Comment by _ph_
1 day ago
I have an older AirTag, which cannot be seen by my iPhone any more but gives a slight beep whenever it gets shaken. Anyone ever heard of the behavior?
1 day ago
I have an older AirTag, which cannot be seen by my iPhone any more but gives a slight beep whenever it gets shaken. Anyone ever heard of the behavior?
Mine started doing this and the reason was an Android phone I had laying around with an app that scanned for airtags.
Basically it thought it was being used for stalking (close to an unknown device) and started beeping. Turning off the android phone stopped that.
I had a similar problem, the 5 reboots fixed it: https://support.apple.com/en-us/102577
IIRC, this indicates that it's linked to someone else's account, and has not been shared with you. The "beep when moved" feature is to alert people they're being tracked.
For example, I let my mother in law use luggage of mine with an airtag still in it and every time she moved it after the first day or so, it would play a noise.
I had the thought too, but there is no way anyone else could have gotten physical control over this and shouldn't I see that AirTag when I scan for things in my surrounding as an anti-tracking protection?
i’ve had this happen due to going from beta builds to stable builds or vice versa. not super clear exactly which of those triggered it, or whether it was just a beta build bug, but the 5x reboot always fixes it
I've had similar issues -- consider it a bug -- and unpair and re-pair with your phone, and likely the issue will go away.
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The battery needs changed.
Changing the battery was the first thing I did. No change. But if that is the official signal for "battery low", I can try a few more. Thanks.
Make sure the battery doesn’t have bitterant coating on the edge where it meets the AirTag contact.
The first time I replaced my AirTag batteries I had to remove some of the coating or it wouldn’t power the AirTag.
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