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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 maronato »

latchkey wrote: post #84
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.

In Vietnam, you can find people to do repairs like this super cheap and easy. Just had the back glass on my iPhone 13 promax replaced cause I dropped it and it cracked, $40. In the US, it is $200+.

I’d be very surprised if repairs on AirPods circuitry were possible or cost effective. Just swapping the battery requires basically soldering iron surgery and permanent damage/removal of all adhesive that keeps it together.

https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/AirPods+Pro+Battery+Replacement...

Re: Did you lose your AirPods?

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Post by sneak »

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…

So much for end to end encryption that is unreadable by Apple.

Re: Did you lose your AirPods?

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Post by mckn1ght »

hilux wrote: post #102
mckn1ght wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Have you actually talked to Apple? They might just replace them. Is this the only pair that’s demonstrated this behavior, or has it been multiple units?

Re: Did you lose your AirPods?

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Post by benjaminwootton »

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’ve ended up with a few pairs and found them quite unreliable after the first year.

I have one pair where the left bud doesn’t connect until I put it back in and take it out of the case a few times.

One where one bud doesn’t charge properly.

And one with declining noise cancellation.

They are great when they work properly, but I do think quality is slightly lacking for a relatively expensive product.

Re: Did you lose your AirPods?

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Post by benjaminwootton »

hilux wrote: post #78
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.

I’ve had some old Bose noise cancelling headphones for approaching 20 years which are still going well!

Re: Did you lose your AirPods?

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Post by latchkey »

maronato wrote: post #121
latchkey wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In Vietnam, you can find people to do repairs like this super cheap and easy. Just had the back glass on my iPhone 13 promax replaced cause I dropped it and it cracked, $40. In the US, it is $200+.

I’d be very surprised if repairs on AirPods circuitry were possible or cost effective. Just swapping the battery requires basically soldering iron surgery and permanent damage/removal of all adhesive that keeps it together. https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/AirPods+Pro+Battery+Replacement...

You'd be surprised what they can do in Vietnam. Airpods are assembled there. If you have a local connection, You can find people who have worked in the factories.

Beyond that, the whole culture is to repair things because there isn't an official Apple store. They can also import parts from China and elsewhere.

Here is pricing to get parts from Singapore... most expensive repair is $100...

https://cares.vn/en/dich-vu-airpods/

Re: Did you lose your AirPods?

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Post by schrodinger »

radeeyate wrote: post #57
72736379 wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not the author but my guess is that the API returns whether the number is registered with iMessage or not- like if you type in a number in a new text message it shows whether the message you're sending will be an iMessage or a text message. Don't think the author was spamming random numbers.

The author said that they scripted sending the messages to those numbers on their Mac rather than using something like Twilio.

That’s after screening to see if the number was linked to iMessage —- ie a valid iPhone attached to the number. That’s what that lookup service did. Then they scripted messaging the numbers that worked.

Re: Did you lose your AirPods?

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Post by taberiand »

kjkjadksj wrote: post #106
ilt wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Liability probably.

Re: Did you lose your AirPods?

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Post by eek2121 »

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!

My first gen pros didn’t survive. They still work, but have a high pitched wine. They were already out of warranty so I had to buy a new pair.

I did not and will not complain. I have owned over a hundred pairs of headphones/earbuds in my lifetime and these things are the best, by FAR.

However, don’t wash them.

Re: Did you lose your AirPods?

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Post by boomboomsubban »

kjkjadksj wrote: post #108
bombcar wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Valuing your time at $20 an hour, that's 8 hours worth of time for them. If the remote hiking spot is ~2 hours away, and it takes roughly an hour to deal with the park authorities, that's already 5 hours, plus transport.

Add in the inconvenience of not having them for somewhere between a few days and forever, and I'd also say they aren't really cheap but still it probably isn't worth the effort in that situation.

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