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AirPods Pro - red exclamations?
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The new firmware did not fix the dancing exclamation point issue for me.
It's one of those aspects about the AirPods and their firmware updates that Apple neglected. I believe, which is the norm for almost every other Bluetooth earbud, that Apple should have provided notification/progress of the firmware update, notification/progress of the installation, and user agree/disagreement to install the update. It's rather obnoxious and one aspect of we know what's better for you than you do with the product. Yeah, alright. Just like my HomePod brick by their 13.2 software release; let's see what happens with some of the cultists if they release an earbuds firmware which bricks, even in a scenario that could have been avoided, if the user were made aware.
It’s just a matter of time. Try again later. Keep App connected to power cable, near Iphone, for about 30minutes.
Keep us update!
I also hope that this upgrade fix the weird behavior I experimented a couple of time: the mode stayed stuck on transparency on the last selected with no chance to change it .
Ok, that was fast. I only just now updated to iOS 13.2.2. When that installed, the APP firmware was 2B588.
Hopefully this fixes it. It seems the issue happens more frequently when I haven't used the pods for a few hours, or overnight. So I won't know for sure for absolute sure for another day or two.
I know this is an APP thread but it shares the same H1 chip as GEN2. Guess, it's not getting any love to fix the exact same problem the APP were experiencing but before the APP were even released.
When I noticed the new firmware, I still saw the red exclamation.
I removed pairing, reset the APP and reset my network settings.
After that I re-paired my APP and I actually couldn’t initially see any exclamations whatever I did.
But after a while (5min of removing and putting the airpod in the case) I noticed the “dance” again, but without the red exclamations.
But eventually I now am seeing the red exclamations again....
Sad, it really looked promising...
But it feels even more that this is just a software issue.
I removed pairing, reset the APP and reset my network settings.
After that I re-paired my APP and I actually couldn’t initially see any exclamations whatever I did.
But after a while (5min of removing and putting the airpod in the case) I noticed the “dance” again, but without the red exclamations.
But eventually I now am seeing the red exclamations again....
Sad, it really looked promising...
But it feels even more that this is just a software issue.
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it’s not fixed. This bug is easily reproducible if you put partially charged AirPods into case and try to remove and put back one of them afterwards.
Tthats funny, the left speaker is always in the power percentage far behind the right one, usually 40% vs 100%, then If I open the airpods case it's goes up immediately until it has reached 100% just like the right one, and all that just in a couple seconds...so I guess its really a software bug.
Seems the firmware update has solved the visual red exclamation issue for me. It did it once, right after the update when removing them from the case yesterday. Since then, nothing so far. Been in and out of the case a few times, after using them on some work calls, and a couple of hours of listening to music while working.
New firmware, same old issue.
Does anyone notice that when the issue manifests itself, the popup doesn't show when opening the case and bringing it near the phone?
Does anyone notice that when the issue manifests itself, the popup doesn't show when opening the case and bringing it near the phone?
On the GEN2, which the APP has the same H1 chip, I notice it occur mostly whenever the APs and case are fully charged at 100% and/or connected to the charging cable, opening the lid to cause the pop-up notice, and the glitch mostly occurs in that scenario. However, it's not the only one and is never consistent. Which is why this is very difficult to track to a particular set of steps for reproduction.
Data point - I paired the APs to my iPad Pro. Same issue. So, different hardware, different iOS - the issue lies with the buds themselves.
It wasn’t hard to reproduce. Have an empty case, use charge cable or not, open the lid, pop one in, wait about 5 seconds and drop the second. If it doesn’t pop up close and open lid.
did it on command every time. If it’s happening across multiple OS, multiple hardware, but not affecting charge or pairing, it’ll be a simple fix
did it on command every time. If it’s happening across multiple OS, multiple hardware, but not affecting charge or pairing, it’ll be a simple fix
Been three days since the firmware update, and numerous times in and out of the case for charging and use, and so far, 0 red dance issues...Doesn't appear anymore when connecting with either my iPhone, iPad and Macbook Pro. All my devices are updated to IOS 13.2.2 & 10.15.1...
Nope, I’m with aloper. I use mine 3x daily and since the update zero. I’ve tried every trick on both my systems and can’t do it. I could produce it on command wired and not, every time.