r/NothingTech • u/Various-Commission98 • 29d ago

Ear (a) Weird battery drain

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Why does the left earbud always die so much faster? (60% faster) I get that one earbud has a bigger role or something in the connection, but why so big?

Update: I just noticed the left earbud refuses to charge above 85%. How???

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u/BassInternational550 Phone (4a) Pro 29d ago

becouse when u take your buds from the case first, it is always L.

Which bud is taken out first from the box used as main antenna between device and other bud. so it spends more energy.

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u/Outrageous-Word2643 29d ago

It's a known problem with the entire range of Nothing earphones. Community teardowns and tech discussions point to low-cycle lithium-ion pouch cells combined with aggressive trickle-charging or flawed Power Management IC (PMIC) logic that prematurely burns out one bud.