Adonit Pixel not working on iPad Mini 4

Hi there,


I purchased an Adonit Pixel towards the beginning of the year and it worked perfectly fine with a few hiccups here and there, but now it is not working at all on my iPad Mini 4. Specifically, it won’t seem to react until I interact with the screen with it for a few seconds, pen pressure almost never works when the pen decides to work, and when the pen pressure works it is for maybe two seconds at a time and seems to have no rhyme or reason to it.


It seems to function as a standard stylus just fine on my phone (samsung s10), but won’t even do that on my iPad. I am wondering if there is any other basic troubleshooting that is recommended.


Here is what I have done:

  1. Fully let the battery recharge. This has worked in the past for sorting out any issues with pressure sensitivity.
  2. Restarted my iPad.
  3. Disconnected my bluetooth
  4. Unpaired all other bluetooth items—interestingly, I’ve not seen the pen as a bluetooth item on the list. I don’t recall if this is normal.
  5. Disconnected bluetooth, then restarted iPad.
  6. Changed pen tips
  7. Restarted my drawing app (Procreate)
  8. Tried another drawing app (Medibang)
  9. Updated my iPad to iOS 15 (was previously on 14.6)


I was initially going to contact Adonit in regards to this but I feel like they would say they wouldn’t be able to help because it didn’t seem to be specifically a pen issue but rather an issue with my iPad.


Of note is that I did get my screen replaced on my iPad but I actually first got the pen after I did this and it worked just fine.


Again, if anyone has any troubleshooting recommendations I would appreciate it.

iPad mini 4, iPadOS 15

Posted on Oct 8, 2021 9:26 PM

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