If one AirPod is louder than the other

If liquid enters the airpod, its ruined.

Mine went through a full laundry cycle so I had it in a bag of rice overnight. Was happy they turned back on but the left pod was really quiet. The suggestion sounded kinda ridiculous but figured I had nothing to lose and tried the sucking 4-5 times (quick bursts in) and now it's at full volume! Thank you so much!

Not sure why YOU ARE YELLING, but I am sure that the solution from Apple is not to SUCK OUT YOUR OWN EAR WAX for best quality of sound!

My old Toothbrush method with Alcohol is a little more sanitary,and cleans it as it breaks down the ear wax built up into the grate.

But hey you "KEEP ON SUCKIN'!"

I gotta share the link to this forum! 😎

I had this problem before so I keep getting this email. I discovered one thing that makes the process better. First of all we have to have several swabs and a little alchool. With the Airpod speaker down (very important) we wet a tip of the swab with alchool. We take out the eccess of alchool and proceed to clean the speaker. Then and always down we perform the disgusting procedure and with the other tip of the swab that is dry we dry it. We return to perform the disgusting procedure. Believe me it works. Also it can do it with the other sensors of the Airods always downwards so that it does not enter anything of líquído inside.

This worked for me! it was at the middle but I dragged it to the right all the way then to the left all the way and back to the middle and it works. I already removed the wax build up too but this was the key.

It’s going to sound weird and I got the advise from another person on this forum and it worked for me. You literally suck on the ear piece and wipe it down. It seems to build ear wax over time blocking the sound. Hope this helps.

I tried the “suck” method and it did not work for me. In fact, nothing so far has worked. My AirPods are 8 days out of the box to date, and I have noticed some inconsistency (lower volume) in the right pod since I got it out of the box. I have used other headphones and earbuds and do not have hearing damage. As new as they are I think wax build up is an impossibility so could be a factory defect.

This sounds gross - but works even better that i thought it could:

Gently suck on the quieter AirPod until air flows freely through the vents. This 'breaks through' any build up of ear wax that collects annoyingly on the AirPod.

If anyone tries this don't worry I have never gotten wax in my mouth, the thought off it is just gross.

Cheers,

Jay

I have been dealing with this issue for the past couple of months and seemed to have exhausted all options when it comes to fixing them. Then I stumbled upon this thread...

At first I was intrigued as to why anyone would think to do something like "sucking on their AirPod" in order to fix a potential hardware issue. I was disgusted, yet intrigued.

I took an alcohol wipe to the left AirPod to ensure that I did not have any built up wax inside of my speaker hole, double checking my work. I then proceeded to "suck" on the speaker portion of the AirPod, sensing a resistance in AirFlow (cwuteyedidthere). After some persistent work, it seemed that the AirFlow began to move freely through the AirPod. After assuming the job was done, I popped the AirPod into my ear to check the sound quality...

To my amazement, the left AirPod's sound was completely restored. My AirPods are back to normal and my faith has been restablished in the product. Alls it took was a little meticulous cleaning, AirPower (cwuteyedidtherev2.), and faith.

It may be naive thing but trust me sucking on the airpods did work like a charm. I did try lot of methods like keeping it in a bag of rice after cleaning it with rubbing alcohol but nothing worked but when I sucked on the low volume airpod it worked like magic :)

I didn’t think the sucking on the AirPod would work, but it did, I felt some air was clogged so I kept sucking until I felt air come out, it was the earwax that cause the clog, obviously cause what else do you put in it😂

Thank you so much!! I had trouble with my left airpod for so long that I got fed up and brought it to the apple store where their temporary fix lasted only for a month or so. Now I don't have to make appointments or try to deep clean with brushes in vain. Sucking the air out is really helpful for wax that has settled deep inside the speaker. After that, you should use a soft bristled brush like Apple suggests.

Good luck!

This is crazy but I’m so glad you posted but this because it worked!! So when the volume level on one of your AirPods sucks...SUCK! Amazing!! I was starting to think I’d have to replace my right one because it was so much quieter. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!

Sucking on the small speaker definitely fixed my problem. Another thing to clear your Airpod of earwax even more is to blow through the smaller side speaker on the outside of the bud until you feel airflow coming through the big speaker. This is a sign that the pod had been cleared of the wax that was preventing the sound from coming out. Hope this helps!

What worked really well for me is to put the AirPod with mesh screen facing down for 10-15 in direct hot air of hairdryer. Then clean out with Q-tip. Repeat a few times to where you can see through mesh screen. Then suck air through a few times and repeat once more with hairdryer.