Apple Pencil Not Working – Bent or Damaged Tip

Symptoms

• Apple Pencil tip is screwed on all the way
  • This means it has to be turned or tightened until it stops turning. You do not have to put any muscle being this.
  • Unscrew the tip and screw it back on to make sure a good connection.
    • if the tip is point at your face, twist counter clock-wise to unscrew or remove it.
    • Then clock-wise to install or screw it on.
• Apple Pencil is recognized via BlueTooth
  • Go to Setting -> Bluetooth
  • Should say “Apple Pencil – Connected”

• Apple Pencil is charged
  • Check the IOS widget page
  • Add the battery widget if it is not there
    • swipe right while on either:
      • the Home screen
      • Lock screen
      • while you’re looking at your notification
    • Click “edit”

• Now add the “battery” widget by clicking the “+” plus sign.

• Now It should show the percent of the battery life left in your Apple Pencil. If it is above 10% should not be a problem, but charge it soon.

• Finally, Check the tip if it is bent or not.
  • Here is a picture of a straight bent tip

• Here is a picture of at straight and working tip

• Finally, with the tip removed make sure it is in good looking straight condition, like this.

The Fix?

Replace the bent tip with a new, straight and undamaged one. When you purchase a new Apple Pencil you get an extra tip in the box. If you cannot find it, you will have to purchase a new one.

Buying Options

• Straight from Apple
  • Guaranteed to work
  • “more” expensive because they do not offer anything less than 4 tips.
• Amazon 3rd party
  • I DO NOT recommend this option.
  • If you:
    • only need two tips
    • do not want to pay $20 plus for 4 tips (which is actually a better deal than amazon due to bulk buying)
    • want to take a chance on the iPad screen not getting scratched with the 3rd party tip
  • This the best I could find that works here