iPad Pro 11" (3rd gen) touch screen unresponsive after updating to iPadOS 26.0.1
After updating my iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation) to iPadOS 26.0.1, the touch screen stopped responding completely. The Apple Pencil still works, but its input is extremely slow — when drawing, it registers individual dots about once per second instead of a continuous line.
This issue happened immediately after the software update. The device has no physical damage, so I strongly believe this is a software-related problem.
Troubleshooting steps I have already tried:
- Force restart
- Removed screen protector
- Cleaned the screen
- Updated again to iPadOS 26.1
- Reset the device
None of these steps solved the issue.
I am not the only one experiencing this. Many users are reporting the same problem after updating to iPadOS 26.x:
(Reference) https://www.reddit.com/r/iPadOS/comments/1lm946g/comment/nn7aa7u/
This appears to be a widespread software bug affecting the touch input system on certain iPad Pro models.
iPad Pro, iPadOS 26