Pixel Buds Dead? They won't charge? I fixed it!
My left side pixel buds pro 2 bud went dead. When I popped it into the case there was no audible "ploop, I'm home" sound. My pixel phone could no longer see the left bud.
I followed all of the recommended steps to fix it, and nothing worked. No cleaning, reseating, resetting, unpairing.
In fact, the case refused to do a factory reset - I guess because it could not detect the left bud.
The last thing that I tried which ultimately worked, was to leave the bud out of the case for 48 hours, to drain any bit of power still left.
I charged the case to 100%, and then placed the bud back into the case. Nothing happened. I thought that experiment had failed, but about 36 hours later I opened the case and my phone detected both buds, reporting the left one at 1% power.
I plugged the case into a USBC charger cable and it charged up to 100% perfectly.
You're welcome. 😁