Apple Pencil no longer working after recent software update

This is what’s happening to me! It shows the pencil attached but will not work when I try and use it. I have restart/rebooted and reset but nothing works. Initially after disconnecting from my Bluetooth, iPad acted like it would connect again to my pencil and now won’t show the pencil on the list, just shows the pencil when I attach it to the side then the pencil disappears and I cant select pair or anything! Super frustrating and I’m feeling like I might leave apple.

It cannot be that suddenly all of our pencils are faulty. Apple should investigate on their updates. No?

This worked on Monday. Now it doesn’t work. iPad OS 17.0.3 seems to have rendered my Apple Pencil into being a magnetized paperweight.

These suggestions are all well and good, but the issue we are all reporting is that our Apple Pencils have “suddenly stopped working after the recent update”. This is not a pairing issue, or a battery issue. This is an Apple software issue. Apple needs to take note and provide a solution. We spend a lot of money on these devices, and many people make a living with their iPads and Pencils. The lack of urgency to acknowledge and fix this issue is beyond frustrating.

My pen stopped working in the middle of the class. It seems that it is a problem with iPadOS 17.2. When is Apple going to fix this problem? I had a dirt-cheap pen from Amazon. That one works fine. Apple needs to really cut the useless functions and focus on making devices just work!!

I am having the same issues! I have tried everything and my pencil won't connect to my iPad mini or my wife's iPad pro. I was just using my pencil last week for notes and no nothing! Hopefully, Apple gets this figured out.

I hope the Apple technical team is reading these. It can’t be all of us suddenly have this issue after updates.

Then the funny part was, I grab a cheaper stylus pen from e-commerce and it worked but not my Apple Pencil. And the Apple Pencil was still possible to be used till 2 weeks ago when I updated the version. It is less than 2 years old.

so frustrating

Any other update on this issue other than support trying to gaslight people into thinking it’s something they’ve done to the pencil?

i installed the iOS 17 on my iPad 10th generation and after 2 days my Apple Pencil 1 started lagging, so I forgot the device and now I can’t pair it anymore. I tried all that Apple recommends and watched YouTube videos too. What should I do now? I live in a country where there is no Apple Store how can I fix it. I’ve tried resetting my iPad, charging the pencil but nothing seems to work

Same issue, it worked 5 minutes before the upgrade and like a previous commenter mentioned it turned into a magnetised paperweight after.

It must be a bug.?

My pencil has stopped responding as well and I’ve tried every suggestion at least twice. When I put it on the charging strip, it shows the Apple pen battery notification which read 98 at first and now reads 100. If I double tap the pen, it responds correctly (goes from pen to eraser and vice versa), but I cannot use it to draw, write, or even select apps on the home screen. It also will not connect/charge with my tablet cover on, which has never been an issue before.

Like I’ve said, I’ve tried all the troubleshooting suggestions and nothing has worked. I made sure the nib was screwed on properly and even changed nibs. I’ve restarted the iPad, unpaired the pencil, left the pencil charging, closed all the open apps, and no results. I use this for commission work, I can’t afford a new pen when I can’t sell commissions for one!

I have the same issue. I did all the suggestions. The Apple Pencil was detected when I put on the magnetized place but it won’t work. It was working till I updated the iPad. This is so frustrating

They want us to spend even more money. It's why I never purchase apple products, they disable things to make their products stop working so that y'all buy more and more. If it wasn't for procreate being such an amazing art software then I would have never purchased an iPad or Apple pen. I even splurged and customized my pen coz I was so excited to finally have the art software I wanted for my commissions. They're trying to blame it on the users by saying we didn't charge our pens correctly or we messed up some random setting, when in reality THIS MANY PEOPLE would not be having the same issue all at the same time. I won't be purchasing another apple pen/pencil most likely, I'll just use a cheaper brand pen.

I’m trying to get help from apple support but this is not a “known issue” despite it being reported here and elsewhere. I think the iPad software thinks the pencil is charged (it shows 100%) and so it is not charging the pencil because it would be programmed not to keep charging if it thinks the pencil is at 100% but it’s really at 0%. The support people were unable to help and referred me to go to the Apple Store.

I’m having a kinda similar problem

it started after iPad os 17 where my ‏Apple Pencil disconnects randomly for a second then it reconnects on its own while I’m writing.i am sure that it’s not a physical problem (not from the tip of the screen protector) because whenever that happens the Apple Pencil does not appear on the widget

I tried every solution in the book such as resetting my network settings or force restart and I even erased everything on my iPad and I tried a new Apple Pencil and the problem is still there so it’s probably an iPad issue

this problem does not happen with other Bluetooth devices such as AirPods.

I have an iPad Air 5

2nd gen Apple Pencil

Please release an update that fixes this problem