If your AirPods case is flashing green

My heart sank when I read though 2 pages of replies saying nobody could get this problem fixed without replacing the faulty AirPods. I let them run out of battery last night and plugged them into their case this morning. Went to use them this evening and found that the case was out of battery so they hadn’t been charging all day. Plugged them in and tried them and only the right one worked, GREAT! Saw the infamous flashing green light and this led me here :( guess it’s going to be a few weeks until I can enjoy music again.

I am having this exact same issue with mine that I bought not one month ago. It's my right one that isn't working and now not pairing once I reset the airpods. Been chatting with apple for a while now and she can't fix it. Super frustrating!

I've had this issue with my right AirPod, twice!! First time was about 2 weeks after purchasing them with some light use in April, got a full replacement from the store. The same thing has now happened, flashing green light when the AirPod is in. Non of the usual steps work, getting replacement AirPod sent from Apple. Doesn't seem to be the case itself as the wifes AirPods are fine in my case. Third time lucky hopefully!

I had the same problem but what I did was to unpair the airpods and leave them for 15 minutes like that, after opening the case the green light did not blink and when I pair them again everything worked correctly

i have AirPods and they are charged and the light in the case is blinking and they won’t reconnect too my phone and they won’t reset I’ve tried to charge them and nothing has worked so you know what’s wrong with them?

So I have had the same problem as discussed on this forum. I was on the phone with apple support for well over an hour and the solution was for Apple to send out a one time offer of a free right airpod. This was after having to endure a significant amount of redoing the things I had already tried...with no success. I also did those things on my ipad to confirm that it was an issue with the right airpod. I was at least able to eat lunch and do work while I was on hold and going through the motions. I suspect that Apple is aware of this issue and it is caused by the new 12.3 update but I do not know this for sure. Seems like this was the timing of the failure. If you have this issue, call support and endure the pain and get a new one sent. Or if your time is too valuable, go buy new ones.

Same issue

Started with left airpod not working. Did reset including "forget device",. When I push the back button to reset / repair I get a straight white LED, after i release i get a flashing green light!! When I check on bluetooth to see if airpods are available , they dont show up in the list . What is this apple? Please help. WHAT IS THE FLASHING GREEN LIGHT? These airpods worked for 2 weeks and now have this issue. Thanks

Experienced exactly the same issue with my gen 2 airpods. I still remembered the day before my left airpod became dead, I completely used up the battery of both airpods. Then the second day left one did not work, whenever I took the left one out the charger was solid green, but when I put the left back or only put the left in the charger, it flashes green. Tried reset everytime and problem was never solved. Seriously apple... Can't believe there are so many people experiencing the same problem and there's still not an official solution to this.

Same happened to my 2nd generation airpods. Right bud doesn’t work. Flashing green light, not able to reset. Tried everything.

Btw happened also after both buds and case ran out of battery, after the charge one headphone was not working.

Anyway, seems to me that it should not happen with 170$ headphones with mediocre sound quality.

Now i have to wait weeks for replacement, which is ridiculous since it’s clear that it is exclusively their fault.

I hope this issue will get enough attention so they will explain themselves publicly and will accept their well deserved stock drop.

I have the same problem, synonymous with thousands(i'm guessing)other people. Apple did not have the best reputation in my books before buying their product, and they cease to surprise me. It's so sad to see this happen on the day Jaden Smith's new album dropped. Apple truly neglects the people that pay good money for their products, it's sad that a company like this spends more time on making youtube advertisements about people jumping than actually addressing a problem. you let me down :(

I posted recently about my AirPods and the flashing green light after the case and AirPods ran out of battery so I took my AirPods into two different apple stores and apparently it’s an issue which has arisen after apple changed the AirPod software so you could use one AirPod alone if you lost the other. They tried several methods like unpairing the AirPods from the case and re pairing them they actually managed to make the left one work but only by itself so maybe apple will fix this with a firmware update but if your pods are in warranty go to the apple store as soon as you can I got one AirPod and the case replaced!

I tried what seemed like everything- pairing and unpairing, cleaning the case and airpod itself, forgetting device and reconnecting. I never got the amber light when reconnecting. I was scared i would have to repurchase my left airpod as my warranty was up. I FINALLY fixed it by putting both airpods in, clicking forget device under bluetooth, leaving the airpods untouched for a few minutes, and then pairing them to my phone. It registered both airpods when, previously, my left airpod had a red exclamation mark. Now, it works!

Having the same issue as above. Haven’t been able to use my new AirPods for 3 weeks. Left one doesn’t register. Right works fine. If I have both in the case it flashes green. Left in alone it flashes amber. I have tried every pairing and reset method listed. Apple store to get them to fix it is. Disappointed Apple is not stepping in on this one.

I’ve had this problem TWICE now, both with brand new 2nd gen AirPods (Lightning charging case). It seems to have been the left one on both occasions (although I can’t be sure). The first one broke after just a few months. After a few weeks of scouting forums with no luck I resorted to a Genius appointment (2 hour return drive so hardly convenient for me). They didn’t have a replacement left AirPod so they gave me a brand new set there and then. I wasn’t going to leave without a replacement set.

But now the left one has gone on these ones!!! Again they’re barely a month or two old.

I don’t understand why Apple has no answer to this and don’t even reference flashing green as an error. Clearly from this thread and some articles I’ve found it’s a common issue. It feels like a simple software issue but if you can’t reset them what can you do???

You have to set up an appointment with the Genius Bar. They went through the normal troubleshooting suggested in the Apple website. Cleaned the AirPods and case and then paired with their iPad. Same issue. They replaced them on the spot. Very helpful.