Apple pencil 1st gen not working after iOS 15 update

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Thank you for using Apple Support Communities. It sounds like you're experiencing issues with your Apple Pencil no longer pairing to your iPad. We can understand how this would be an issue. Allow us to investigate this issue and assist in any way we can.

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Connect Apple Pencil with your iPad - Apple Support

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I have 2 iPads, both were on beta, worked fine up until this week sometime…

Both show this as being up to date but looks weird… my 1st gen Apple Pencil will pair fine with both but on either, won’t change off of pencil to any of the other options including the eraser… and I have trouble getting the tool bar to come up even… it will switch to all the different tools but not respond with using them… I deleted the beta profile off both devices as well…

Hopefully someone can at least let me know if my pencil is broken…

I’ve been having the same issue, and it’s making me nuts. I use my pencil to draw with Procreate, and ever since I upgraded to the newest OS, the pencil won’t stay connected. It’ll draw on the Lock Screen, show up under Apple Pencil, etc; but as soon as I unlock the iPad it stops working.

I'm literally about to erase my iPad and put the old OS back on it just so I can freaking draw.

Once I got 15.0.1 the other day it has been fine