(titled like a BuzzFeed video)

Just ask the basic questions, and act on the basic answers, and you’ll get surprisingly good results.

My AirPods Max were suffering terrible connectivity. Half of the time, when you put them on, they wouldn’t connect; and when you took them off, they wouldn’t re-connect. I had to keep resetting them.

When I took them to the Apple Store, the Genius told me it would cost $300 to repair them, with no warranty afterward. She straight up suggested to instead buy another one.

Then I did a basic search, and found this basic answer:

You can try removing the speakers from the headband and cleaning the contacts. If you take your iPhone sim card tool, there is a hole underneath the mesh ear covers that will release the headband from the speaker by inserting the sim tool.

I bought a SIM card removal tool from Amazon for $0.10 - actually $0.08 after discount with free shipping (riddle me the economics on that one). The package came with a heartfelt letter from the producer who has polio, which I certainly didn’t expect with my tool.

And it worked! My headphones connect as new now! And I saved over 99.9%!