Apple Pencil 1st gen no longer working

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AppleFan244 Author

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Apple Pencil 1st gen no longer working

I have an Apple Pencil 1st generation and and iPad 9th generation running iOS 17.5.1.

For some unknown reason, the Apple Pencil stopped working the other day.

The Apple Pencil will still charge. The iPad tells me the pencil is currently at 48%.

I have turned Bluetooth off and on.

I have hard rebooted the iPad.

I have unpaired and re-paired the pencil. It pairs successfully.

The Apple Pencil settings window shows that it is connected and will display how much charge is left in the battery.

I have replaced the tip with a brand new one that came with the Pencil. I made sure it is snuggly screwed into place.

None of this has worked. The iPad gives no indication that anything is wrong with the pencil. It looks like the pencil should be able to write and perform all its functions on the iPad, but it doesn't. No writing, no selecting, no drawing.

I just ordered a new pack of replacement tips (Apple Brand). I am hoping that will fix the issue, but I wanted to post here in case there is any step I have missed in trying to get the pencil working again.

Any tips beyond what I have already tried are greatly appreciated.

Apple Pencil (1st generation)

Posted on Jun 17, 2024 6:17 PM

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Answer 1

Tesserax

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Jun 18, 2024 9:14 AM in response to AppleFan244

Does this Apple Pencil ever show that is charged to 100%? If not, chances are that its rechargeable battery is near depletion. Unfortunately, Apple does not replace these batteries and you will have to consider getting a replacement if you wish to continue to use one with your iPad.

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AppleFan244 Author

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Jun 20, 2024 2:08 AM in response to Tesserax

The pencil does charge to 100%. I charged it to 100% last night, then told the iPad to forget the devive and re-paired it, and it still won't write or select anything on the screen.

The new tips should arrive today. I'll report back with what happens.

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AppleFan244 Author

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Jun 20, 2024 3:52 PM in response to AppleFan244

update. New tips arrived. Still doesn't work. Tried "forget this device" in Bluetooth, then hard reboot of the iPad, then re-pair the pencil. It pairs just fine, says it has plenty of charge, will charge to 100%, but just won't write or interact with the GUI in any way. I wish I had another iPad to pair it to or another pencil to try, but I don't.

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