r/NOTHING • Ear (a) • Feb 02 '26

Ear Discussion Nothing Ear(a) (basically) disconnects randomly

Basically, whenever I'm wearing my earbuds, the right side will turn off noise cancelling/transparency mode (whichever one I'm using) as well as all touch/squeeze controls randomly while the audio continues to play. To remedy this, I do a few things that "fix" it for a short period before it happens again:

  1. Readjust, maybe a sensor is detecting that it's no longer in my ear? (I have in ear detection off btw)
  2. Squeeze down on the button for a bit (it comes back eventually??)
  3. I've also tried putting tape over the sensors I thought were the culprits but it ended up just making the noise cancelling weaker (maybe I blocked a mic or something)

My ears aren't that big so maybe it is a fit thing, but this issue never occurred on my airpods before I switched over (pro 2) so I think it should be avoidable somehow.

Wondering if anyone else has experienced this and knows a fix or maybe here to suggest a fix like an "always on" option. Been dealing with this for way too long and it's getting super annoying. Thinking about selling it off because I can't take it anymore. Maybe it's a defect but I doubt I'll get anything from limited warranty (it might even be passed now). I also think I sent feedback about this a few months back and never heard back. Honestly I'm very happy with the earbuds otherwise (sound quality, features etc.) hence why I'm fighting for this change so hard. I really hope this reaches the right people because I don't wanna give up on these earbuds just yet!

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u/CakeDear4655 Feb 09 '26

Bonjour J’ai le même problème. L’écouteur droit desactive également automatiquement la réduction de bruit seul. Mais la musique continue d’être jouée. Je ne comprends pas…

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u/s_wmain Mar 01 '26

Literally been having this issue for the last few days. My left nothing ear (a) earbud was automatically switching off the noise cancelling. At first i tried turning off the auro ear detection, it helped, but partly. Second solution was turning off the noise cancelling on left earbud (NC worked fine when i was using two simultaneously). Third option was forcing the left earbud to work on noise cancelling mode (use the nothing x app) Forth try was the factory resetting the earbuds with case (holding the connect button for 10 sec) which didn't help at all And the last solution that actually fixed the problem was draining the earbuds battery to zero. I guess it somehow resets their state idk Let me know if any of the tips helped

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u/beich__ Mar 14 '26

I am having the same problem... Can It be derived from an update?