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Solution for AirPods Pro 2 case battery drain
- Thread starter RipNoCellular
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I’ve not got mine plugged in at the minute, but I think you have to do it from the the AirPods settings page if you want them to remained paired and not within the find my App (which unpairs). In the AirPods settings page there is a check box for disabling find my Called ‘find my network’. This will disable find my, but not unpair the airpods. You will lose the more accurate precision find my feature.
I’ve not got mine plugged in at the minute, but I think you have to do it from the the AirPods settings page if you want them to remained paired and not within the find my App (which unpairs). In the AirPods settings page there is a check box for disabling find my Called ‘find my network’. This will disable find my, but not unpair the airpods. You will lose the more accurate precision find my feature.
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Then they seem to be fully aware of the problem and havent found a fix for the gen 2 Pro. Otherwise it doesn’t make any sense to leave out the Gen 2 Pro, I guess.
I spoke with a senior Apple advisor today and they have agreed there is an issue with my AirPods in that Apple say it’s acceptable for gen 2 to lose up to 10% in 24hrs but not 18%. I am sending mine to them for further investigation. It’s a mystery whether it’s hardware or software. I know when the AirPods are out of the case for many hours it doesn’t deplete battery at all (so can’t be case right). They are also replacing my AirPods for new ones, if it’s hardware probably won’t make a difference And they have asked me to monitor the new ones as part of my case.
I just updated my phone to 16.3 so hopefully my AirPods Pro gen 2 get the new update 5B59 and fix the battery drain. I thought though they didn’t release an update for the gen 2? Or have they now released it.
I have the first gen Airpods Pros, but I don't think they released it for the 2nd gen yet. Here you can see the newest firmwares for all the Airpods devices. ( https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213317 )
I'm getting REALLY SICK of this, not being able to leave them for 4-5 days without losing ALL power both in the earpieces AND The case.. what a crock, the prior generation never did this to me at all
It’s software - I’ve tried multiple replacements with no improvement. Let’s hope they can fix this with an update to gen 2 pro firmware
Updating my iOS to 16.3. Hoping my APP 2nd gen gets the 5B59 update.
Based on the Apple site, 5859 is currently only available for 2nd and 3rd gen AirPods.
Based on the Apple site, 5859 is currently only available for 2nd and 3rd gen AirPods.
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Apple still haven’t released the firmware update 5B59 for APP2. You should still update your IOS for security fixes. You can check the link below for updates.
About firmware updates for AirPods – Apple Support (UK)
Find out about changes and features included in the firmware updates for your AirPods.
Hi all, I thought I would provide a summary update. Some weeks ago I contacted Apple support. They escalated my concerns to senior advisors and a lot of back and forth scheduled tele calls were ongoing where I provided screen shots of the battery drain over a 24, 48 and 72 hours and where the battery erratically drained more than specified by apples acceptance Levels. They also collected log files from my phone during this period to investigate the issues (Includes the AirPods log files). Senior technicians have been working on the data collected. I am now being sent a new APP2 (and will monitor the battery of course) and will be sending my current APP2 to them for further investigations. I hope they will be able to find the issue whether it be hardware or software and provide a fix or recall. I also note there is still no firmware update for the APP2.
The fixed works for a while I've tried it twice, but it comes back. Another issue I'm noticing id the percentage on the battery widget can be significantly different then when put them in the case and hold them to the phone. It seems like the case is often stuck at 75% on the battery widget when the actual case is really at 40% or even 100%.
To be honest I haven’t had time to monitor them After receiving them Tuesday this week. When I have checked the battery has seemed okay one minute and not the next So I will need to spend a day or two checking and report back. Still no update on firmware which is puzzling.
I’m still having this problem and the percentage the phone widget shows for the case does not always match the battery percentage of the case when I open it next to the phone.
Okay quick update. AirPods charged to 100%, case at 84% @ Friday night 10:30pm. Today Saturday 12:30 (14hrs later) with no use AirPods at 100% and case at 83%. This is more like what I think we all expect, but it’s early days and more testing needs to be done but so far positive. Make of it what you will. Not sure if this is an indicator with some having different parts that might cause the battery drain issue and could still be firmware/hardware, supply on internal parts could be sourced from different manufacturers, pure guesstimate. I’m still running firmware 5B58.
Update- after watching the battery over the last few days I can now confirm that i No longer have severe battery drain. For example last night at 10:20pm I had 85% battery on the case. Now at 24hrs later I will am at 83% battery. I am still on firmware 5B58. Therefore, maybe a newer batch does not have the issues with battery drain.
I can't get mine to remove at all. I click remove put in my passwords and it goes back to the main find my screen with everything still connected like I tried nothing. Did you ever find a solution?
My AirPods would only charge to 95% percent last time I tried, then drained 6% in 10 hours without being used once. I just wish I could remove them from find my but I can't. That has to be the drain issue.