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My AirPods 3 disconnecting every 30 second
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Same exact issue here. Just got new MagSafe AirPod Pros and they won’t hold a connection longer than 1-3 minutes. They even drop off my paired Bluetooth devices menu, and I need to a reset. Issue happens on 15.1 and 15.2 DP1. Has anyone found a fix?
hmmmmm.....
User is not holding phone.....so can't say he is holding the phone wrong.......
Aha...I know!!!!
You're inserting the AirPods wrong!!!!
lol
On a serious note, I'd call that a faulty set and would have it replaced.....it's too new, and too expensive, to be messing with issues like this....
User is not holding phone.....so can't say he is holding the phone wrong.......
Aha...I know!!!!
You're inserting the AirPods wrong!!!!
lol
On a serious note, I'd call that a faulty set and would have it replaced.....it's too new, and too expensive, to be messing with issues like this....
Same thing with my pair and iPhone X. Just paired the gf’s new AirPods to my phone and the same thing happened. Drops after about a minute of playback.
The AP2 & APP latest firmware is indeed 4A400, but AP3 ship with 4B52 and then update themselves to 4B61.
What about their behaviour while they are 100% charged and are in a closed case? My ones discharge the case by -1% each hour. When I leave the case without headphones it holds its charge, but when I put them in the case drains by -1% per hour holding the headphones themselves at 100% but constantly with a thunder sign (charging sign). I don't know if it is ok and being at 100% should still show that thunder sign for headphones in the case. Looks like headphones are constantly charging. Reset and reconnect didn't help at all(
With all of these issues, both with the long-in-the-tooth AirPods Pro and the newly launched AirPods 3 that Apple does not seem capable of fixing, I am sadly restrained in purchasing either. Paying that price for these pair of pods I must expect fully and flawlessly functioning equipment if I value myself and my money, rather than being a beta testing donkey who paid to be one instead of getting paid to be one.
Apple does this time and again - in a certain light, the MacBook Pro 2016 comes to mind, where I have had the experience of being that donkey.
Apple does this time and again - in a certain light, the MacBook Pro 2016 comes to mind, where I have had the experience of being that donkey.
Why the drama? Buy it if you want it and if it doesn't work right exchange or return it.With all of these issues, both with the long-in-the-tooth AirPods Pro and the newly launched AirPods 3 that Apple does not seem capable of fixing, I am sadly restrained in purchasing either. Paying that price for these pair of pods I must expect fully and flawlessly functioning equipment if I value myself and my money, rather than being a beta testing donkey who paid to be one instead of getting paid to be one.
Apple does this time and again - in a certain light, the MacBook Pro 2016 comes to mind, where I have had the experience of being that donkey.
Oh, that never occurred to me. Thank you for this nugget of information.
I have long been in the habit of making informed, calculated purchases where I know what I can expect and whether or not I want to live with what may be expected of the purchase.
It did not occur to me I can not only just throw cash at a product but even waste the time of my life going through the annoyances in software of said product, and then waste more time exchanging the product or returning it. My apologies for annoying you with my drama, but that is how I roll. Glad to not be you.
I have the same issue with AP3 + iPhone 11 pro max and iOS 15.2 beta4. AP play for ~1m then spontaneously disconnects and disappears from the pairing list in the BT settings. I reported Apple in the feedback application. The bug renders my AP totally useless..
AirPods 3 working fine here. Listened to a song without them disconnecting. (15.2 beta 4 on iPhone 13 mini)
Glad you took my advice!
I cannot say this any other way, so here it is: your existence in this world has no meaning or material effect on mine for me to have taken your advice...
Longer version:
...especially when it was not even an advice. What you said was inconsiderate of my geography - you think Apple allows returns all over the world if it does in your part of the world? It was inconsiderate of my time that I value very much, it was inconsiderate of my money that I value very much.
I had said I was restrained in purchasing, I never said I am not going to buy these. And there was and is good reason for it - Apple does not offer trials or returns in my country. So, I cannot simply send it back or take it back and walk off with my money. Some people are experiencing issues with these pods, such as coil whine, which is something that is highly subjective to hearing. So, it is entirely possible that I might be driven mad with it and no-one at the service centre agrees with it. This disconnection issue is a clearer case of "Apple's fault rather than customer" with respect to service center. End result of nuisance issues will be frustration and waste of time writing and talking with higher-ups for an inevitable replacement.
Am I sitting idle in my life? Do I want that drama? Or is buying and returning ad nauseam ad infinitum a way of life for you, to not even be able to see just how much of a waste of time that can be? Do I want that drama as you call my simple thinking about spending my money and valuing both my time and money? What are you on? Who are you and who and what blessed you with the right to call someone else's thinking and reasoning about valuing their time and money as drama? Is valuing money and time drama for you?
Furthermore, you may be having Apple Stores walking distance away from where you are, I do not. I have 70 km to travel to one. No doorstep services. Do I want to spend that time driving, then more time making them see, then come back 70 km, then go again after some days when they get a replacement for me to pick up? What are you thinking? Oh, wait.
If Apple offered doorstep services here, I might have been tempted to pick first and think later, but I am happy with taking decisions after due thought has been afforded.
What's that in miles?
No matter... here we can return Apple products by post without charge. Where do you live?
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About 43.5 miles one way. Roughly 90-100 miles to and fro considering everything.
The numbers are not much at all, time spent in covering it is - about 40 minutes to cover about 35 miles on a blissful highway but another 40 minutes to cover only about 10 miles and reach the Store, plus the time spent there, and same way back. Now, once is okay, but if I am looking at multiple visits, it quickly catapults into a different dimension of time wastage and I do not like to waste time this way.
The only thing we can do here is replace products if they have a fault. That, too, ourselves. Dealers offer doorstep deliveries when purchasing products, not for returns - including when purchased directly from Apple Store online.
He’s not going to tell you so that you can’t check and see if any of his ranting about returns was accurate or not. ?
Short version: He wanted it, and if it doesn't work right, he can exchange or return it, just like you said.
Sure, God. You know everything.
And ranting about returns? Are you a daft moron or are you feeling more entitled than usual today behind that keyboard of yours, to think I will spend my time writing about nonsense that does not benefit anyone at all on a public forum? I never give out misinformation or spread lies on the internet for fun. Neither am I the likes of Jack or Zuck who enable misinformation. Why would I rant as you call it, about inability to returns in my country if they did offer returns in my country?
I have made it clear that if they did offer doorstep returns, I might have been that way to buy first and think later because I can rewind my choices. I cannot rewind my choices here, so I have to think. What is your issue with that?
If I want people to know where I live easily, I would put that in my profile. That is irrelevant to the community and the information exchange that goes on here, so I do not put it up. Simple as that.
Apart from my region, I did say everything else that was relevant.
It is very relevant to the question of returns. It's not like if you say "Rwanda" we're going to come hunt you down.