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Did you lose your AirPods?

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Re: Did you lose your AirPods?

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Post by thorum »

radicality wrote: post #46

So you scripted sending the message to 84 different numbers, was that from your own personal iMessage account? I would be terrified of doing something like that, I imagine the account could get flagged for spam, and hearing the various tech horror stories, I wouldn’t be surprised if it could end up suspending your iCloud account with everything on it, blacklisting hardware devices linked to it, and who knows what els…

Is 84 so high? I imagine there are people sending party invites and “lost my phone, new number” messages to more than that.

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Post by dvzk »

ww520 wrote: post #38

Speaking of AirPods, do people have bad experience with their quality? I have an AirPods Pro 1st Gen for about 3 years and the noise cancellation function has degraded to the point of unusable. The Apple store technician said the audio hardware has failed diagnostic and it couldn't be repaired. For a $250 equipment failed after 3 years of moderate usage is pretty disappointing.

I wore mine while riding a hardtail XC mountain bike (on safeish trail segments) and the transparency mode failed after 7 months. After that, the non-ANCed speaker and microphone worked fine. Weirdly durable for nonathletic purposed hardware.

Re: Did you lose your AirPods?

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Post by tamimio »

A while ago, I did something similar but with an AirTag. I found a few at a local thrift store, and whoever donated them still had them linked to their iCloud, so they were useless. But it was easier since the area code was known. I tried a few numbers, and luckily, one answered and removed them from their account.

Re: Did you lose your AirPods?

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Post by 38 »

adamomada wrote: post #43
38 wrote: post #20

and this folks is why I will never buy airpods. for $249, I can get 8 pairs of these: https://electronics.sony.com/audio/headphones/in-ear/p/mdrex... have purchased 4 already, happy with my decision

And this is why I will never buy a pomegranate. I can get eight oranges instead

more like an orange versus a slightly better orange

Re: Did you lose your AirPods?

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Post by hilux »

helipad wrote: post #69

I left my AirPods Pro at a school sports field an hour away, and I didn't realize until the next morning after it been raining heavily. I gave them up for lost and needed headphones for work – so ordered some from Apple with same day delivery. A week later, I got a Find My notification that they had been spotted – at the same sports field. I figured what the hell, put on a podcast and drove the hour to see if I could…

Mine lose 20-30% sitting in their case overnight. It's very annoying. You ARE lucky!

Re: Did you lose your AirPods?

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Post by hilux »

ww520 wrote: post #38

Speaking of AirPods, do people have bad experience with their quality? I have an AirPods Pro 1st Gen for about 3 years and the noise cancellation function has degraded to the point of unusable. The Apple store technician said the audio hardware has failed diagnostic and it couldn't be repaired. For a $250 equipment failed after 3 years of moderate usage is pretty disappointing.

Even new, they had nowhere near the noise cancellation of my old Bose QC20i.

AirPods are disappointing, but convenient. I guess that's why we buy them.

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Post by mckn1ght »

hilux wrote: post #77
helipad wrote: post #69

I left my AirPods Pro at a school sports field an hour away, and I didn't realize until the next morning after it been raining heavily. I gave them up for lost and needed headphones for work – so ordered some from Apple with same day delivery. A week later, I got a Find My notification that they had been spotted – at the same sports field. I figured what the hell, put on a podcast and drove the hour to see if I could…

Mine lose 20-30% sitting in their case overnight. It's very annoying. You ARE lucky!

Something is wrong with them. I can use mine repeatedly over several days before finally needing to plug them in again. You should reach out to support.

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Post by gandalfgreybeer »

hilux wrote: post #77
helipad wrote: post #69

I left my AirPods Pro at a school sports field an hour away, and I didn't realize until the next morning after it been raining heavily. I gave them up for lost and needed headphones for work – so ordered some from Apple with same day delivery. A week later, I got a Find My notification that they had been spotted – at the same sports field. I figured what the hell, put on a podcast and drove the hour to see if I could…

Mine lose 20-30% sitting in their case overnight. It's very annoying. You ARE lucky!

That definitely isn’t normal. My guess is you need to clean the contacts in the AirPods. They might be in the case but it’s still pairing or trying to pair. Shouldn’t drain that much, especially overnight.
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