about this after the latest os update, though people have also been complaining since 2016 in some posts, so idk...

GoodNotes has done a solid job of grabbing all the different complaints about this issue and sticking them all on one page: https://support.goodnotes.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001872735-I-get-unexpected-random-lines-appearing-while-writing-with-Apple-Pencil-

Everyone tells about cases where it worsens and where it is solved. I tried all of them. Plugging increases the touch screen inaccuracies, but the pencil issue is a bit different. It happens when unplugged, too (bad news). It happens more during active wi-fi streaming, but it sometimes happens without it, too (bad news). It just starts randomly. No, carrying an insulating (unsure about his) glove is very inconvenient. No, stiffing the pin of pencil does not solve the issue. Pencil replacements don’t solve either. No, cases, screen protectors or iPad covers do not change the situation.

I strongly believe that this is a digitizer synchronization issue. The screen trace and Bluetooth sync gets disturbed for some reason. This happens more when plugged and when wi-fi / Bluetooth are all active, probably interfering one another. And it is independent from the app, may it be one note, notability, etc, because they all rely on the same “buggy” system input. Only apple can solve the issue - if they can, if they want to. I feel that they do not listen to complains, here...

No.

This is simply NOT true.

The gloves are made of a material that isolates the electrical impulses of your body/hand/skin from activating things on touch sensisitive screens.

As I keep repeatedly stating, I have been using such gloves on my iPads for many years now.

They do minimise palm rejection issues.

They are cheap!

Purchase one and try it!

I only posted that particular link as an example of what to purchase and what they look like.

It was maybe a bad/atypical example, but I clearly stated Many more makers of these types of drawing/writng gloves.

Here is another drawing glove maker that states its glove has palm rejection feature.

https://www.amazon.com/AKX-Rejection-Drawing-Graphic-Sketching/dp/B08R6NR8LP/ref=sr_1_12_sspa?dchild=1&keywords=drawing+gloves&qid=1611531750&sr=8-12-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEyMTFWSEpZWVBMSkpZJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMTgyNTUxMlNSWjVEUEwxNzZPUiZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwNjM0MDI0MjlESzJTSE5ZTFMwVyZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX210ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=

Just look for such gloves that state good for touch screens and has palm rejection.

Why not take a drawing/writing glove with you?

It fits easily in any type of clothes pocket!

These gloves are designed to be thin and easy to take with you and use anywhere.

Whenever I take my iPad anywhere for any length of time. I have to put my iPad in a bag, along with cables, external drives and power supplies ( Apple's or a portable power battery bank )!

Why not have a drawing/writing glove with you?

I have many of these type of gloves stored up over the years ( in case I lose one, which has happened ).

The Apple Pencil is NOT perfect and neither are anyone's products!

I offered everyone here a solution that I have used for MANY years with my own Apple Pencil and other smart stylii with my own 5-year old iPad Pro.

The drawing/writing glove has been working well for me for many years and have had virtually NO smart stylus/Apple Pencil drawing/writing/palm rejection issues since using one of these.

I have had the same problem for ages on Goodnotes. A complete pain.

It is now solved (at least for me)!

The solution is to unplug the ipad - it only happens when on charge.

I have been using a body electrical impulse isolating drawing gloves with all iPad models and all stylii ( including the Apple Pencil ) for many years, now, and have virtually eliminated any and all palm rejection issues by doing so.

Thr other advantage of using a drawing glove is no hand/palm prints, skin oils on the iPad screen and your hand/palm glides across the iPad screen much more easily and fluidly.

No they don't.

No Apple direct engineering/design employees read these largely user helping user communities.

I have no idea why they don't, but they just don't.

You CAN reach Apple using their product feedback pages or actual Apple support via the contact link at the upper right hand corner of every support page.

Feedback - iPad - Apple

That is about it.

And, during this whole pandemic time, I am not sure if supoort can be elevated to Apple engineering level supoort staff, like it used to pre-pandemic.

The gloves I own work very well with my iPad Pro.

I use them with lots of Apple Pencil/third party, smart Bluetooth stylus apps.

I purchased quite a few gloves over the past 3 years, or so.

I had about 8-10 of these. I am down to six now.

They were $12-$15 dollars each during the times I purchased these.

I have had NO issues with the drawing gloves and have virtually no issues with palm rejection with any app!

I purchased gloves the stated specifically for touch screen devices and mentioned palm rejection properties.

I found 10 makers of the proper gloves on Amazon, which I have identified on Amazon and saved links to.

The maker I purchased from seems to not appear on Amazon, any longer, so I have not purchased any more gloves to date until I need them.

They CAN be easily misplaced/forgotten if you do not pocket them after use.

The ones I use DO, in fact work!

Maybe you purchased the wrong glove/s.

I have since changed my Amazon links to show gloves that do mention works with touch screen tablets and do mention screen palm rejection.

Yeah,

I get it!

I understand. Me too!

Everyone here could just keep hammering the Apple iPad feedback page on these Pencil and touch screen issues.

Apple employees/teams never personally respond to individual feeeback.

Most of the regular contributors here have been told by the moderators here that the info gets read and disseminated by someone/s at Apple to where the feedback has to go and to whom and which teams responsible.

So, if everyone just keeps sending regular, semi-regular feedback on these Pencil and touch screen issues, Apple can't just keep ignoring these issues.

Feedback - iPad - Apple

That is all about I have to offer for advise to stay in the back of the minds of responsible Apple employees and teams on these issues.

No other users here can offer no real permanent solutions or fixes. Only “band-aids”, too!

That includes me, as well, although I have been keeping track of these particular iPad screen and Pencil issues, here, for quite a a long time now.