I suggest if you are having the problem, to contact the Apple store and make an appointment to your most convenient Apple store so they can help you with the issues. I kind of finally figured it out. I purchased the Paper 53 pencil and paired it to the Paper app and it seems to be working much better now, even including while using the regular cheaper stylus. It must be something to do with having the Apple pencil to kind of "wake up" the missing cells, and in my case having a Bluetooth stylus helped. I still have an appointment next week to try my Ipad with the Apple pencil to confirm that everything is working fine. Best of luck!
iPad Pro - Dead spot on digitizer..?
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Garz
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Mine that doesn't have the issue is a 128 GB space gray wifi only. Works fine with Apple Pencil or not.
Haalcyon
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craftEcowgirl
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aslondon
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my space gray 128 Verizon LTE appears to be fine. I tried scribbling using notes plus and could not replicate the issue
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Highrisedrifter
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No issues with my 128 gig LTE iPad Pro and Apple Pencil other than the pencil seems to lose about 6% charge per day just sitting in my bad with the sleeping Pro. Not sure if that's typical. Charges fast so not a big deal but seems odd. I did have the problem where it you left it charging well past when it hit 100% only a cold reset could wake it up but that disappeared with 9.2
Garz
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sounds about right with mine too. Referring to the post above mine about 6% per day on pencil drainage.
eyecrispy
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Thanks for reporting this. I just colored my entire screen in using the notes app and didn't see a dead spot.
Blackcash
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I noticed the dead spot on my iPad pro space gray Verizon. I don't have the Apple Pencil, just using a basic stylus. I'm glad I found this thread to know it wasn't just me.
Peligro911
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Garz
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I did more research on this today. No matter what, my apple pencil reads fine over that so called dead spot that you guys are reporting. But if I use my finger and use it very lightly and go over that so called dead spot, it will stutter right at that spot. The line I draw will kind of break up. But with normal pressure from my finger there is no dead spot or no issues with any pressure with the pencil. Even super light pressure with the pencil it didn't have an issue. So I do have an ever so slightly dead spot in that exact area that everybody is reporting. But with normal usage and pressure, there are no issues. So I guess to an extent if your really looking for the issue, it's possible that it can be found on many other iPads as well. I don't see this as an issue because without this thread, I would never have caught it.
compupane
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Unfortunately for me, I have to use a dumb stylus because I use a head-pointer (I'm physically disabled) and no matter how hard I press, I have this dead spot issue. I'm thinking about using one of my three "upgrades" from T-Mobile to see if the space grey model will have the same problem.
Garz
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Disregard my post above from 1/5/16. It was a Spigen glass that I installed on my Pro and realized that affected the touch screen. I peeled it off tonight and my iPad is back to normal. Not noticing any dead spots.
Not happy to report that the effect of the Pencil 53 stylus didn't last, I started having problems again in the same spot. I reported the issue at the Apple store and they told me that it should work with any stylus, including the ones without bluetooth connection. It's very frustrating for me to use it, so I ended up returning the Ipad. I may purchase it later if they correct the problem which they told me could be fixed with the next IOs update? I was afraid it could be a hardware problem and didn't wanted to be stuck with a defective product, since I don't know much about how those things work. By the way, I tested the 4 models of the IPad Pro on display and got the same results (light silver and gold colors), same dead spot, same size.
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xrobinx
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I just had my iPad replaced and the new one has a dead spot. I wonder if the store I got it from has a bunch of lemons? I haven't tried it with an apple pencil yet because I can't get one. My next step is to go to the Apple Store, hopefully they can get one out of the box that works.
I have the 32g space grey, and the dead spot is across all drawing apps with regular stylus.
I have the 32g space grey, and the dead spot is across all drawing apps with regular stylus.
Haalcyon
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Just out of curiosity, perhaps you should try a 128GB model. I checked my for a dead spot and luckily don't have one. I wonder if other folks that have the 128GB model have the dead spot. Now, you shouldn't have to spend more on the 128GB model (if you don't want to) but I'm just curious.
I had a 128 GB Gold, WiFi only, and got it replaced with the same color and model. Same issues. I don't know about the ones at the Apple store, 2 light silver and 2 gold. All had the same dead spot.
Garz
Retired Moderator
I also encountered this issue as others have reported on reddit and in Apple's discussion forums.
What's been determined is that the issue was introduced with iOS 9.2 and that it does NOT occur with the Apple Pencil.
All the iPad Pros may be afflicted with this, but you'll only observe it after upgrading to 9.2+ and by using a normal capacitive stylus or very light touch with your finger.
What's been determined is that the issue was introduced with iOS 9.2 and that it does NOT occur with the Apple Pencil.
All the iPad Pros may be afflicted with this, but you'll only observe it after upgrading to 9.2+ and by using a normal capacitive stylus or very light touch with your finger.
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