All 4 of my AirTags stopped working at the same time and now 1 has triggered a tracking alert on myself.
I have 4 separate AirTags that all suddenly stopped working at the exact same time back on Sept 2, as follows
- Backpack (last shown at home)
- CPAP carry case (last shown at home)
- Suitcase (last shown at home)
- Physical Wallet (last shown at a location about 3mi from house, probably while driving)
As I wasn't traveling between then and now, I had no idea that they weren't being tracked/working. Then today, I took my backpack with me to a meeting, then came home. When I got home I got a "An AirTag has been detected and you may be being tracked" notification on my iPhone. I pressed play sound, and located the AirTag. It was my backpack one. When I verified it using the NFC "hold your phone over it" for more information it showed up with the tags serial number and the last for of my phone number. So it is obviously my tag and not a swapped one. About 5 minutes later I got another one from my wallet AirTag.
This seems to me to be a system-level issue and not batteries since they literally all disappeared at nearly the exact same time.
What. The. Heck.
2 Things ...
- If I pay for these things, and apple services, to notify me if I leave things behind, I should get a notification that they are no longer being tracked.
- How the heck to I get them working again.
For context, same AppleId I've always used, not a managed account, no settings or network changes (same carrier (even though I know the carrier should have zero impact) and these things are less than 3 months old.
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