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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 throwaway984393 »

thorum wrote: post #71
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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Re: Did you lose your AirPods?

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Post by jbverschoor »

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.

Mine last not even 10 minutes after one year of use. Apple did nothing. So no more AirPods ever for me anymore

Re: Did you lose your AirPods?

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Post by [deleted] »

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!

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Re: Did you lose your AirPods?

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Post by dyauspitr »

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!

I find it funny that you consider a drastic difference like that a matter of luck. Clearly something isn’t right with your pods.

Re: Did you lose your AirPods?

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Post by dyauspitr »

firefoxd wrote: post #153

Alright, so I have a project that is mostly abandoned right now due to various other obligations. The main goal was to contact car owners without having to have their phone numbers and such. But i quickly saw the advantage of tagging all sort of things. So I have it on my keychain, wallet, or several other things I own. If I lose these items, any stranger can contact me without having any of my personal contacts. Wha…

How does the owner reply? Is the finder required to enter their phone number during the QR code process?

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Post by parhamn »

AndrewKemendo wrote: post #156
firefoxd wrote: post #153

Alright, so I have a project that is mostly abandoned right now due to various other obligations. The main goal was to contact car owners without having to have their phone numbers and such. But i quickly saw the advantage of tagging all sort of things. So I have it on my keychain, wallet, or several other things I own. If I lose these items, any stranger can contact me without having any of my personal contacts. Wha…

BitRip does this exactly: https://www.bitrip.com/shop

Wonder what the benefits of their format are. That and why their smallest model is so big (I think this might be related to the format?)

Re: Did you lose your AirPods?

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Post by davchana »

firefoxd wrote: post #153

Alright, so I have a project that is mostly abandoned right now due to various other obligations. The main goal was to contact car owners without having to have their phone numbers and such. But i quickly saw the advantage of tagging all sort of things. So I have it on my keychain, wallet, or several other things I own. If I lose these items, any stranger can contact me without having any of my personal contacts. Wha…

https://app.ngf132.com/

Long time ago I came across very similar concept in use in India. Not much, but visible usage. I also came to know by looking at a sticker on car windshield.

Re: Did you lose your AirPods?

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Post by firefoxd »

dyauspitr wrote: post #165
firefoxd wrote: post #153

Alright, so I have a project that is mostly abandoned right now due to various other obligations. The main goal was to contact car owners without having to have their phone numbers and such. But i quickly saw the advantage of tagging all sort of things. So I have it on my keychain, wallet, or several other things I own. If I lose these items, any stranger can contact me without having any of my personal contacts. Wha…

How does the owner reply? Is the finder required to enter their phone number during the QR code process?

You can chat through the dashboard. Email only. Basically, the finder scans it, sends a message. The owner gets a notification through the app, or email, replies. The scanner can create an account to chat. No personal info is exchanged, unless they decide to do so via chat.

Re: Did you lose your AirPods?

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Post by SllX »

asveikau wrote: post #100
gandalfgreybeer wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Maybe the battery is failing?

Could be either/or. I long ago lost the brassiere that came with my AirPods Max (not really lost, I just can’t be arsed to dig it out of where I think it is) and they’ll drain themselves fairly quickly just trying to throw out stray connections to any of the five or so devices they can connect to unless I make a point of disconnecting them. AirPods Pro exhibit the same exact symptoms when the contact inside the case needs to be cleaned.

Re: Did you lose your AirPods?

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Post by firefoxd »

ljlolel wrote: post #154
firefoxd wrote: post #153

Alright, so I have a project that is mostly abandoned right now due to various other obligations. The main goal was to contact car owners without having to have their phone numbers and such. But i quickly saw the advantage of tagging all sort of things. So I have it on my keychain, wallet, or several other things I own. If I lose these items, any stranger can contact me without having any of my personal contacts. Wha…

This is a great idea for losing stuff and you should finish and ship it.

Eventually I'll get to it...
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