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SOLUTION: High Pitched Sound Right AirPod Pro (2nd Gen)

So I’ve been having an ongoing issue with my 2nd Generation Airpod Pros where if I adjusted the one on the right, while using transparency or noise cancellation mode, I’d hear a sharp high pitched chirp sound. Naturally, I had my AirPods and respective case looked at by my local Apple Store. They passed every audio test. After having them sent in to the Genius Bar multiple times, I was advised to run eartip fit tests for each size. Despite having a “good seal” for each test, I was still getting the annoying chirp sound.


I’ve since gone through more hands on troubleshooting and actually found a solution that I thought I’d share!


After playing around with them at home, I found that as silly as it sounds, I was getting the high pitched chirp sound entirely because of the way I attached the silicon tips on to my affected AirPod. This pretty hard to explain without photos but I’ll do my best.


SOLUTION:

Step 1: Remove silicone tips from your affected AirPod.


Step 2: For your affected AirPod, you’ll want to have it in a position where you have the black pill side face up.


Step 3: Finally, you’ll want to reattach the silicone tip in a way where from that view, instead of the tip completely covering the speaker, you can see a very faint line black line.


The fitment should feel natural in your ear and the black line should only be visible from that very specific, extreme angle.


This fixed my chirping AirPods, hope it does the same for yours. Cheers.

AirPods Pro (2nd generation)

Posted on Jul 22, 2023 4:20 AM

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Posted on Nov 9, 2023 2:49 PM

I have definitely experienced this issue but I’m not sure how to fix it from the description. When I try to put the tip back on it only goes one one way to my knowledge.

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Jan 24, 2024 2:05 PM in response to DennisKalongonda

Perfect fix!


pop the ear tip off, clean out/blow out any debris, sweat, water, etc. pop it back. If it continues try the old rice trick to help absorbe any liquid you might not be able to get.


Turns out a little sweat got below the ear tip. I believe there’s a microphone in there to assist in the noise blocking/transparency feature. If this mic gets blocked or wet it’s screws up the system.

Jul 1, 2024 4:53 AM in response to DennisKalongonda

I dropped my right AirPod pro in a tray of paint. It just fell out of my ear. Half of it was covered in paint. I cleaned off all the paint and changed the silicone tips for brand new ones. But it now makes a high pitched sound sporadically and even makes the noise when it’s out of my ear. I’ve tried the above suggestion and it hasn’t worked for me. If anyone has any other suggestions I’d really appreciate it.

Nov 9, 2023 5:50 PM in response to JPW011

I ended up getting a replacement pair. After a few more visits, one of the technicians has a chat with me, seemed to reallse my issue was genuine, told me he’d talk to his supervisor. I ended up getting a fresh replacement with zero issues a few months later.


Unfortunately, it turns out that when when your AirPods have that issue, there’s not much you can do besides not pushing on them as hard when you put them in or readjust.


You can also turn off noise control, but at that point they aren’t exactly Pro earbuds anymore.


Anything else is either temporary or placebo, at least from what I’ve gathered. Hope this helped mate!

Aug 16, 2024 12:02 AM in response to DennisKalongonda

I had the same issue only in my right ear when anything obstructed the transparency/noise canceling mic. I took off the ear tip and noticed on my pair there were 2 tiny rectangular points on the silicone piece. I rotated 180° and haven’t had a problem yet. I hope this helps. (I bought these this year at Best Buy that was competing with Amazon prime day)

SOLUTION: High Pitched Sound Right AirPod Pro (2nd Gen)

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