Apple pencil 1 battery drop to 6 % in 2025

Can anyone tell me how to fix this type of problem with pencil 1 that my pencil battery was 37% and when I plugged it to charge with its adapter it dropped to 6% again i unplugged and plugged the pencil into adapter it showed 9 % then again dropped to 6 % . So i shutdown the ipad and turned on the ipad it charged normally but took above 1 hour to charge 88% .is it a software problem or hardware problem please

iPad (10th generation)

Posted on Dec 9, 2025 8:19 PM

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Posted on Dec 11, 2025 1:33 AM

Hard reset your iPad and re-pair the Pencil

You already restarted, but do the full reset:

  1. Remove the Pencil from Bluetooth
  2. Restart iPad
  3. Pair again
  4. Let it sit on the charger for 30 minutes without touching it

This sometimes stabilizes the battery reporting.

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Apple pencil 1 battery drop to 6 % in 2025

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