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SET0TITAN Author

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120 points

AirPods Case not charging

I'm having a very frustrating issue, my Airpods case will not charge.

I went for my run today and pulled out my Airpods, only to find the case was on 0% and the Airpods were on 11%. This was odd because I gave them a full charge just a couple days ago. Paying it no mind I tried to squeeze some play time out of the Airpods and I put the case on the charge plugged into my computer. However when I got back from my run I found the case had not charged at all! I switched the cable out and plugged it into the wall socket instead. After 30 minutes there was still no charge on the case. I tried wiggling the cable, cleaning the charge port, but nothing.

Currently when I'm plugged into the wall I get a flashing amber/orange light on the case. I look at my phone and the little lightning bolt icon next to the case is blinking. I read you can reset the Airpods by holding the button on the back for 15 seconds, however that doesn't seem to be working, I've tried it both plugged and unplugged to the wall.

Any advice is welcome, I'm not sure what to do at this point 😟

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Posted on May 8, 2017 7:44 AM

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julie149

Level 1

24 points

Posted on Aug 17, 2017 2:59 PM

Did you sort out the problem? I haven't used my airpods for a couple of months. I wore them the other day, until the point that they went flat. I put the airpods in the charging case and charged them (case was showing at 1% charge). The next morning my airpods were charged at 100%, but the case was showing at 1% and no charging indicator next to it. The light on the case wasn't lit. I tried another cable and left it for 10 hours (initially when I plugged it in it was showing as charging on my phone and the amber light was lit, i saw the charge creep up to 4% and then I left it Charging. After ten hours, the case was showing at 1%, and no light on the case, also no charging indicator on the phone. I am now trying a third cable and will leave it overnight. Can anyone help? Am I doing something wrong?

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Feb 17, 2019 12:01 PM in response to Dram2014

This resolved my issue too.

Mar 26, 2019 12:01 PM in response to Luke680

Yeah ,blew air at charging jack point and AirPods place . This works

Apr 5, 2019 5:01 AM in response to SET0TITAN

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

Apr 30, 2019 9:45 AM in response to SET0TITAN

Simple fix, when you put the Apple case charger in your pocket the lint from inside your pocket gets into the charger input. Use a toothpick or blow it out. It would work!

AirPods Case not charging