Setup: Brand new iPad Pro 2020 11” and brand new Apple Pencil 2. PadOS fully up to date. More or less the only things installed on the iPad are default apps, Skype, and Clip Studio Pro. iPad is set to Indonesian region.
Problem: The iPad has been losing connection with the Apple Pencil every day or two. Sticking the Pencil to the side of the iPad doesn’t work. Opening up the Pencil settings in the Settings app generally will get it working again. Apparently Wifi was dropping out occasionally as well, but the internet tells me that’s not unusual with iOS 14 and some routers, so may be a red herring. I was suspecting maybe it was wireless interference...
Until today, when the iPad spontaneously rebooted when the user brought up the Settings app. It’s working again now, but in 7 years of using iOS daily I’ve seen maybe two kernel panics.
So now I’m down to:
Is there an easy way to do a PadOS reinstall to rule that out before going the hardware service route? The only computer available is a garbage Win10 laptop.
Any other suggestions that I’ve overlooked? I’m assuming this is not just teething problems with the new(-ish) version of PadOS, since I couldn’t find other complaints about similar issues.
Problem: The iPad has been losing connection with the Apple Pencil every day or two. Sticking the Pencil to the side of the iPad doesn’t work. Opening up the Pencil settings in the Settings app generally will get it working again. Apparently Wifi was dropping out occasionally as well, but the internet tells me that’s not unusual with iOS 14 and some routers, so may be a red herring. I was suspecting maybe it was wireless interference...
Until today, when the iPad spontaneously rebooted when the user brought up the Settings app. It’s working again now, but in 7 years of using iOS daily I’ve seen maybe two kernel panics.
So now I’m down to:
- Pencil is a lemon and somehow managed to crash PadOS.
- iPad is a lemon and needs to be repaired.
- The OS install is hosed somehow.
Is there an easy way to do a PadOS reinstall to rule that out before going the hardware service route? The only computer available is a garbage Win10 laptop.
Any other suggestions that I’ve overlooked? I’m assuming this is not just teething problems with the new(-ish) version of PadOS, since I couldn’t find other complaints about similar issues.