Tutorials blessed and blessed be the knowledge shared. This is how the first blogs were born and this is how we managed to revive a second generation Apple Pencil that I thought was already lost.
But let’s back up a bit first. The Apple Pencil has an interchangeable and replaceable tip. However, if the stylus falls on its tip and is damaged, the tip may break and you will not be able to remove the fragmented part, rendering it unusable. And we’re not talking about a style of 15 dollars, we are not faced with a supplement to be left forgotten in a drawer. So good, after a few days of looking for a “for good” solution, like this we managed to repair an Apple Pencil 2.
An Apple Store that has not taken charge
First, it’s important to remember that any time a product breaks down, it should be done through the usual channels: check to see if you still have AppleCare coverage, check out the repair and replacement program, contact the technical assistance service ( SAT ) or much simpler, go to the nearest Apple Store and get advice.
Unfortunately, the above steps don’t always work. And our visit to the official store couldn’t have been more fruitless. At customer service they told us that the help desk had a tool to repair a broken Apple Pencil, very fine tweezers that they use for the question. So good, we go up the stairs, we go to Support and there they indicate that it is not correct, that this method does not exist.
After a tussle of information, we finally verified that yes, a co-worker is fixing the incoming Apple Pencil – and he’s doing it for love of art through his own method. However, they point out that this is not the way to go since we are faced with breakage caused by the customer and when handling it, it risks greater damage. With the “no” in front of us, all that remains is to seek out this miraculous method and try to fix it ourselves. Nothing to lose.
How to Fix an Apple Pencil with a Broken Tip Stuck Inside
We already know what happens then: you go home ruminating that “already, of course, the user’s own responsibility, if the repair costs are also borne by the user”, shaking his head. Luckily, there is a happy ending and maybe it will help many other users. A quick way to repair.
And it is that the process to fix it could not be simpler. When we got home and after some time searching we came across a video tutorial where they explain how to quickly fix an Apple Pencil. Get some eyebrow tweezers or precision electrician’s tweezers and follow this step:
- Squeeze the broken tip while you rotate the piece with a pair of pliers. Hopefully after the break there will be enough thread left to spin it so that a new bit can be installed.
You can even use a pair of pliers and, with some skill, twist the broken part. The key, as the video indicates, is to press inwards, towards the body of the Apple Pencil. Use the broken coin to tap and spin at the same time and voila, you’ve saved some money. It’s simple and straightforward, just one point. What for many users would be “it’s time to buy a new Apple Pencil” for me was “150 bucks it saved me, he’s a YouTube guy”.
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