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In Germany the cellphone area code is just out of a range your provider has registered and if you move to a different provider, you typically move over your number.
TIL American cellphone numbers use an area code that represents the actual location. Do you get a new number if you move and then change to a different provider? In Germany the cellphone area code is just out of a range your provider has registered and if you move to a different provider, you typically move over your number.
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> They were already out of warranty so I had to buy a new pair. You realize that this is not a warranty issue, right?
They may have meant AppleCare+ which covers accidental damage https://www.apple.com/support/products/headphones/
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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.
I lost a pair of AirTags on an international flight (in cargo), fortunately I only lost the AirTags, and not the actual bags they were attached to! 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…
I went back to my Apple Store and explained the problem. After demonstrating that a reset didn’t fix the problem, they gave me a new AirTag and kept the old one.
When I paired the new AirTag, the old one suddenly reappeared in my list! It spent some three weeks at the Apple Store, then about two weeks in Poland and now it’s been in a Dutch warehouse for about three months - last seen 17 hours ago.
I don’t know why it’s spending so much time in a Dutch warehouse - perhaps it’s Apples junkyard in Europe.
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.
Random late night story, my iPhone was lifted while being unattended. Using findmy, I was able to circle in on an apartment complex. After bugging the police for weeks, they finally met with me to look at my evidence. We met directly outside of the apartment. They didn’t leave their SUV. A week later I got the phone back , because you can place a message on the lock screen remotely. The janitor of the apartment calle…
Random late night story, my iPhone was lifted while being unattended. Using findmy, I was able to circle in on an apartment complex. After bugging the police for weeks, they finally met with me to look at my evidence. We met directly outside of the apartment. They didn’t leave their SUV. A week later I got the phone back , because you can place a message on the lock screen remotely. The janitor of the apartment calle…
(An emergency has to be a real emergency, not "it's urgent to the landlord")
So why I find this weird is, did the thief just leave a stolen phone, charged, in their apartment laying around for anyone to see? And if so, how would the janitor even see the lockscreen, wouldn't they have to hit the power button to see it (I presume the screen is off by default?). And why was the janitor even in the apartment? And presumably without the thief in their apartment?
And worse, why would the janitor effectively steal a phone from a tenant, and go outside and sell it to you for $100, just because there was a message on the lockscreen. How did the janitor know you didn't somehow hack the owner's phone, and you were the thief?
NOTE: I'm sure the story is true, but I'm curious if it's just a stupid thief, or.. what.
Whatever I'm not understanding, good job on getting your phone back.
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
Ha, I can one-up you again! For $249, I can get over fifty pairs of the Xiaomi J18 bluetooth earphones. Quite apart from the mind-boggling economies of scale with modern electronics, I can genuinely recommend these. They haven't particularly good audio quality compared to over-ear headphones, but they are still remarkably good for in-ear headphones.
Random late night story, my iPhone was lifted while being unattended. Using findmy, I was able to circle in on an apartment complex. After bugging the police for weeks, they finally met with me to look at my evidence. We met directly outside of the apartment. They didn’t leave their SUV. A week later I got the phone back , because you can place a message on the lock screen remotely. The janitor of the apartment calle…
Huh. Where I am, janitor is used exclusively for more of an overall maintenance person of the entire building. And in such scenarios, due to rental laws, the janitor cannot enter an apartment without prior notice... unless of course it is an emergency. (An emergency has to be a real emergency, not "it's urgent to the landlord") So why I find this weird is, did the thief just leave a stolen phone, charged, in their ap…