Apple Pencil (1st gen) not charging.
My Apple Pencil gets disconnected randomly and then doesn't get charged (either through a charger or through my iPad).
In my last question, I asked what to do if the gold bars on the lightning charging end of my Apple Pencil were darkened. I was told that if the Pencil is still charging (which it was, at the time, although I had to try plugging it in multiple times), then it's fine. But now it isn't. I also tried forgetting the pencil on the iPad's bluetooth, and now it's not getting paired again.
What's Apple's policy on this? Will I get a replacement? Or at least a free repair?
These are photos of the pencil's lightning part:
First side:
Second side:
I have cleaned this following the instructions on the Apple website, but it hasn't helped.