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While using the apple pencil to write, thin lines that I did not draw appear across the screen. Sometimes vertical, sometimes horizontal. Often also in conjunction with the line that I'm drawing being interrupted, or with dots appearing randomly across the screen.
Restart does not help. Replacing the tips of the pencil or the entire pencil does not help.
iPad Pro, iPadOS 14
I talked with Apple support about this and they made a range of different suggestions ranging from going into accessibility and turning zoom on and off to replacing the tip of the pencil to replacing the pencil... nothing helped
But I figured it out myself! The problem only occurs if I am charging my laptop and the iPad is touching the Laptop's metal frame or is near it. I assume that the laptop's frame has some kind of electric charge or magnetic field or something while charging, and that this interferes with the pencil and/or the iPad's touch screen.
I talked with Apple support about this and they made a range of different suggestions ranging from going into accessibility and turning zoom on and off to replacing the tip of the pencil to replacing the pencil... nothing helped
But I figured it out myself! The problem only occurs if I am charging my laptop and the iPad is touching the Laptop's metal frame or is near it. I assume that the laptop's frame has some kind of electric charge or magnetic field or something while charging, and that this interferes with the pencil and/or the iPad's touch screen.
Hello K0rb1,
Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities. We see you're having some questions with your Apple Pencil, and we'd like to help. There are steps in the following article, about connecting your Apple Pencil to your iPad again, or when you're having issues with your Apple Pencil: Connect Apple Pencil with your iPad
If you still have issues, please Contact Apple Support.
Have a good day.
Thin vertical and horizontal lines across iPad Screen while using apple pencil
