Does anyone know how to turn the new barrel roll feature off? It looks gross on my notes and I don't like it. Apple support has no idea, it seemed like they weren't even aware that the new product was being released.
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iPad Pro (6th generation)
Mine can’t do the barrel roll neither. I already tried to pair it again but no Luck. I’m on the base 13” iPad Air. I’m now somewhat worried that the barrel roll is an iPad Pro feature. But as far as I can see here are some pro users with the same issue.
btw I think I accidentally skipped the barrel roll intro when I originally connected the pencil to my iPad. Maybe then the feature gets disabled…
Mine can’t do the barrel roll neither. I already tried to pair it again but no Luck. I’m on the base 13” iPad Air. I’m now somewhat worried that the barrel roll is an iPad Pro feature. But as far as I can see here are some pro users with the same issue.
btw I think I accidentally skipped the barrel roll intro when I originally connected the pencil to my iPad. Maybe then the feature gets disabled…
For me on an iPad Air 11” it also doesn’t work. I even got a replacement Pencil Pro from apple, but still no luck. It also seems the support is not very well informed about how the new Apple Pencil pro works.
Did anybody get it to work on an iPad Air or do they maybe somehow restrict that to iPad Pro only?
my pencil pro also can‘t do the barrel roll, hopefully they‘ll publish an update where this bug can be fixed.
I found the issue. Somebody on Reddit mentioned that the case might be a problem: https://www.reddit.com/r/ipad/comments/1cvfqu9/comment/l5aje07/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
I’m using an ESR magnetic case and this seems to circumvent the barrel roll. Without the case it works perfectly…
That's a shame. I can't get the Pencil pro to do the barrel roll at all! I guess there’s a downside to getting something as soon as it comes out. Hopefully they can fix the problems in an update.
There is no such option in the settings. I haven’t seen it on my 13“ Air and haven’t seen it in any YouTube video about the pencil pro. It’s not even in the official pencil pro help video from Apple Support.
I have done some research on this and it is now completely clear that it is a software bug that only affects the IPad Air and that too, in rare instances. This means that there shouldn’t actually be a problem on the pencil’s hardware. I guess there is nothing to do except wait for the next update.
Nope still no option unfortunately. Apple Support have the engineering team looking at the case as they’ve been able to replicate the issue themselves and they suspect the bug was missed during testing. It’s almost unusable in its current state using the ballpoint pen tip in notes as the barrel roll changes direction constantly when writing without rotating it and as well every time you switch between tools so there’s no way to maintain a comfortable grip of the pencil in your fingers. Will let you know when I have an update. I advised them that I’ll need to return the device and go back to the prior gen iPad Pro if it doesn’t change.
I don’t have the roll option in the settings either. I have paired with iPad Air 11’ 2024.
Yea I have the same iPad and the feature just don't work
has anyone found a way to get the barrel roll working on an iPad Air? It seems mine is also not function properly either
This is so helpful!!! I'm also using ESR case and the barrel doesn't really work while using the case. I tried removing it and the barrel roll worked.
What is really strange is that now after it started working after I removed the case it still works while using case. I don’t really know what is going on, but it seems really strange.
I can confirm, removing the case has seemingly allowed the barrel roll to work as intended. Strange correlation but finally a fix:)
iPad OS 17.5 also didn’t fix anything about the pencil issue for me. Interestingly enough it show me the welcome dialog and I could set it up with find my. But in this dialog it also didn’t introduce me to the barrel roll…
How to turn off Barrel Roll on Apple Pencil Pro?
