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There was beauty in the simplicity (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver to c/gaming

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[–] pete_the_cat 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I had Bose Quiet Comfort 2 earbuds that worked great, but I got them wet (hard seltzer spilled on them). I dried them off, and cleaned them off with 90% isopropyl alcohol, popped the case open, cleaned out the liquid and cleaned off the circuit board with Isopropyl, and let it dry. I knew the buds themselves still worked perfectly because I had used them, the case was the problem.

Since they use pogo pins, there's no way to charge them externally. Also, apparently, each set of buds is linked to only one case, so you can't even buy another case and re-pair them and use that case for charging. I spoke with Bose and their "solution" was to sell me the QC3s for a $30 off discount.

$250 earbuds that are now useless because I can't charge them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Couldn't you, like... Connect the pins directly to a power source while pushing them together to make the contacts on the pogo touch or something to bypass any of that?

[–] pete_the_cat 1 points 8 months ago

It would be way too much effort since they would need to remain in contact for like an hour or more, also the direct current may fry the buds. The circuit board probably does modulation and such for safe charging.