Excellent video thanks for posting. My Airtag was slightly different inside than the one you showed (the little round speaker was mounted in the middle of the chipboard on my one, where on your one it was on the flap that opened), but it still opened exactly the same way your video showed which was the bit I couldn't work out! I just popped the speaker out of the chipboard with the same knife I used to open the airtag.
If the thief uses an Android phone, will he receive a notification? Do we agree that it's useful to remove the speakerphone in the event that our object is stolen and the thief has an iPhone?
I just bought some AirTags recently in February 2024. It appears the speaker is no longer like it used to be. I opened mine up and it appears like they’ve changed the hardware to make removal of the speaker more difficult. Can anyone speak to this please?
The speaker looks like a watch battery, it's round, flat and metalic (but it's much smaller than the actual watch battery you took out of the Airtag that power's it). The speaker should be sitting right in the middle of the Airtag's circuit board when you take the airtag apart as per this video, just pop the speaker out with the same box knife you used to open the airtag, it's only held in their magnetically you don't need to break/cut anything.
Questo metodo funziona anche con il modello nuovo di Airtag, ma dopo aver estratto lo speaker si sente comunque un lievissimo suono, risolvibile mettendo l’airtag in un piccolo contenitore isolato acusticamente
I'm finding the Airtag is still making sounds after completing this process (it is significantly quieter) hence I suspect this isn't a speaker and likely more of a resonator.
Yes very faint sound got to put the airtag real close to your ear , putting both airtags in my vehicles with alien tape tucked away no one will find these.
I have several of my airtags opened recently, so I am used to cracking them open. Note that there is a tiny pin very near the edge of the plate which fits into a line-it-up hole in the motherboard. The first time I did this, the iPhone detected the airtag and invited me to pair it - but then refused to pair. Next day I tried again and the pairing succeeded. So if at first you don't succeed - don't despair.
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Excellent video thanks for posting. My Airtag was slightly different inside than the one you showed (the little round speaker was mounted in the middle of the chipboard on my one, where on your one it was on the flap that opened), but it still opened exactly the same way your video showed which was the bit I couldn't work out! I just popped the speaker out of the chipboard with the same knife I used to open the airtag.
Great help but we didn’t need the music as it made it difficult to hear you. Thanks for the tutorial.
Glad we could help
Hell yea brother Milwaukee gang 💯💪
Oh Yeah
Excellent. Tracking my bike, don't want it beeping
Great!
If the thief uses an Android phone, will he receive a notification?
Do we agree that it's useful to remove the speakerphone in the event that our object is stolen and the thief has an iPhone?
No only works with iPhone.@@BaptisteRoche
@@BaptisteRocheGoogle has integrated the tech to alert Android users.
@@AmeriRentEquipment It only works with iPhone but since 2023, Android is able to alert you that an Apple tracker is following you
I just bought some AirTags recently in February 2024. It appears the speaker is no longer like it used to be. I opened mine up and it appears like they’ve changed the hardware to make removal of the speaker more difficult. Can anyone speak to this please?
Of course they had to change it. I'm sure someone else made a view on the new ones. It's probably not as easy though...
The speaker looks like a watch battery, it's round, flat and metalic (but it's much smaller than the actual watch battery you took out of the Airtag that power's it). The speaker should be sitting right in the middle of the Airtag's circuit board when you take the airtag apart as per this video, just pop the speaker out with the same box knife you used to open the airtag, it's only held in their magnetically you don't need to break/cut anything.
Questo metodo funziona anche con il modello nuovo di Airtag, ma dopo aver estratto lo speaker si sente comunque un lievissimo suono, risolvibile mettendo l’airtag in un piccolo contenitore isolato acusticamente
The same issue
@@user-jf9vy9uo4i Yeah I'm going to have to buy the new ones and figure this out...
I'm finding the Airtag is still making sounds after completing this process (it is significantly quieter) hence I suspect this isn't a speaker and likely more of a resonator.
I'm wondering if it is an updated airtag. I have some new ones I just got, I'm going to look into this and might do a new video once I figure it out.
Yes very faint sound got to put the airtag real close to your ear , putting both airtags in my vehicles with alien tape tucked away no one will find these.
I have several of my airtags opened recently, so I am used to cracking them open.
Note that there is a tiny pin very near the edge of the plate which fits into a line-it-up hole in the motherboard.
The first time I did this, the iPhone detected the airtag and invited me to pair it - but then refused to pair.
Next day I tried again and the pairing succeeded.
So if at first you don't succeed - don't despair.
I haven't had any issues with connecting back to air tag after removing speaker, I'm not sure what is going on with that.
Funny… despite me removing the speaker… it still beeps lol
Fr mine too
Last week I bought one at the retail store, version 2021. It does not make any sound after removing the speaker. Seek for old versions
Good idea to edit in the music! Now 99% of the video is missing the sound including where the music was👏🤡