Air Tag Battery Life Hack! (Why a new battery won’t work)

#airtag #apple #designflaw #lifehack #replaceairtagbattery
Had to replace my airtag battery because well, it's not waterproof and water got in and corroded the battery.
I got some NEW duracell 2032 batteries, 5 of them, and NONE of them worked. I had no idea why but I saw a post on reddit about a bitter coating preventing the contacts from touching the new battery since it's on the edge
Most of these contact points for the battery are on the bottom but because it's on the edge, it wasn't detecting the battery.
SO I used nail polish remover and removed the coating and it worked@

[Kevin-hqos]

Dude, you absolutely just saved me from going crazy, I can’t believe how you even figured this out, thank you!

[linkkiller]

Yeah, the battery tastes horrible, Chris. And yeah, that is a great tip!!! I learned something.

[blakee]

Duracell batteries now say “compatible with AirTag, ” even with the coating. Worked in my AirTag.

[thedavid]

I knew there had to be some kind of hack for this. I bet Energizer has made a ton of money because people stopped buying the Duracell. I’m so glad I found this video because I get these Duracell batteries for free at work! Great video!

[abraxusvolta]

Using your idea to remove the coating, I just ran it under tap water for a minute while rubbing it, dried it off, and that worked too! Thanks for the info. Saved me from purchasing a bunch of Panasonic batteries to fix this.

[Dj_Aaren]

Thank you for this video.
Would’ve never guessed the bitter coat would block the current. With no nail polish remover, I tried soap and it worked as well 😊👍🏻

[philliptatum]

One key to Chris’s solution is be sure and clean the the edges…I didn’t and it didn’t work. Watched the video again and Chris specifically mentioned to be sure and clean the edges…I went back and cleaned the edges thoroughly on the Duracell battery and bingo…worked perfectly!! Thanks Chris…great service…subscribed with bell! 😊

[delroytaylor]

Thanks mate as I was struggling to figure why the new battery wasn’t working.

[davidramos]

Thank you !!! I ordered Duracell too and didn’t work . I was about to return them .😅

[xplayman]

THANK YOU SO MUCH! Saved me. I was starting to go crazy thinking I screwed up simple instructions. My wife doesn’t wear nail polish but rubbing alcohol on a cotton swab did the trick.

[DrLoneyDal]

I have had success without sandpaper/saliva/solvents by just taking the new coated Duracell 2032, placing it into position, then pressing it down to make contact and rotating the cell until I hear a chirp. Once you get this signal that a good contact has been made, and just put the back on the AirTag without rotating the 2032. That has worked 4 times when randomly placing the battery into position didn't. Saves a lot of time & energy. I can't vouch that this works every time or for every Duracell 2032, but it has for me. If it doesn't, there is always sandpaper which should work every time. Hope that helps.

[anniemigaki]

This was so helpful! I had seen this short awhile ago and remembered to find it again after I changed my AirTag battery and could not get it to work…then I remembered your little hint!! Success! Thanks!

[KhuludAidarus]

Thank u… I was going crazy why wasn’t it working after I put new battery I thought the AirTag is broken I was nearly ordering new AirTag but after seeing ur video I did what u said and worked… thanks so much

[RestoreTechnique]

You can use rubbing alcohol or Isopropyl alcohol

[adrianTNT]

Isn't that some cells (can't recall if duracell or energizer) have a different curve that do not reach the edge contacts inside airtag ?

[dontbanmebrodontbanme]

Funny, I have a ton of CR2032 batteries. I've never had an issue with coating. However, I just recently (mistakenly, since I already have so many batteries) bought Duracell CR2032 batteries as well. When I finally use them, I'll know what to do. Thanks!

[rojhtrc]

It says in the apple video on how to replace the battery that it might not work with batteries coated with the bitter coating but I couldn’t figure out how to get the coating off, this saved a lot of trouble.

[CozmoCom]

Damn! Went to Apple Store and no one there can help me saying it’s the battery despite a brand new one. Thank you!

[tumo]

My new airtag is unboxed and i see a duracell battery in it 😂

[abelbalbo]

Alcohol wipe worked for me, thanks for the tip