Nope.. same issue here. I have it laying on my desk after unpairing (Bluetooth wastes too much battery for my liking) and it drains even after being unpaired. Think the battery in this is much smaller or has a draining issue and needs to be fixed. The other pencil is a bit heavier, maybe it had a bigger battery.
Ok I guess Apple issued an update. Noticed this yesterday. Today I tried to trigger the update (you leave the pencil idle for 60 seconds but leave Bluetooth on and the pencil idle like around a desk. Says the update will take 10 minutes to complete, I left it sitting for an hour or two. I pulled it off a couple hours ago, and checked the battery at 94 percent. Snapped it back on, and it’s at 93.. Maybe they’ve fixed it ?
I saw that too but it's been idle for a while before that. Any way to find out what the updated software version number is?
Good idea. If I had an Apple store nearby, I’d do the same tbh. But mine seems fine and is staying consistent. Also, hard reset your iPad at least once and then try my suggestion above first tonight. It’s what I did and so far so good.
I can’t tell. I’m not crazy right ? There was an update. Pretty sure I read that right somewhere. Probably here. was gonna link you to it if I could find it
You can check the loaded version -
That's what mine is too. Yeah I saw the article earlier about the unresponsiveness. What has me questioning whether or not it's defective is that it arrived at 4%. I feel like that's way low.
This new one is at 20%. Well, maybe it has an accelerometer and the act of shipping it kept turning it on every 10 minutes. We'll see how this one goes.
Weird, mine came at like 96%, but haven't been able to use much today to see battery life.
Yeah mine is actually doing fine during use even thought it lost a few percent just sitting on the desk. I don't think it's updated it's firmware though. Hopefully it will do that on its own overnight.
Was it disabled temporarily or permanently? If you disabled BT from Control Center (iOS 11 and later) then it's still activated for the Pencil.
Nope, made sure it was disabled in Bluetooth settings, and besides that, the Apple Pencil was in a room the other side of a large house.
My replacement is behaving the same as the original as well. I was worried it was a defective battery but it may just be software, like it's not accurately reporting the charge. It appears not to discharge as fast when in use so I agree it's probably fine.
