Apple Pencil Glitching

In my last post to MichelPM I was talking of the palm rejection issue - I also have the 2020 iPad Pro 12.9 inch & I have the same glitches you’ve described earlier in the thread - but it’s not a palm rejection issue like he keeps suggesting

This has worked for the last 10 minutes and I can't see signs of the issue returning so I guess this is a great temporary fix. But I agree with one of the users, Apple need to address and fix the issue. Thank you Pencil5150!!!

I have this same issue. My old 2013 Ipad worked way better than this one and I am so disappointed. I am in college and when this glitch happens during lectures I spend almost half my classes trying to restart my Ipad and fix the issue. The glitch happens on apple notes, notability, and especially good notes, which I highly rely on. My parents spent so much money on my new iPad for Christmas and i don't have the heart to tell them my crusty old one works better ...

This happens w me all the time. I contact support and they changed my ipad (7th generation) for a new one, but the problem persists. Now they told me that it’s a software problem and cannot do anything so i’m looking for some help!!

I get this problem consistently when the iPad is plugged in. However it is always solved by unplugging it. I know this doesn’t work for everyone, but it has a 100% success rate for me. Good luck (it’s a **** annoying bug).

This does not fix it whatsoever. I've disabled this for weeks now and the issue is still there.

I've the pro 12,9 from 2020 and my first one had it and the replacement as well which is absolutely ridiculous.

I've also tried everything now and the only one that seems to work is remove my case but as others say , thats not the solution at all. I think the 2018 11 inch doesn't be affected that much thus some of the smaller modells seems to have it too but fare more rarely than the 12,9 inch does....

Sir, the issue seems to occur more often on the 12,9 models. Also I am seriously questioning why only some devices suffer this and some do not. That is very weird.

I've contacted the support several times now. Over 20 for absolutely sure and all they do is replace the ipad and I get the issue again. I'm loosing patience with this.

Like I stated, Apple engineers cannot seem to pin this issue down, even after all of this time.

It's just nonsense that after such a long time Apple designers. software designers/engineers, hardware engineers cannot find the commonality/ties to tie-in all of these touch screen and Pencil related issues.

Also, all of these issues are only affecting a still growing, but still small ( in terms of total iPads sold to users over the past 3 years, or so ) percentage of affected units having these issues.

I am just as annoyed that after all of this time, not even a series of clues to the causes of this issue have ever been discovered by Apple.

Taking off cases, in addition to certain thickness glass screen protectors is not a solution .

This is Apple putting a “band-aid” over the issues.

Most every tablet user uses protective cases to protective their expensive tablet purchase.

Telling or advising the user to remove their tablet cases is just a dumb and stupid answer/solution.

Apple needs to solve this.

These two issues are what has kept me from purchasing new higher end iPad models for fear of getting these unfixable issue/s

I am still using two 2015/2016, 12.9 inch screen iPad Pro models that are NOT exhibiting ANY of these issues.

You can no longer get a replacement device or battery replacement for these older iPad models, any longer, even though Apppe still supoorts these 2015/2016 models.

Since my iPad Pro is long out of warranty and I have little confidence in Apple's more expensive and larger screen iPad models, right now, I am planning of getting a third party battery replacement done by a known reliable and competent third party Apple mobile device repair center that is another State close to where my State is, when these iPad Pro models start having battery issues, as these older iPad Pro mode;s have been running flawlessly for me for all of these years!

A third party battery replacement will be a whole lot cheaper than a new higher end iPad that may, or may not, have some sort of major ,bulit-in issue/s, and I know these older iPad Pro models will, most probably, be getting iPadOS 15 in the Fall of 2021.

I was so hopeful that the disabling of clicking to change from pen to eraser would help, but alas, the problem is still happening on the two apps that I use my pencil with (grading in Google Classroom and writing in Notability).

I have this problem too and am so frustrated because I've found so many suggestions online and have tried them all and this issue still persists! My apple pencil 1st generation worked way better with my 4th gen ipad air so I feel like my new 2020 pro has been a total waste of money. I rely on the apple pencil to take college notes and for digital art so I feel totally scammed

Its so sad that you invest a lot of money and your device is broken. It gets me mad everyday when random lines occur and you can't write for a few minutes!

That's totally ruin my learning because you are in a fight with the iPad to delete and write again and then miss all your lecture.

I have tons of videos when it happen to me because I have this bug every minute. Even in "Notes" iOS app and not only in Notability.

I found an inconvenient solution. Since the glitch is due to static (non)grounding issue, I grounded my pen holding wrist to the iPad chassis using these: https://www.amazon.com/Anti-Static-Wrist-Straps-Anti-Static/dp/B017164JHA . The problem is gone. But a worse problem of “inconvenience” came. ****...

Can you provide more detail with regards to how it is glitching? there are many ways in which the apple pen does this and it various amongst settings, or apps (ie. ‘DrawSomething’ where it splits the already drawn image and duplicates it to the other side of the screen, or how it creates randomized dots and relocates the thing which you’ve drawn. When the image is sent, the recipient does not seem some of the glitches - making this more odd)

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.