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AirPods wireless charging not working

My new AirPods 2 will not charge fully on my Qi charger. I received them last night and opened them this morning. They have been on the charger since 9am this morning and its now 2:25pm and they are at 66%. My phone charges just fine on the charger. I have removed them from the charger, replaced them, moved them around on the charger, the amber light comes on for a few seconds, then goes out. The iPhone shows the lightning bolt showing they are charging too.

Posted on Mar 28, 2019 11:25 AM

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Posted on Mar 30, 2019 5:59 AM

I've got exactly the same issue. It shows the lightning bolt that the case is charging. But it will not increase the battery level. It is getting also warm. That's normal. But this getting warmer than it should and my Belkin Boost Up Qi charger mat then goes into protection mode. This happens after half hour or longer. In the mean time there is no extra charge loaded into the battery case.

When I connect a charger with cable to the lightning port it is charging good without any issues. I've already spoken technical support of Apple and they think something is wrong with the wireless charger spool in the case. I need to visit a support center to get this confirmed.

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Mar 30, 2019 5:59 AM in response to abrookerhs

I've got exactly the same issue. It shows the lightning bolt that the case is charging. But it will not increase the battery level. It is getting also warm. That's normal. But this getting warmer than it should and my Belkin Boost Up Qi charger mat then goes into protection mode. This happens after half hour or longer. In the mean time there is no extra charge loaded into the battery case.

When I connect a charger with cable to the lightning port it is charging good without any issues. I've already spoken technical support of Apple and they think something is wrong with the wireless charger spool in the case. I need to visit a support center to get this confirmed.

Apr 12, 2019 6:16 AM in response to IIRickmanII

My experience so far with Apple support (in short 😡): I got the third wireless case replacement. And also this one has exactly the same issue. I have tested with 8 different types/brands Qi charger mats. All the same issue. Apple wants me to travel more than 100 km to diagnose the issue again at a service center. If the first, second and third one does not solve it. Why the fourth visit will solve it? So I have escalated at Apple and I refuse to travel again without a guaranteed working solution. Then a call back appointment was made and they of course did not call me back. I contacted Apple again and after redirected to several persons at Apple, I was directed to after sales department. They will not help, because there are replaced parts they will not provide any options to solve or provide any compensation. I keep escalating the issue and the current status is that I have to wait now for a week for the next step. It is unclear what that step will be by Apple. During this week they going to investigate the issue at Apple HQ engineering what might be the cause.

Anyone which has this issue or similar, create a support incident. When there are more reports the more they will take this issue more seriously. And keep pushing. As they try many ways to get you stop complaining about the issue.

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