Apple Pencil 2 draining iPad Pro battery

Has anyone else found that leaving their Apple Pencil 2 attached to their iPad Pro 11 overnight drains the battery anywhere from 15%-25%. I did a test of leaving the pencil attached over night and saw a 17% loss in the iPad battery. The pencil was fully charged when I left it connected overnight. So it really had nothing to charge on the pencil. Then I charged the iPad to 100% and left overnight without the pencil attached and the next morning the iPad battery was still at 100%.

Seems like the Apple Pencil 2 is constantly drawing power from the iPad Battery. Was just wondering if anyone else is seeing this behavior. Would like to keep the pencil attached so I know where it is but not if it keeps draining the battery.

iPad Pro 11-inch, Cellular, iOS 12.1

Posted on Nov 21, 2018 5:33 AM

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mrfigz

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8 points

Posted on Aug 25, 2019 6:10 AM

Yes. Turn the pencil around so it’s not in the charging position. It works better with an iPad case with the pencil holder. That way the pencil doesn’t need to be magnetized to the iPad.

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Feb 28, 2019 4:49 PM in response to xenzo

Exactly right. It’s most definitely an iOS issue or an Apple Pencil firmware issue. Or maybe even a combination of both.

klevrguy

Level 1

4 points

Mar 1, 2019 11:18 AM in response to spiderman0616

Same here. I have to detach and reattach the pencil every so often or else it drains to 0%. Maybe that’s actually better than it draining the iPad battery constantly? 🤷🏻‍♂️🎁🐴

Macloisn

Level 1

4 points

Mar 2, 2019 12:27 AM in response to xenzo

This definitely helped for me, too. 2 percent drain per night with pencil attached instead of 10-20.

Euzebius

Level 1

4 points

Mar 10, 2019 3:32 AM in response to peterfromsarasota

Yes, I got this problem also.

Apple need to fix it

xenzo

Level 1

4 points

Mar 11, 2019 7:17 AM in response to Euzebius

Can confirm this morning that i have noticed the firmware version now ends 0060. And battery is holding very well!

May 1, 2019 9:23 PM in response to MichelPM

If the apple pencil is 100% charged, does it still drain battery from the ipad? I mean, the software should stop it from charging.

May 26, 2019 5:21 AM in response to Meatius

Still no issues here since that last big update, no longer seeing major battery drain on the Pencil or iPad in standby.

MichelPM

Level 10

81,525 points

May 26, 2019 6:02 AM in response to spiderman0616

Never mind.

I thought I was responding to a different Apple Pencil post.

There have been quite a few of Apple Pencil issues overnight.

Sep 15, 2019 9:57 AM in response to tayphi

Hi l just turn my pencil round so doesn’t charge

tayphi

Level 1

10 points

Sep 15, 2019 11:42 AM in response to Carvitara

How do you get yours to stay? When i try that the magnet just flips it around back to the charge position.

Oct 15, 2019 6:53 AM in response to peterfromsarasota

Our students use the Notability app on their 9.7 iPad (with Apple Pencil) and it seem like they are charging their iPads every two hours.

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