AirPods Case not charging

I encountered this charging problem too. To figure out the charging issue, I installed a Drok USB current meter in between to see if there is a current draw. It turns out whenever the USB meter is installed, there is a current draw and it is indeed charging. Without the USB meter, it is unlikely to be charging with a general USB wall charger.

I suspect it has something to do with the power source/adapter. When the same cable is plugged in to an USB high end wall charger (e.g. Anker QC3.0 USB wall charger) or a MacBook Pro USB port, the charging is likely to work but not with a general USB wall charger (2A output) originally for an Android phone.

This is more like a workaround but better than nothing.

Hi Luke, not really. I blew air into the lightning socket a couple of times and tried my 3rd cable, which worked/charged perfectly. I used them again and tried charging them again last week with one of the cables that didn't work before, only this time it charged up OK. So it's either a bit of dust in the port that might have been removed or an intermittent fault with the airpods? I've heard that iPhones can suffer with a speck of dust in the lightning port stopping it from being charged?

This might be a different issues but I had the same symptom where *sometimes* the case won't charge.

After a few experiments I found out that the case always charges if the ear pieces are *not* in the case.

I'm guessing that the degradation of the batteries of my ear pieces has reached a point where even though they are "fully charged" the case still thinks that they could charge more and it consequently redirects the current to the ear pieces instead of charging its own battery.

I had the same issue. The first time I ‘fixed it’ by forgetting the device and setting it up again. This time that didn’t work so I followed others’ footsteps and got the cord that came with the AirPods. They’re charging now just fine. I’ll report back if this happens again.

I was having the same problem until I tried charging my Airpods with an Apple Lightning Cable and also an Apple USB Adapter

It would only charge the pods but not the case. I blew out the lightning connector and it started working. It had lint in it. My issue was resolved.

I had the same problem. My EarPods were carving out my case wasn’t. I removed the EarPods from the case and it charged that way, without the EarPods in it. 🏽♀

The same charger that I have an Apple supplied cable charging through an Anker hub, which charges my phone, stopped my AirPod case. I plugged it into a separate Apple supplied cable and charger and it started charging immediately. Totally random but it worked.

Likewise, I had mine plugged into a USB port on the front of my desktop PC and the case wouldn't charge. I moved it to a USB 3.1 port directly on the motherboard and it instantly started charging the case.

I had the same issue with my case not getting above 4% before it stopped charging and dropped back down.

After plugging and unplugging, I was able to get a steady charge, but here’s what I did. I left the lid open so I could make sure it kept charging. That took the case and headphones back to 100%.

Not sure if this makes a difference, but I also used a wall charger instead of a USB. Hope this helps.

So I just encountered this problem. After taking a look inside with a flashlight I saw a bit of lint. There may just be something blocking the connection. It’s surprisingly a large hole.

If you’ve solved this problem by any other means cool. To anyone else. You’re welcome’,

I was trying to charge both the case and airpods(which are new, one week old) at the same time on my Dell desktop computer I use at work, the airpods were charging fine, i tried to clean it up and all and it didn´t work, I tried changing cables and ports and it didnt work eather, then I plug them to a portable battery, and then it finally worked, seems like it got something to do with ampers.

Hi I actually had the same problem and I just kept unplugging and plugging them back in to the wall turning the actual lightening connection each time and leavening it for about 10 minutes each time. I did this about 10 times and the last time it was on 45% so I plugged it back in and it charged fully. I think that maybe when they actually get to 0% it might find it hard to get that first bit of charge into some AirPods. I hope that this works for you and helps you out. Let me know if it does it would be interesting to know if it is an actual problem with AirPods. Th

Hi I’ve had the same problem but when I looked at my charging port it had so much debri inside of it I cleaned it out and put it back on the charger and it charged right up with no problem try cleaning your charging case and AirPods on a regular or getting a case holder to keep debri from collecting.

Had the same issue. Seitched charging cable and it started working. The cable that wouldn’t charge was a third party cable, works with an Apple cable...