If still no joy, your Pencil is definitely dead. To check the battery life of your Apple Pencil, simply swipe from left to right on the Home screen or Lock screen. See if the Pencil starts charging then, when it reaches a sufficient charge, like over 15%, or so, or more, disconnect the Pencil and reconnect it to see if it Bluetooth pairs. Once you have identified the model of your Apple Pencil, simply follow one of the corresponding guides below. Then, try a simple hard reset of your iPad by holding down both the Home and sleep/wake buttons simultaneously until your iPad goes to black and restarts with Apple logo, then release the buttons. Once Apple Pencils lightning port is clean, plug Apple Pencil into Apple iPad, and Apple Pencil should start charging normally. One last ditch thing you can try is to plug the Pencil's Lightning connector into the iPad. It must keep some charge level in that tiny Lithium-ion battery at all times! For Apple Pencil (1st generation), uncap the Apple Pencil and plug it into the lightning port of the iPad. Position your Apple Pencil (2nd generation) along the side of your iPad magnetically. Confirm that you want the iPad to forget the pencil in the pop-up window by tapping Forget Device. You need to keep your Apple Pencil charged all the time, even if it is only to 10%-15% charge. Tap Forget This Device in the screen that opens. If the Apple Pencil battery is allowed to drain down to 0% and allowed to stay in that flat condition for more than a few weeks, or so, OR EVEN LONGER, that very tiny little Li-ion battery is too small to keep at a 0% state for a long period of time and it will fail and the Apple Pencil will be dead and you may have to “pop” for another $99 Apple Pencil, once again!Īpple only has a one-year warranty on any Apple accessory items. If its battery ever runs out, you can connect it to your iPad Pro’s Lightning port and get 30 minutes of use time from just fifteen seconds of charging time. According to Apple, the Pencil gets about 12 hours of battery life. The Apple Pencil needs to be kept charged to a minimum of 5-10% all the time. If you want to check how much battery power it has left, you’ll need to use a widget on your iPad Pro. Ion battery ( smaller than the eraser head on a REAL wooden pencil ), the Apple Pencil needs to be constantly charged up to some significant charge level ALL THE TIME, even when not using the Pencil for prolonged periods of time. LONGER, then the battery in your Apple Pencil may have failed and is dead and you will have to purchase anotherīrand new Apple Pencil or get, if still under warranty, a free replacement Pencil from Apple.Īnd it looks like some things about the Apple Pencil have NOT changed in the new version 2 model, either.įYI and something Apple will never, EVER divulge to it potential iPad Pro/Apple Pencil customers/users unless the potential customer/user is smart enough to ask about,ĭue to the “always on and active/standby” nature of the Apple Pencil and, also, due to its very tiny rechargeable Li. If your Apple Pencil/s sat around unused or unopened and not kept charged up for more than a few weeks, or so, OR You cannot store Apple Pencils for any prolonged period of time and NOT keep them charged up to some level.
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