If your left or right AirPod stops working

i tried all the disconnecting/re-connecting, but still my left airpod was not working (in either ear). having checked that my 1-year warranty ran out 2 days ago..... i then resorted to my final attempt - cleaning. i'd previously wiped the airpods, and didn't have the seemingly recommended solution of cotton buds to hand, so this time tried an old toothbrush - very carefully. id not noticed before, but the little black hole sort of towards the top of the airpod had got gunked up with wax. the hairs on the toothbrush (make sure you dispose of it afterwards ...) are quite adept at getting the wax out, rather than smearing it around, as cloths seem to. i cleaned this hole out, and heh presto, without needing to re-connect, worked first time. a little tlc seems to go a long way

When I had this problem I determined that it was some dust/lint in my case preventing good contact and thus my left pod was not charging.

Blowing into the case fixed it.

Thanks dmon313 - I am a heavy user of my airpods and within a month my left airpod stopped working as well.

I followed your steps to getting mine to work again -- simply "forgetting this device" and re-pairing my airpods seemed to do the trick!

Thanks again.

Disconnect the AirPods

Put the AirPods inside the case

Press the circle In the back of the case some seconds

Open the case and remove the AirPods

Connect the airpods again on Bluetooth settings

That worked for me

Thanks. Meantime I rebooted the AirPods after disconnect them (forget this device) for the third time 🏽♂ And it works.

FINALLY I SOLVED MY MYSTERY PROBLEM WITH THE LEFT AIRPOD OR ANY OTHER LEFT EARPIECE NOT WORKING

Go to settings > General > Accessability .... make sure you are in the middle of L and R under “Phone Noise Cancellation” THIS WORKED FOR ME .... I hope it helps anybody else 😊 they must have reset themselves with the latest update 👍

Kind regards

Beverley Du Preez

I had this problem too, I was considering going to the nearby Apple shop for them to solve my issue.

I had tried everything, disconnecting and reconnecting my AirPods, leaving them out of the case for a little bit. I had even restarted my phone.

However it didn't work until I disconnected from my AirPods, restarted my phone and then connected to my AirPods did I hear the signal when you put the AirPods into your ears.

I hope this helps you 🙂

I tried everything. The only thing that has worked is cleaning out the AirPods case and stems.. A little rubbing of acetone on a Q-tip and then on both ends of the AirPods, themselves, did the trick.

This might be a very, very late suggestion. But I might have figured out to fix the constant left/right AirPod disconnects.

Just return both pods back to the case. Then get the non-working side first and put it in your ear. Test to see if the sound finally comes back. Then follow with the other side. 😉 In a way, this forces your phone to use previously non working side. No need with the hassle of resetting the connection

Hi dude, i thought that it might help someone if i mention that i just blew air into my airpod case, wiped the left airpod that wasnt working, put just the left one in the case then tested it after abput 10 secs and it briefly worked. Make sure the case has sufficient charge. Hope this helps.

Hey Y’all -

I just had the same problem. Right AirPod was not charging, responding, anything. It just seemed entirely dead - and it was out of battery, but it wasn’t charging. Left airpod was still working like a charm.

My solution was to get someone else’s case - I just dropped it into my friend’s airpod case and it kicked back into gear. I left it in for a minute while it charged and then switched it into my case, which, to my surprise, charged it. Everything’s back to normal.

I looked at the earlier responses and found that my case, no matter how long I held the button for, didn’t ever flash amber.

Hope this helped solve your problem,

WML

yeah what fixed mine was simply blowing the dust out if the case

my left stopped working but the volume was low to none. I tried the fix but same thing. Then, I got this idea to check the airpods and lo and behold, my problem was earwax, lol. ****.

I had this problem but fixed it by letting both AirPods run flat then charge them up