How to authenticate genuine AirPods?

I bought a pair of AirPod Pros from a phone repair shop that was in my local Walmart they sold them to me for about $175 they work pretty good but why i think there fake is because it says power on some times just like the fake AirPods you would buy from a random shop and it doesn’t make the noises air pods are supposed to make. Like when I connect or disconnect it just makes a random noise and i looked on youtube to see the noises there supposed to make and their way different from the noises my make and randomly they make like a beep noise everytime i move and it gets on my nerves but the settings for the AirPods are just like any other one and it has spatial audio. And the packaging didn’t have that tiny green arrow when your opening it. i don’t know what to do should i ask for a refund?


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iPhone 12, iOS 16

Posted on Jun 18, 2023 5:08 PM

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Posted on Oct 28, 2023 11:10 PM

This has gotten far too out of hand!!! The fakes now pass every test that one can find to tell if they’re fakes EXCEPT FOR ONE, The FIRMWARE WILL NOT UPDATE TO THE CURRENT CODE NUMBER. Make sure that if you are buying AirPods at a discounted price that the firmware will update BEFORE YOU BUY THEM. Demand they be taken out of the box and updated before purchase, if they do not update right away? They are fake and you should take legal action like I did.

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How to authenticate genuine AirPods?

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