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iPad Pro The Apple Pencil battery widget is gone
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No iOS 10 is riddled with corrupted files and oversights. Rule of thumb is to wait 7 business days before applying an update.
When I updated I had to re-add the widget from the list of the unused widgets at the very bottom. If you tap Edit at the bottom of the widgets view, is it there?
Working here. Didn't have to change anything. OP, make sure it's still enabled in your widget list.
Damn ... I remember you from last year! You're still trolling? You must look forward to every Apple release just to troll up, don't ya?
If the iPad loses its pairing with the Pencil, the widget won't be there. Plug the Pencil into the iPad and the widget will return.
That's why I did the shutdown and restart twice. First I paired the pencil - no widget, then I did the shutdown, restart and pairing, no widget. Second time I did the shutdown, restart and pairing the widget appeared.
I used PCs for many years before moving to a mac and I remember versions of windows where shutting down and restarting fixed a multitude of problems, so its become a habit to try that.
My Pencil loses connection at least once a day since the upgrade. I've also noticed a faster battery drain than previously. It's annoying.
I had this problem at first, battery widget just wasn't there and no option to add it. I rebooted the iPad and suddenly the option to add the battery widget showed up (under the name "Batteries") Odd.
I agree, normally not one to even mention battery as a complaint but it drops fast when using the pencil now; and that behavior was not present though the whole beta phases as I ran betas 3-GM on this iPad Pro and the issue didnt start until after public.