iPad overheating when using notes and Apple Pencil

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Iba2608 wrote:

Kindly please fix this issue.

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I have a brand new iPad 6 and its the same exact issue

Same here, whenever I switch to one notes it’s fine, it’s just on apple notes. Hopefully iPad Os 18 Will fix this. But highly doubt it considering this post is from iPad Os 16

one "work around is to set the luminosity to a minimum (as low as you feel confortable with) and then stop "auto adjust of luminosity" when using Notes (you can change it back afterwards

you'll notice: 1- don't overheat

2- less battery drain

I have also the same issue with my ipad pro , it heats up whenever i start using notes with my apple pencil , within 5-10 minutes the centre of ipad heats and i have to take break while taking notes .

I request APPLE to fix this issue asap.

Brand new Apple Pencil Pro with Brand New iPad Pro 11" (M4/7th Gen):

In Notes, Pencil starts going wonky (time-delay response to scrolling/writing) and that's when iPad overheats & battery drains rapidly. Rebooting iPad (from Settings/General) temporarily fixes Pencil wonkiness. But overheating & draining battery on brand new iPad can't be a good thing for longevity. Needs permanent fix.

EncSD wrote:

Brand new Apple Pencil Pro with Brand New iPad Pro 11" (M4/7th Gen):

In Notes, Pencil starts going wonky (time-delay response to scrolling/writing) and that's when iPad overheats & battery drains rapidly. Rebooting iPad (from Settings/General) temporarily fixes Pencil wonkiness. But overheating & draining battery on brand new iPad can't be a good thing for longevity. Needs permanent fix.

If these things are brand new, meaning you purchased them within the last 14 days, return them. Then buy ones that work. If you're beyond the 14 days, arrange for Apple to service them. This is not normal. Apple can't fix it unless they see the devices.

I spent three days last week at a conference taking notes all day on my brand new iPad Pro 11 inch. I've had a lot of iPads over the years and all the versions of Pencil. This was by far the best experience ever. And no, nothing overheated.

Thank you IdrisSeabright. I did return them w/in the 14 days, and re-purchased same devices. The second set is doing the same behavior. Prior to this, I had iPad Pro 11" First Gen with Pencil 2 and no issues.

I've had the same issue with an M2 iPad Pro.

Despite that being a common problem, it's happy that other Note takers apps are not giving hot times to our iPad.

But this can't defend the Note software within the iPad itself.

I could expect heating problems on not Apple apps instead.

I do hope they will fix that.

Hello,

I have the exact same issue and it hasn't even been a few months since I purchased it. I'm also using Apple notes app to take handwritten notes with Apple Pencil, a long with split screen to see my slides on files app for reference. Battery gets drained extremely quickly even with low brightness.

Kindly please fix this issue.

My iPad heats up with any use of my pencil to draw, regardless of the application. Microsoft Whiteboards, the on-board Notes app, AND -- yes -- Notability. I think it's a code issue, but at the OS level.

soxboy71 wrote:

My iPad heats up with any use of my pencil to draw, regardless of the application. Microsoft Whiteboards, the on-board Notes app, AND -- yes -- Notability. I think it's a code issue, but at the OS level.

If that were truly the case, it would happen to everyone. It doesn't. Contact Apple and arrange for them to run diagnostics.

That’s insane that they don’t look here to understand what’s going on. I assumed they would check these forums out (they’re offical Apple forums after all). Sigh. Thanks for letting us know, I’ll book an appointment see what they suggest (and remind them about their forum existing).

I reckon it is very much an optimisation problem with how much resources the Notes app uses. I say so because even playing a moderately graphically intensive game, or even using Apple's very own Freeform (also with the Apple Pencil) consumes less battery power and barely overheats the iPad compared to the Notes app.