3rd Party Ipad Pencil

[Lyric Maro]

Happynews over here. My apple pencil1 seemed broken, no ability to charge the battery anymore.

After searching the web I found that heating up the pencil might help. Two people put it in a tupperware box and left it in the sun. The second guy also used a thermometer. So I put my pencil in the oven at 60 degrees celsius for one hour, wrapped in a small towel.

After forgetting the pencil in the bluetooth menu, it showed right up, ready to connect. It said the battery was at 48%. Now I do a daily health check and the pencil is doing well.

Hope this will help others having a good new year. Cheers

Yeah, almost ran into this myself last week. Hadn't used it in a couple months and it wouldn't charge at all at first. Left it connected to my iPad overnight and finally it started to charge and work again. Whoops!

The annoying thing about the pencil is that it wakes with the slightest motion. So if you have it in a case with the iPad, or on your desk or somewhere else that gets moved/bumped/nudged often, it will drain prematurely.

When I first got it, it would loose most of it's charge after sitting unused for 10 days or so.

That's when I read about the issue, and the recommendation to use the bluetooth setting to forget the Pencil and turn bluetooth off and on again.

The other thing I recall reading is that the iPad won't update the Pencil's firmware unless the Pencil has a 100% charge. I made sure after I updated to ios12 to charge the Pencil to 100% using the included adapter for charging using the Apple charger. Then I left the pencil plugged into the iPad for about 10 minutes. Apparently the firmware updates in the background without notice.

I also have a 2018 backup ipad. I read somewhere that it's best to store iPads at about 70% charge. It's been sitting for about 6 months and when I just used it to check the Pencil, the iPad battery is still at 69%.

The final information I'd like to share is that I used to keep my 2017 (Daily use) iPad plugged into the charger 99% of the time. I recently read something about iPad batteries needing to go through a discharge cycle from time to time to get max battery life. I used it on battery power and sure enough, it discharged really fast. I then noticed after a recharge it would go back up to 100%, but after a minute of use it would drop to a 85% charge.

The next few days I kept using it on battery only, recharging it back to 100% only after letting the charge drop to about 15%.

After a week of this the battery now holds a full charge again, and will run about 10 hours on a full charge. So now I make sure to unplug the charger from time to time and run the battery down before reconnecting and leaving it on the charger again.

So the problem is that the pencil doesn't have an off switch. as long as the ipad is in bluetooth distance, there's an active bluetooth connection sucking the poor thing's batteries dry. So one idea I've read about was to store it in a metal container as that will shield off the bluetooth connection.

agree about the long time it takes to "revive" a deep-discharged battery. had an ipad that took 2 days to start carging again. afterwards it still had a battery that was good enough for multiple hours of garageband recording...

(my theory about the oven thing: higher temperature leads to higher battery voltage so the heat might lift the voltage just enough to make the device think it's gone back from "dead" to "deep discharged"... so maybe it still has to be warm when connecting to the charger?!)

Is anybody else having a probelm pairing an Apple Pencil. I insert it into my new 2gen iPad Pro 12.9 and it briefly shows the dialog to Pair and then shows it connected, but then disconnects, and then I get an Error that the Pencil took to long to pair. Then it doesn't work.

After one year i tried to use my pencil again and i have the same kind of problem. First i got messages there wa sonly 3% battery left. Charging didn't helped. I tried a reset of the ipad pro even a hard reset, nothing helped. I went to the apple store and they couldn't help, they don't know if there is a problem and the warranty was expended.(14 months, pffffff ) Back home i tried to charge the pencil true USB with the adaptor and after 15 tries of plugging it in and out of the ipad suddenly i got connected for 7 seconds, then disconnected again, and then connected again for a few seconds. Because of the short period of connection i could see that the battery of the pencil was at 100 % again but still it can't keep the connection. The icon of bluetooth at the top of the ipad is blinking all the time. After awhile the same problem of the beginning had came back and I get an Error that the Pencil took to long to pair. And again the same pairing problem came back. Ipad sees the pencil but it can't pair with it. Its a brand new pencil i only used it once when i bought it and left in the box for over a year. So it must be a hardware problem, so apple fix it please.

i'm having the same exact issues. Trek all the solutions other posters have noted with no success. However I can pair a $19 Wacom stylus with no problem While the $99 Apple Pencil is virtually useless until Apple does something.

I am not having the same problems, what I am having is the Apple Pencil Losing paring. I have my pencil is never less than 2 meters from the my iPad Pro 10.5, I am on iOS 11.0.3. Everyday I have to plug the pencil into the port so it pair. This didn't happen in iOS 10.x

My friend had an apple pen that was never opened. sadly he passed away, but I just opened it now as i mispalced my own one and connected it to my Ipad. the Pair option comes up and goes really fast. If i do manage to press Pair, it says the Pen is connected but immediatly say Not Connected. I have done all the software updates on my Ipad but still the same issue....Please help.

It is amazing! I didn't use a hairdryer but instead placed the pencil on my stomach that was very warm for no more than 30 seconds, attached it to my iPad and voila it started to work. No idea what's going on there but thank you everyone on this forum!

Confirming the hair dryer worked on a 1st gen Apple Pencil paired with 6th gen iPad. Hadn't used the pencil in close to a year and was having pairing issues. Held it under the hairdryer and boom - works perfectly again.

While each Apple Pencil model has its standout features, not everyone wants to pay the steep price for a stylus. Plus, Apple Pencils are not interchangeable; each model only works with certain iPad models. That's why there are so many third-party Apple Pencil alternatives out there with different features. Some are quite similar Apple's but for a fraction of the price.

One of the biggest selling features of the second-generation Apple Pencil is that it's capable of wireless charging on the iPad Pro, iPad Air, and iPad mini 6. Some of the third-party stylus pens do have that feature but most do not.

\nMy current favorite is the ZAGG Pro 2 Stylus if you are looking for a recommendation. The color lineup is great, and it feels premium and hefty. The precise tip means you'll be writing and drawing accurately, and there is tilt sensitivity and palm rejection. Plus, it actually charges right on the iPad just like the Apple Pencil 2.

For those who want something like the Apple Pencil 2 but are on a tight budget, the SwitchEasy EasyPencil is a great alternative. It has the same design as the Apple Pencil 2 with a precise tip, and it can attach magnetically to your iPad Pro, but at a fraction of the cost.

The Apple Pencil is an excellent device, with some smart sketching features, decent battery life, and a great look. However, being one of the more expensive iPad styli on the market, and with others offering some unique features, you may want to shop outside of the Apple Store this time.

Though we think the Zagg Pro Stylus 2 is the best on offer, thanks to great compatibility, an excellent feel, and great battery life, there are so many choices out there that are worth paying attention to.

The SwitchEasy EasyPencil Pro 3 looks just like the Apple Pencil 2 but has a much friendlier price point and is compatible with all newer iPads. The tip is precise and the stylus has palm rejection, charges via USB-C, and has a long-lasting battery. The EasyPencil can instantly pair with your iPad but you should try to avoid touching the cap unless necessary since that turns it off. This is only a minor downside for what is otherwise an excellent budget device.

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