apple pencil ios 13.4.1 and 13.5

apple pencil stopped working when i updated to 13.4.1, today updated it to 13.5, the problem still persists, trying resting network settings, unpairing the pencil, hardbooting the ipad pro and its still not fixed, please help me out!! Tried the pencil on similar ipad on an older ios 12.4.1, and it works fine there....

Posted on May 20, 2020 2:23 PM

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Posted on Jun 7, 2020 9:34 AM

Hey there!

i had the same issue on iPadOS 13.5.1.

I got the Apple Pencil after updating to 13.5.1 and for a whole evening I thought the pencil was dead on arrival.

Here’s how I finally got it paired.

charge your pencil to 100%

reset iPad network settings (do another hard reset just to be safe)

now charge your iPad to 100% and the moment you unplug the cable, plug your pencil in and you should get the much expected ‘pair request’.

hope this works for you!

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Jun 7, 2020 9:34 AM in response to OmzieeQ

Hey there!

i had the same issue on iPadOS 13.5.1.

I got the Apple Pencil after updating to 13.5.1 and for a whole evening I thought the pencil was dead on arrival.

Here’s how I finally got it paired.

charge your pencil to 100%

reset iPad network settings (do another hard reset just to be safe)

now charge your iPad to 100% and the moment you unplug the cable, plug your pencil in and you should get the much expected ‘pair request’.

hope this works for you!

May 24, 2020 5:01 AM in response to OmzieeQ

Even i had same issue for more than 2 weeks. Try this one. its working perfectly.


  1. Try to charge your ipad till 100% then restart your ipad and connect your apple pencil it will start to work.
  2. or else try this one. Charge your pencil for 90 minutes after that connect your apple pencil and keep it in your ipad for 45 mins after 45 mins remove it and connect it. it will start to work.


May 28, 2020 5:35 AM in response to OmzieeQ

Hi there had exactly the same issue, seems to be to be a problem in the new iPadOS. I have an Air 3 and updated it Yesterday to 13.5. I then tried to use my pencil but it wouldn't ever pair. I then tried it on my iPad 6th gen which was still on 13.4.1 and it worked perfectly. So what i did was install 13.4.1 on the air and low and behold the Pencil worked perfectly. The problem was now that it had lost the data but then to restore to a backup it had to be upgraded again. And once i had done all of this it then didn't work again. Seems to be a bug in the new OS. Apple please fix as soon as possible.

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