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Sporadic charging of airpods

Have the older version of airpods. Charge in case for several hours. Sometimes only the right one works. Sometimes only the left. Usually they both will not work after charging. I do the "forget and reset" routine a few times and sometimes they will both work. Why does this happen?

iPhone 8, iOS 13

Posted on Sep 17, 2020 10:47 AM

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Posted on Sep 21, 2020 6:15 AM

Hello Pacsarah,


It sounds like you're having difficulty with your AirPods connecting following charging them in their case.

  1. A great place to start with this issue is: If your left or right AirPod isn't working
  2. You may also want to take a look at the information in: How to clean your AirPods and EarPods
  3. Please also make sure you have referenced the recommendations in: If your AirPods won't connect
  4. In the event you want to make sure your AirPods have been reset successfully: Reset your AirPods


If you have found that the above guidance does not offer any resolution, please refer to Get Support.


Cheers!


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Sep 21, 2020 6:15 AM in response to pacsarah

Hello Pacsarah,


It sounds like you're having difficulty with your AirPods connecting following charging them in their case.

  1. A great place to start with this issue is: If your left or right AirPod isn't working
  2. You may also want to take a look at the information in: How to clean your AirPods and EarPods
  3. Please also make sure you have referenced the recommendations in: If your AirPods won't connect
  4. In the event you want to make sure your AirPods have been reset successfully: Reset your AirPods


If you have found that the above guidance does not offer any resolution, please refer to Get Support.


Cheers!


Sep 21, 2020 6:50 AM in response to chris_g1

Thanks! I had done most of those steps. Because the audio failures happened sporadically in either the right or left airpod, I tried charging just one pod at a time and that seemed to help. I discovered that sometimes when I charged both for 8 hrs, only one or the other was not fully charged, even tho the little “charged” video showed 100% for the airpods and the case. I think the problem may have been with the charging case.

Sporadic charging of airpods

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