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My favorite "what the hell are we doing?" moment was when I saw that they now sell lanyards for wireless earbuds because people keep losing them.
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!
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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.
You realize that this is not a warranty issue, right?
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.
My AidPods Pro became unusable after ~2 years. NC had some overcorrection issue I guess, created this loud crackling sound when it tried to cancel out a noise.
One of the AirTags actually flew around internationally for a week or so (London, Amsterdam, back to the US a few times!) but sadly after about a week there were no more updates.
Someone must have found the AirTag in whatever baggage container it was stuck in and removed the battery.
I still have the AirTag in FindMy, one day I suppose I'll delete it but I sometimes wonder what happened to it.
Did the person who found it just throw it out? Do recovered AirTags go back to Apple to be recycled and resold? Does the CEO of American Airlines, Robert Isom, have a scrooge-mc-duck-esque pool of lost AirPods he swims around in? Sometimes I wonder.
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My airpods pro were totally destroyed in the washer/dryer, no idea why. Maybe it was because it was quite a lengthy washing cycle?
Yea my brother has ruined 2 pairs of airpods in the washing machine.
I found an airtag in a parking lot last year. It behaved a bit strangely even with a fresh battery and resetting it, and it still seemed the owner had not marked it lost. A friend who was an Apple rep told me it was probably defective and to just throw it away. I put it in the garage meaning to take it to the hazardous waste facility and forgot about it for about 8 months. Came across it again and just for grins and giggles I gave it one more try -- it seems the owner finally did mark it lost, and I was able to pair it to my iPad. So I have an extra airtag now...
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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.
> They were already out of warranty so I had to buy a new pair. You realize that this is not a warranty issue, right?
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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.
That too.
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I've googled it and tried all the recommended fixes. This is a frequent problem - only for some people.
The left earbud dying is a frequent problem. Sometimes I sometimes hear about the right, but usually the left. Even more rarely, both die frequently, which isn’t the real issue…they drain the case, right? (if not ignore the rest of this) Want me to blow your mind? The REASON for this is the case. Everyone always suggests cleaning, but that won’t help for the long term. I know because I have tried. I took a pair of tw…
What? that doesn't sound like Apple at all. They would never do that. I get butterflies just thinking that.