I went to charge it all last night and when I woke up to use them, the right one didn’t have any charge. This happens semi regularly, but just rarely enough that I forget about checking to make sure they are both getting charge.
Same exact thing happens to mine, I use a Q-tip to clean out the case and then it will work for a week or two before it starts getting worse again. Only happens to the right one, if it was only “dirty contacts” then it would also at som point have happened to the left one, but never has.
Happened to me, had the airpods for 5ish years before the left one kept disconnecting despite being full charge. Then would show 1%. When i reconnected it went back to it’s actual percentage before disconnecting shortly after
That’s a good service. I pay 2$/month to protect from these things, still have to pay a fee, and that’s only because I dropped one off my ear at the dump and it got ran over. I’d rather pay 25 a year than risk needing to buy new ones outright. Apple care for phones is another story.
The two connections at the bottom could have something in the way - Clean to fix
The software in the bud could have fumbled the correct battery reading, from over draining the bud. - Fully recharge the battery, and leave it charging for a while longer, reset the air pods, and drain until low again so it can estimate the correct battery level again.
Hardware is the issue - Beg to Apple for a new ear bud
I had this same exact issue with a pair of Raycons. It turned out that using cheap USB cables would only charge the left one. Not all USB cables are the same. A lot of the cheap ones won't even move data and just charge. Once I used a full blown, real USB cable, it charged both sides fine.
Checking in for right AirPod gang. 🙋♂️What works for me is actually taking off the silicone ear piece and seating it in the case. Charges fine then but it’s annoying.
I use an alcohol wipe to clean it anytime I sweat or just occasionally. Sweat can build up an oxidizing layer over the contacts that can cause them to now charge.
Actually, plausibly no. It still can be 'dirty contacts' that your personal routine just so happens to impact only the one side. Uneven wear is common side effect of being left/right handed -among other factors.
Now am I really arguing to get into the weeds of if this is an example of that? NOPE. Just pointing this out cause it reminds me of a lady who went to the mechanic cause her car made a funny noise, only when she got ice cream from the grocery store. No ice cream, no noise. Everyone called her crazy cause... how could that possibly matter and how could you possibly make that connection. It was only repeatable when she got ice cream (oh darn...).
Lo and behold, the ice cream was at the back of the store, that extra time did... some mechanical thermal stuff I forget the finer details of, that only happens in the exact use pattern of [leave house -> get ice cream -> start car again]. The ice cream less trips where not enough thermal time to cause the issue.
The ladies car got fixed in the end and I often think about this story when people mention seemingly random tidbits.
I gotta give him credit, he noticed MAGA had no artists so he filled the void by writing inane songs about whatever stupid shit MAGA was talking about on nazi twitter. I mean, who can forget hits like "The Devil is a Democrat", "Cancelled", "Woke World", and "Daddy's Home" 😂
I've only known him as MAGA. I posted this garbage ironically I guess. Like, "Here's your alternative to whatever 'Leftist music' is", but jokingly, too. Not tryna imply anything about the original jokester.
I genuinely don’t understand wtf happened to this guy. The same mf that wrote Brainwashed and rapped about anti establishment and anti culture wars…is now another fucking MAGA grifter pushing divisiveness. Like…did they get to him? Humiliation ritual? Did he sell his soul?
Huh, I have never run into that but you’re right, at walgreens they sell “rubbing alcohol” with ethyl alcohol and additives but at Walmart for example they only sells isopropyl alcohol diluted with water when you look for “rubbing alcohol” (or some 50% wintergreen stuff which I hope people would know not to use on electronics lol)
I'll have you know I like my RAM and GPU smelling minty fresh. Unrelated note: anybody know if there any sales on RAM and GPUs? Perhaps a motherboard you arent using you'll let go for a decent price?
Generally I've had better luck finding the 99% isopropyl at grocery stores, could be because the CVS was keeping it behind the counter like you said but I didn't think to ask the pharmacy.
gotta be careful. some types of rubbing alcohol like to corrode certain types of plastic
i don't have airpods so i would assume that Apple is using a better material for it. i do have a set of cheaper ones that have a plastic case and it started rubbing the smooth plastic off
It's mostly polycarbonate that you have to be careful with IPA on, especially clear polycarbonate windows. Airpods and case are almost certainly ABS, which is fine with IPA (but absolutely do not use acetone on them).
So far just a dry qtip, it returns about a week later though. I use my airpods while climbing so I assume it is sweat build up or skin oil like another user commented. Might be better to wet it with something.
