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Support for 3rd party AirTags dropped in iOS 17 (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago by Jakor@lemmy.world to c/iphone@lemmy.world
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Anyone else notice this? I couldn’t find any other info online apart from a Reddit post about two people reporting their AirTags no longer working after updating to iOS 17, so I wanted to post here for visibility and seek advice.

As soon as I updated to iOS 17, my YIP AirTag I used to track my cats location stopped working. Tried factory resetting and a different phone (also on ios17) without success. My other Apple-branded AirTags work perfectly fine.

If Apple truly did nuke support for devices I already own, I am one step closer to abandoning their walled garden….. anyone else here possibly able to confirm this is happening to them too? Is there another community I should be posting this to?

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[-] TheGayTramp@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 months ago

Is it possible it’s just a firmware issue? Can you try updating your AirTags?

[-] Jakor@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Any idea how I can update the airtag if I can’t connect it to my phone? Trying to search for it in FindMy doesn’t pop up. Tried resetting it by pulling out the battery.

Found something online that says you can fully factory reset by pulling out the battery and reinserting it 10 times and it’ll beep 5 times instead of the normal 3 - I will try that when I get home tonight and will update this post if it works.

If that doesn’t work, any chance you know of anything else I should be checking?

this post was submitted on 22 Sep 2023
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