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All iPads Apple Pencil will not pair with new iPad Air [RESOLVED]

HandsomeDanNZ

HandsomeDanNZ

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Despite the Apple Pencil working and continuing to be able to be paired to the old iPad Pro 9.7, I cannot pair my pencil to the new iPad Air.
I’ve tried all of the usual stuff...forget Bluetooth connection from iPP, soft and hard resets of iPad Air, etc etc.

Help?
 
Try restarting the iPad with the pencil attached per this post:

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Dead Apple Pencil

In case it helps anyone else, I suspected a dead pencil. Tried everything - leaving it plugged in for hours, pairing, restarting the iPad, removing the tip, tightening the tip etc. Nothing worked. I just now tried restarting the iPad *with the pencil still plugged in* and it's come back and...
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Arran said:
Try restarting the iPad with the pencil attached per this post:

forums.macrumors.com

Dead Apple Pencil

In case it helps anyone else, I suspected a dead pencil. Tried everything - leaving it plugged in for hours, pairing, restarting the iPad, removing the tip, tightening the tip etc. Nothing worked. I just now tried restarting the iPad *with the pencil still plugged in* and it's come back and...
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Thanks.
I’ll give that a try.
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Tried and failed twice doing that too.
 
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OK - I've tried everything I can find that has been suggested here and elsewhere and nothing.

Interestingly, I can plug the Pencil in and get the old "unlock iPad to use accessory" notification, so it is acknowledging that it's there...just no Bluetooth or anything.

Tried with the old iPP again and boom...pairs straight away.
 
After an online chat with Apple, one more option was tried, which ultimately paid off: Plug in and pair Apple Pencil to old iPad.
DO NOT unpair it from old iPad.

Plug it into the new iPad.
Paired.

It was so simple and yet was the last and most unlikely option.
 
I also had a problem with my apple pencil 2 no longer pairing with my 2018 ipad pro. The internal battery had gone to zero. I tried all the typical fixes you see online to no avail. I read in one place only that someone heated up their pencil (don't know which version) to get it going. I figured I had nothing to lose since I've had it for 16 months and don't use it much.

I used a hairdryer on it for about 3 minutes or so to get it slightly warm to the touch and then attached it to my ipad. It immediately connected and started charging. It is now at 100 percent and I will see how it goes over the next few days. I just wanted to get this out there since I only saw it once in all my research. It is an unorthodox fix but it worked for me ... for now.
 
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Can anyone help me with 1st gen apple pencil it has same issue and I dont have any other ipad to check whether it is working or not?
 
Aggie88 said:
I also had a problem with my apple pencil 2 no longer pairing with my 2018 ipad pro. The internal battery had gone to zero. I tried all the typical fixes you see online to no avail. I read in one place only that someone heated up their pencil (don't know which version) to get it going. I figured I had nothing to lose since I've had it for 16 months and don't use it much.

I used a hairdryer on it for about 3 minutes or so to get it slightly warm to the touch and then attached it to my ipad. It immediately connected and started charging. It is now at 100 percent and I will see how it goes over the next few days. I just wanted to get this out there since I only saw it once in all my research. It is an unorthodox fix but it worked for me ... for now.
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Is your pencil still working fine?
 
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