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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 MatthiasPortzel »

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…

iMessage has an AppleScript API that makes it easy. I ran a game in school with something like 50 teams and I had a script to generate different objectives for each team and send them out by text automatically.

Re: Did you lose your AirPods?

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Post by hilux »

mckn1ght wrote: post #79
hilux wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I've googled it and tried all the recommended fixes.

This is a frequent problem - only for some people.

Re: Did you lose your AirPods?

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Post by ravenstine »

iaabtpbtpnn wrote: post #90
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…

My AirPods went thru the washer and dryer in their case. No damage whatsoever!

I sometimes wear my airpods in the shower. Have gotten water in them often, but this never caused them to fail or be permanently damaged.

Re: Did you lose your AirPods?

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Post by waldothedog »

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.

Some crazy stuff in these replies. I am coming up on 5 years and while I do get a slight crackle in one from wind sometimes running, they’re still going strong. Guess I finally ended up on the up side of a distribution

Re: Did you lose your AirPods?

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Post by paul7986 »

Probably not a popular opinion but I prefer smart glasses (take calls, listen to audio, ask what you see in front of you like whats that mountain, take pics/videos and more) to Airpods. For me glasses are more comfortable and not as easy to lose, especially since you have to store and charge them in the hard case they come with.

Re: Did you lose your AirPods?

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Post by kjkjadksj »

ilt wrote: post #95
refibrillator wrote: post #37

I found some AirPods on a remote trail awhile back, case and all. Batteries were completely dead. Once charged they paired to my iphone with no indication of a previous owner, besides the device name of John’s AirPods or whatever. I tried briefly (not as hard as the author) to figure out who they belonged to but had no luck. I called Apple support and gave the serial number, but they told me there wasn’t anything the…

I guess Apple didn’t bother to connect with the original owner since lot many people do not buy for themselves and as gifts or for parents. So unless AirPods were paired with a device, Apple wouldn’t like to get involved much.

They don’t get involved even if you find an iphone that has John doe still logged on. No clue why they wouldn’t at least send an email to the account owner. I tried to surrender the iphone at the store but they wouldn’t take it.

Re: Did you lose your AirPods?

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Post by [deleted] »

exikyut wrote: post #30
RockRobotRock wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was surprised they didn't have any idea how to use Find My. That and their iCloud account was all kinds of messed up. I think we take for granted how easily these things come to us as tech people.

How was their iCloud account all kinds of messed up?

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Re: Did you lose your AirPods?

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Post by kjkjadksj »

bombcar wrote: post #64
refibrillator wrote: post #37

I found some AirPods on a remote trail awhile back, case and all. Batteries were completely dead. Once charged they paired to my iphone with no indication of a previous owner, besides the device name of John’s AirPods or whatever. I tried briefly (not as hard as the author) to figure out who they belonged to but had no luck. I called Apple support and gave the serial number, but they told me there wasn’t anything the…

AirPods are a bit pricey but cheap enough that I wouldn’t even bother reporting them lost to the local park authority. I doubt there’s much you can do besides a sign at the trailheads.

Aren’t they like $160? That’s not cheap.

Re: Did you lose your AirPods?

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Post by golergka »

lxgr wrote: post #99
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…

This once happened to somebody I know! Their Apple ID somehow got banned from specifically, and only, iMessage and FaceTime; all other services like iCloud and the app store were working as usual. No idea why it happened, but Apple support was able to reset it on a phone call. My theory is that they'd kept a non-active SIM in their phone for a long time, and the phone had tried to repeatedly verify/link that phone nu…

> specifically, and only, iMessage and FaceTime; all other services like iCloud and the app store were working as usual

Google should take note.

Re: Did you lose your AirPods?

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Post by cqqxo4zV46cp »

iaabtpbtpnn wrote: post #90
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…

My AirPods went thru the washer and dryer in their case. No damage whatsoever!

Heh. I wasn’t so lucky, and it was the morning of a flight. Never had more of a reason to pull the forget on the $15 2-hour delivery Apple offers in my area.
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