It’s a six-day-old account with a “sexy” username using a phrase (“x” is a different kind of betrayal) that I don’t really know how to explain but is very typical for bots. This one will gain some karma then try to scam people with a fake OnlyFans account or something similar.
It's difficult to say why some text seems AI, but you really know it when you see it once you're familiar with it. Something about the "different kind of betrayal" in the context of the rest of the sentence is triggering my indicators.
I had this too. It ofter stayed connected after i put them away. I distinctly remember going to the apple store and being told to let the case battery die, so it could “reset”. Im not sure if that was all, but i dont have the problem anymore.
Every comment says clean it but I had the same issue even with the clean ports - it’s probably because the charging port is bent inwards from the headphone being placed repeatedly in the case. I took a clothespin and pulled the port outwards at the bottom so that it wasn’t bent inwards and it fixed this problem for me, still good to go a year later. I even popped it out all the way so only the top part was attached to the case and it still worked fine.
Could be a thin film of oil or residure,.mine looks clean, but would frequently do this, after a cleaning session with a q tip, works perfectly Again for a few months
Same thing happened to me and I opened a support case and they went to Apple support. Ultimately ended up with new pair. New pair has lasted 2x as long.
I’ve had this a few times. I needed to very carefully use a cocktail stick and gently lift the gold metal contact slightly upwards to touch the charge ring of the pod when its dropped in there.
If cleaning it doesn't work, it might be the contacts themselves in the case. Mine had this issue, I used a pick tool and pulled them gently, very gently, outward a bit and never had the issue again
This exactly. I had this issue. Use a small pick and be super gentle. Bend it out just a hair, it fixed my loss of charging in my left bud. I caused the damage trying to clean the contact with the wrong tools. There’s cheap pick/cotton combo tools on amazon and super worth the buy
I had two pairs of galaxy buds do the same thing, when you use them all the time they're bound to degrade. My Buds 2 Pro have been fantastic so far, but I know it's probably inevitable until one of the batteries shits out. I'll probably be pretty irate once these die because I fucking hate the new stem design.
I had some ~1 year old KZs do this and they sent me a new charging case and BT adapters no questions asked. Actually the charging contact got jammed closed so it wasn't a matter of cleaning it to fix it, but it was refreshing to get some actual good customer service.
I had this same problem. Brough it to the Apple store for an appointment, they couldn't confirm the issue but they said "I believe you" and they gave me a new pair of Airpods Pro 2.
Considering how much they overprice their stuff, it is nice that their warranty essentially is a “here’s a free replacement, next to no questions asked”
You’ve never had a wired earbud randomly die on you? Maybe they found developed some awesome technology in the last 10 years, but back when I used wired buds the failure was always a question of when, not if.
Maybe it's because I don't listen to music all that much, or I've just been lucky, but no, I haven't. And I've been using wired earbuds since before Apple killed the audio jack in their phones.
i listen to music using wired earbuds for several hours each day. when not in use, i jam them into a small pocket in my backpack, filled with other small knickknacks.
i've had them for nearly a decade now. they work just as good as the day i got them, so even when you do listen to music a lot, they're generally totally fine.
i'd even argue they're better for people who listen to a lot of music, since, for me, one of the biggest advantages is that i don't have to worry about charging them. they're always ready to use.
I’ve had JBL Tune Beam 2s for about a year now and it never happened to me. However, with the first model it kept happening a lot hence I swapped them for the newer model and it’s working great.
Bluetooth receiver. It's the radio & battery part of the airpods, in form factor smaller than the case. Lasts longer per charge for $20, and you can pick/choose which wired earbuds you want. Most handle audio both ways for microphones as well.
Old people say it's a smaller dumber cheaper ipod shuffle. But the point is that for 1/6th the price you can convert any earphones into wireless versions that can last 2 years or more (I lost my first one at the two year mark). Wired earphones are significantly cheaper, and you won't have to worry about throwing them away when the battery wears down after years of recharging.
Edit: I forgot to mention it's as heavy as 2 quarters, probably all from the battery.
The AirPods will show when each is charging if you hold the case open near your phone the UI will show it (assuming you’re using an iPhone). But yeah it’s super annoying I have the pro 3’s on my second pair of them and have cleaned multiple times and it still happens occasionally.
