Apple Pencil Won’t Pair
My apple pencil won’t connect to my iPad. I’ve charged it for an hour and that didn’t work and i’ve also restarted the ipad and turned bluetooth off and on. Is there something else i can do?
iPad Air 3 Wi-Fi
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This appears to be a bug affecting some users. Another contributor, ApplesAreUs, reports having found a workaround solution.
“... can confirm the issue is iOS 13.5. The only way to pair your 1st Gen Apple Pencil to your iPad Air 3 is to quickly connect and then disconnect power to your iPad then plug the Pencil into the Lighting port. This will fix the issue and will pair successfully. It’s like the quick jab of power to the iPad ‘wakes’ some part of the software into action. I can confirm I’ve tried this on 2 different iPad Airs with same result.”
This discussion details the workaround:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251382715
Many others confirm efficacy of the workaround - although some have commented that the Pencil must also be fully charged to pair.
