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Katet14 Author

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Pencil won’t connect to iPad Air

Anyone have issues with pencil 1st gen connecting to iPad Air gen 3? My Bluetooth is on, the pencil is charged! Not sure what else to try

iPad Air, iPadOS 13

Posted on Jul 12, 2020 4:22 PM

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LotusPilot

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Posted on Jul 12, 2020 4:31 PM

This appears to be a bug affecting some users of iPad Air3 after updating to iPadOS 13.5.1. Another contributor 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”.

This discussion details the workaround:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251382715

Many users confirm efficacy of the workaround - although some have commented that the Pencil must be fully charged. Hopefully this will work for you too.

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