If one AirPod is louder than the other

This literally helped me. I am at work and all of a sudden the sound started getting lower and lower. I unpaired it and paired it. Thinking the speaker blew.

Then I found this thread. After like 10 minutes of cleaning and “sucking” BWhahaha.. IT WORKS!! (Crazy) thanks for the info!

My right earpod was so quiet to the point where I thought it was broken. Tried the sucking technique, made very little difference. Took a cotton bud, doused it in medical alcohol and cleaned the grid on the earpod. Then used Air-In-a-Can to blow out excess alcohol and earwax. Problem sorted. Who thought earwax would have that effect on an earbud.

Wow I’m forever in your debt I thought my AirPod was broken or just going out until I just sucked in a little on the big speaker hole and it freakin worked!!!!!!! Thank you so much I wouldve never thought of that.

it is soo crazy that truck worked for me too! I was blown away like wait a min! How did this happen i suggest if anyone has this problem to check the settings make sure it’s in the middle then suck lol! It’s a weird hack make sure they are clean though!

3 years later you are a LIFE SAVER. I was going to go repair it at apple. The balance slider was wayyy on the right so I barley heard anything on the left. I put it to the middle and its good as new. Idk how it would've changed but you are amazing!!!

So it’s 2020 and i have first gen airpods and my right one was super quiet one day and i’ve tried everything and contemplated buying new ones over it but i sucked it and to my complete and utter shock and surprise it worked!!!! Honestly so shocked thank you so much!

I had the same issues. Took them to Apple and they replaced the bad bud. The original airpods are nutorious for getting jammed with ear wax. I ordered AirPod pros because there design is less likely to get jammed with ear wax. The day I got my new AirPod pros I forgot about my original ones and accidentally sent them through the washing machine in my pocket! They fell out and tumbled around. When I found them I stuck them in some rice for a few days incase they had water inside of them and to my surprise a week later when I tested them it fixed the volume issue!!😂 I wouldn’t suggest this but I thought it was pretty funny. Now I have a backup pie of wireless buds.

I absolutely cannot believe it but it worked. I bought a second pair of AirPods a year ago when it started doing that (lower sound on one side) and when it started doing that again with my new ones I just couldn't believe it and was so ******. can't believe I didn't need a new pair after all .

Omg! no joke, i felt like an idiot just sucking my right airpod. I would have it in full volume and barley hear anything. After reading this, i did the sucking thing for like 3 minutes and now they’re even! Thank you !

The other tips didn’t work for me but i found if you go into general then at the top search audio/visual click on that and at the bottom there should be something that says “balance” and looks like a volume bar turn your music on and play around with it, it should balance out and make the noise sound equal. Hopefully this helps!

I did this yesterday. I cleaned each piece of gunk in every spot. The right side was giving me a problem before it was cleaned. Now today my left side is acting up. I have to now go to accessibility and change the volume for each Airpod. I too believe a flaw was made when the AirPods were designed.

Sucking out the liquid wax buildup actually works. For me, it was the left that was lower than the right. It was considerable, to the point where you could barely hear anything out of the left side. I think headphones open your ear canal enough to allow that fluid to drain into the headphones. I recommend cleaning them after every use. A paper business card corner works wonders for cleaning around the screen, and also your charging case. -SLY

Hello! I just tried the sucking air through your AirPod trick and it worked!!! I first read it and told the people I was sitting with at the table and they thought it was disgusting but, once again, it worked!! I recommend taking a qtip and getting as much earwax out was possible first and disinfecting it as well. Then just suck air through until you feel air coming through and, ta da!!! Good as new! The only bad thing about this is that you feel gross for a little while and question some life questions... but try it out!!! 😂😊

this actually worked, it switched between the 2 for a bit and I got worried( get worried easily) but don’t worry, it finally worked and I got the perfect balance! Can’t believe this actually worked and helped.

I've had this problem a while. Tried recalibrating them, resetting, disconnecting, re connecting, changing the balance, the equalizer, nothing worked. Finally saw this post, and holy crap! Sucking on it worked!