Check the contact point and wipe it clean. In the case and on the earbud. It may have some gunk on it. (I've never owned airpods, but this works with my off brand earbuds in a similar case)
It is annoying to have to keep a Type C dongle around specifically to plug your nice headphones/IEMs into your phone though. More than once I've gone on a road trip where I pull out my IEMs about an hour in only to realize I forgot to pack the Type C dongle to actually use them.
I submitted a sug to Apple that the charging indicator should be split in two, for L and R, se we can visually see if its connected properly. So many times I have put them in my ears to find only one was charged.
The charge indicator will go dark momentarily to show you that it recognizes you have inserted the airpod. If you insert an airpod and the light doesn't flip, then the case won't know it's there to charge it. The light on the case should do this upon insert and upon removal.
I was having the same issue. I used 2/3 tiny pieces of painters tape stacked on top of each other and placed (inside) above the bud to ever so slightly push the earbud down and make better contact with the charging pins at the bottom of the inside of the case and
I haven’t had an issue since.
I had this issue, even after cleaning with a q-tip. The only thing that worked for me, was rotating the AirPod a couple of times clockwise while inside the case until it was detected. It still happens to me from time to time!
I had the same thing happening. I have some “de-oxy spray” i got it for soldering electrical components. I cleaned the bottom of the air tag and sprayer some inside my case and it works like a charm now
Mine does this. Even after a good clean, sometimes it doesn't work. The best thing you can do is to add the widget to your phone so you can see if it is charging when you think it is.
I could be wrong but I read somewhere that you can tell if the AirPod started charging when you put the AirPod in the case and the light on the case briefly dims and then comes back. If it does, it means it's now charging that AirPod. If it doesn't, it means it didn't detect that the AirPod is there.
i was on a trip recently with a fully charged case. i used the airpods for a couple hours at the airport/flight, then set the case, airpods inside, on my hotel table. 3 days later when i went to use them on my return trip, both the case and airpods were at 0% charge. i am still so confused at how the hell that happened.
Make an appointment at an Apple Store and have them run diagnostics. Depending when you bought, what the issue is, etc., you may get it fixed for free.
Same thing happened to me. People kept saying to clean it and that didn't work. Used a toothpick to push the connector back in and out. Works fine now.
My Samsung earbuds do this too. Sometimes the left dies in 5 minutes and the right lasts an hour and sometimes the right lasts 5 minutes and the left lasts an hour.
I've reinstalled the app and seen 100% charged earbuds drop to like 60% after re-detecting charge level, so it seems like a software glitch miss-reading the battery level and stopping early.
Sometimes you just happen to get the defected product, with my luck I always get stuff like this. I’m just gonna say it’s a case of bad luck or you just gotta clean your buds n charger case.
Bro I’m having the exact same issue. The Right AirPod doesn’t charge half the time despite me having cleaned it and the case multiple times. Good to know I’m not the only one.
Many here may not know that only one earbud connects to the device. The other earbud connects to the earbud that connects to the device. This is due to Bluetooth limitations.
Because of this, one earbud is using more power than the other. That earbud will have battery issues earlier than the other one.
This could be the cause of OP's issue. The earbuds may still be connected while charging which could result in one not charging.
My pixel buds pro does the same thing. Very often when I put both in the case it charges only one of them first. But if I keep them in the case long enough it reliably charges both to 100%
Surprised no one has said this yet but put the right one in the case first when you’re done using them. This happened to me and just had to start putting a certain one back in first before the other
I had mine in while reading through this thread, and my right one decided to disconnect from the set. It doesn’t charge, doesn’t play. Doesn’t even register on “find my”. Anyway, I can reset it by re-pairing the case, but it gets annoying since it does this multiple times a day. Not enough to replace them, though.
Clean your earpods, clean your case. If there's not a clean contact between that shiny bit at the bottom of the earpod and the bottom of the case, it won't charge.
These posts are here and on reddit in general so often (with the conclusion - dirty contacts), and always with this brand, so it makes me wonder - do they signalize whether they were correctly connected to the charging case? I have another brand - QCY, and they always light on the earbuds themselves, and also the light on the case, to signalize they were put there correctly and charge. I thought all brands do this. Does this one do it too and OP just didn't notice, or is it a flaw with this brand in particular not signalizing it?
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u/thedax101 25d ago
Same exact thing happens to mine, I use a Q-tip to clean out the case and then it will work for a week or two before it starts getting worse again. Only happens to the right one, if it was only “dirty contacts” then it would also at som point have happened to the left one, but never has.