Why does my Apple Pencil 2nd Gen keep dying?

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Why does my Apple Pencil 2nd Gen keep dying?

Anybody else have the issue with your apple pencil specifically the 2nd gen model accidentally letting it fully die or take a break from using it and boom your down another 130ish bucks...im on my 2nd pencil with the same exact issue and because it just so happens to bw out of warrenty ill have to pay to have it replaced or fixed i swear the apple pencils were designed to fail....i just want a replacement thats it it dont even have to be a brand new one but nope smh im annoyed

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iPad Air, iPadOS 18

Posted on Jan 11, 2025 8:33 PM

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Tesserax

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Jan 18, 2025 8:39 AM in response to katlin151

The rechargeable lithium battery in your Apple Pencil (or used in any other device) has, IMHO, one major flaw ... and that is, if it is left partially or fully discharged for extended periods of time (think months), it loses its ability to either take a charge or to be fully charged.

FWIW, to provide a personal example. I misplaced and recently found my Apple Pencil 1st gen after not having been using it for over a year ... and guess what? It was completely discharged and wouldn't take a charge regardless of what I tried. The lesson learned? I put a recurring schedule item on my calendar to charge all of my little used (lithium-based) devices (spare wireless headphones, GPS devices, Kindle readers, etc.) every two weeks. Never had an issue since. You may want to consider doing something similar.

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