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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 refreeze654 »

echoangle wrote: post #269
alistairSH wrote: post #262

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why would moving require a new provider/number? Are plans/numbers not portable in Europe? In the USA, the number reflects the area it was issued. So my phone number matches suburban DC. If I move to California, everybody would know I lived in DC in the past. Kind of odd, I guess, but is a leftover from when cell homes didn’t exist and then when numbers weren’t portable across providers.

> Why would moving require a new provider/number? Are plans/numbers not portable in Europe? They are portable in Europe (I said that in the second part of my comment), but it seemed like they weren’t in the US, because otherwise, the post is a bit strange. The author just tried every number from his area code to find the owner, when it is possible/likely that the owner has a completely different area code. That’s why…

You're not misunderstanding anything, it was just a bit lucky that the person had their phone number issued in that city. If they moved, they'd take the number with them and this story wouldn't have worked out.

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Post by sgerenser »

adventurer wrote: post #228
lagniappe wrote: post #12

Found them in under 10 attempts? That's wild. Great story!

Sort of find it interesting no one here questions whether or not he found the actual owner.

Blog post said he verified they belonged to the guy when his phone paired with them, which wouldn’t have happened if he wasn’t the actual owner.

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Post by yungporko »

whstl wrote: post #187
tredre3 wrote: post #149

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> Apple support was able to reset it on a phone call. That too.

Apple's phone support is insane, at least where I used it. High audio quality, no rush and no signs of them being an underpaid call center operator, always going the extra mile to help me.

must be location dependent. i've only ever had the standard 3rd world country script support employees, but they do tend to eventually transfer me to an irish guy who is allowed to speak freely after enough going around in circles.

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Post by sgerenser »

seabass-labrax wrote: post #180
tzs wrote: post #89

> I started with the assumption that the owner lived near me in the Portland metropolitan area. With that, I restricted the search to our local area code. Sure, they could be from out of town, but hey, let's give it a shot They could also be local but with a non-Portland area code. Generally, at least if you are using a nationwide cell phone carrier, you can move to another area code and keep your number. I wonder wh…

This part of the story is even more surprising to me, as I'd never considered the possibility that mobile phone numbers could have area codes. The Portland metropolitan area has a population of just under three million according to Wikipedia[1]; my country has a population of just under seventy million and has only a single block of phone numbers allocated for cellular use. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland…

This is not the case in the U.S. (discussed elsewhere in this discussion). All phone numbers, landline or mobile, have an area code associated with a specific city/region. Since number portability became a thing in the early 2000s it’s much more common for cell phone users to just keep their number from decades ago, however, which will often not match the physical area they now live in.

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Post by DavideNL »

csomar wrote: post #194
gandalfgreybeer wrote: post #80

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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.

It's an iOS bug. It happens now and then for me, and when it happens it drains all the battery juice. Still no fix to this date.

> "It's an iOS bug"

How did you determine it's an iOS bug?

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Post by pcf »

ravenstine wrote: post #103
iaabtpbtpnn wrote: post #90

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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.

Out of curiosity – why do you wear them in the shower? Are they meant to withstand that?

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Post by xnzakg »

justinclift wrote: post #248
Uptrenda wrote: post #201

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I love the airpods but ah... they dont play well with any kind of metal work. If you do metal work with a file the shavings get everywhere and once they stick to the magnet its almost impossible to get them out. I guess this is a very unusual edge case though but thought id post it. lmao.

Do you reckon a high psi stream of compressed air would remove the shavings? ie from an air compressor or similar

Probably would need to be careful not to damage the microphones.

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Post by agumonkey »

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…

What would happen if you lost only one?

Re: Did you lose your AirPods?

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Post by loloquwowndueo »

eek2121 wrote: post #129
iaabtpbtpnn wrote: post #90

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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.

Holy crap, hundreds of pairs? What do you do with them? Run them through the washer just for fun? :)
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