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How to Set Up Your New AirPods

These are awesome. The tag line “they just work” applies perfectly here. Brilliant. I’m stoked that I’m getting an LTE Apple Watch in days. Perfect pairing :)
 
WilliamG said:
Should be.

There SHOULD be a guide to what happens when:

1.) You open the AirPods case, put an AirPod in your ear and nothing happens for 10-45 seconds (happens often).
2.) You open the AirPods case, put an AirPod in your ear and you hear the "chime" sound, but then they immediately disconnect right after for no reason.
3.) You open the AirPods case, put an AirPod in your ear, and it connects WITHOUT the chime sound.
4.) You open the AirPods case, put an AirPod in your ear, and they work for a bit and then completely randomly disconnect.
5.) You open the AirPods case, put an AirPod in your ear, and they simply refuse to connect unless you put it/them back in the case, close the case, open the case, and put it/them back in your ear.

The AirPods are brilliant when they work, but my goodness are they a pain in the ass when they don't work CONSISTENTLY (which - for me and EVERYONE I know who has them - is an issue).
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But the article says it’s magic.
 
firewire9000 said:
I appreciate the article but the information shown here is incorrect. You don’t need to press the button. In fact, these steps are for when the AirPods are previously connected to other devices.
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Meaning if you see these messages, you got shafted and they’re not as new as you think!
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darknyt said:
Wonder if there is a way to NOT have them show for every iCloud device. Now my wife’s iPhone shows the audio options instead of speakerphone since we share an iCloud.

Cue all the iCloud sharing haters ...
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There is a way, it’s “not sharing the same iCloud account between two people”.

What is it that makes you do that, that you couldn’t achieve with family sharing?
 
WilliamG said:
Should be.

There SHOULD be a guide to what happens when:

1.) You open the AirPods case, put an AirPod in your ear and nothing happens for 10-45 seconds (happens often).
2.) You open the AirPods case, put an AirPod in your ear and you hear the "chime" sound, but then they immediately disconnect right after for no reason.
3.) You open the AirPods case, put an AirPod in your ear, and it connects WITHOUT the chime sound.
4.) You open the AirPods case, put an AirPod in your ear, and they work for a bit and then completely randomly disconnect.
5.) You open the AirPods case, put an AirPod in your ear, and they simply refuse to connect unless you put it/them back in the case, close the case, open the case, and put it/them back in your ear.

The AirPods are brilliant when they work, but my goodness are they a pain in the ass when they don't work CONSISTENTLY (which - for me and EVERYONE I know who has them - is an issue).
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Addendum
There SHOULD be a guide for when the above happens:
EDIT: 6.) Learn the warning signs of when a product is not going to work out for you and give it up.
7.) To instruct consumers how to return product when it causes so much frustration.
 
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WilliamG said:
Should be.

There SHOULD be a guide to what happens when:

1.) You open the AirPods case, put an AirPod in your ear and nothing happens for 10-45 seconds (happens often).
2.) You open the AirPods case, put an AirPod in your ear and you hear the "chime" sound, but then they immediately disconnect right after for no reason.
3.) You open the AirPods case, put an AirPod in your ear, and it connects WITHOUT the chime sound.
4.) You open the AirPods case, put an AirPod in your ear, and they work for a bit and then completely randomly disconnect.
5.) You open the AirPods case, put an AirPod in your ear, and they simply refuse to connect unless you put it/them back in the case, close the case, open the case, and put it/them back in your ear.

The AirPods are brilliant when they work, but my goodness are they a pain in the ass when they don't work CONSISTENTLY (which - for me and EVERYONE I know who has them - is an issue).
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You sound like my wife, after getting myself a pair a few weeks after they first were released and concluding they were apples best product in years I bought her a pair for her birthday a few months back, thinking that she too would be in love with them. Well, to my dismay she is constantly complaining about all of the myriad of issues that they have, and how they never work correctly (she does this with all of her consumer electronics, and the end results are always the same). So I’ll trade her for a day with mine that I know for sure have no issues, and I’ll take hers, I’ll go theoughout the day with zero issues, and she will have the same issues with mine (many of the problems you’ve mentioned) so we will switch phones quick SIM card swap) and try that. Same thing. She has issues and I have none. She goes through the same thing with all electronics, she claims they are riddled with issues, but non are reproducible while I’m around. My conclusion, she is dumb when it comes to magically simple tech, and should have been born 100 years early where she would have been safe with the tech that existed back then.
 
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WilliamG said:
Should be.

There SHOULD be a guide to what happens when:

1.) You open the AirPods case, put an AirPod in your ear and nothing happens for 10-45 seconds (happens often).
2.) You open the AirPods case, put an AirPod in your ear and you hear the "chime" sound, but then they immediately disconnect right after for no reason.
3.) You open the AirPods case, put an AirPod in your ear, and it connects WITHOUT the chime sound.
4.) You open the AirPods case, put an AirPod in your ear, and they work for a bit and then completely randomly disconnect.
5.) You open the AirPods case, put an AirPod in your ear, and they simply refuse to connect unless you put it/them back in the case, close the case, open the case, and put it/them back in your ear.

The AirPods are brilliant when they work, but my goodness are they a pain in the ass when they don't work CONSISTENTLY (which - for me and EVERYONE I know who has them - is an issue).
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Describes exactly how flaky the connection is with these things. My MacBook drives me crazy connecting and disconnecting. Love em but hate em.
 
Got some yesterday. Love them, the reviews and photographs don’t do them justice, as people have said you have to see and feel them for yourself.

Just to note, my set up on my iPhone 8 turned out to be exactly as described in this article (inc. holding the button). Maybe people complaining it’s wrong have forgotten their very first set up?
 
TMRJIJ said:
Never make a purchase decision based on some random guy on a tech forum.
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Agreed. But as I've said even AFTER complaining about the AirPods, when they work they're fantastic, and they're STILL worth the price of admission - easily. They really are Apple's best product in years, but they need a lot of work on the software front.
 
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skillwill said:
Got some yesterday. Love them, the reviews and photographs don’t do them justice, as people have said you have to see and feel them for yourself.

Just to note, my set up on my iPhone 8 turned out to be exactly as described in this article (inc. holding the button). Maybe people complaining it’s wrong have forgotten their very first set up?
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It is not necessary to hold the button to pair them to an iPhone.
 
I may be the only person I know who brought them back to the Apple Store for a refund. Audio quality is no better than ear pods, and for me...that actually matters.
 
nicho said:
Meaning if you see these messages, you got shafted and they’re not as new as you think!
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There is a way, it’s “not sharing the same iCloud account between two people”.

What is it that makes you do that, that you couldn’t achieve with family sharing?
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There are whole threads where we have hashed this out. Suffice it to say, Apple’s family sharing isn’t adequate for a lot of people and what we want to do.
 
darknyt said:
There are whole threads where we have hashed this out. Suffice it to say, Apple’s family sharing isn’t adequate for a lot of people and what we want to do.
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except family sharing has come along since it began. in terms of itunes purchases, you're not forced to use family sharing even if you do for the rest of icloud (as itunes accounts are handled separately). family sharing gives access to shared calendars (but also the option of non-shared ones), shared notes (but also the option of non-shared ones)... you can now also share the same storage. literally the only reason not to use family sharing now is if you have a shared photo library.
 
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