Month: February 2023

AirPods Pro not charging on Dell XPS – fixed!

The world really has gone mad. I’m currently working away, travelling light, with a new Dell XPS 15, Air Pods Pro, and without an Apple charger – because I’m travelling light – and because my XPS has 3 USB-C ports.

My AirPods ran low so I connected them to the XPS and waited. Several hours later and they were still flat. Figured they were broken 😢.

Then I googled for ‘dell xps can’t charge apple airpods pro’ and found this link:

noa250 said that changing the driver fixed the problem – that really can’t be true, it’s 2023 and no one messes with drivers any more.

I tried his suggestion and it worked. Microsoft – Dell – Apple – wtf.

Read his post, or follow the steps I’ve copied below:

  1. Download and install Zadig
  2. Connect AirPods via USB cable to computer
  3. Run Zadig
  4. Use Options | List all devices, then choose AirPod case
  5. Change the driver from HIDxxx to libuskK
  6. Hit reinstall driver, wait, then watch the battery levels start to rise within seconds.

After only 20 minutes now it looks like this (from 1% all day!!):

Happy days – East of Eden (John Steinbeck) on Audible coming up for a nice long walk.