How do I actually turn off my charging case sounds?
i have 3rd gen airpod pros model no. A3064.
i have gone into the airpod settings view where the "Enable charging case sounds" toggle is invariably enabled and greyed out. i have tried 'forget this device,' (i have done this step for every single apple AND non-apple device i've ever connected them to) then i have reset my airpods, then i have reconnected to them via my mac + bluetooth. i have plugged the airpods case into the mac. i have reset them again. i have held the case open with the airpods inside. i have closed the case while having the airpods in my ears. i have repeated the forget-reset steps multiple times, and i have restarted my mac, and i have restarted system settings. i have toggled 'off listening mode' and added the airpods to 'find my device' and then removed them from 'find my device' and then restarted the computer and then reset the airpods again.
after each and every one of these steps, i have opened the airpods settings view, and seen the "Enable charging case sounds" toggle enabled and greyed out.
...after about 30 minutes to an hour of the absolute joy of repeating these steps in all sorts of combinations and orders, i usually am finally allowed to access and disable the 'case noises' toggle. it just suddenly isn't greyed out and i can disable it. hooray.
but if i then connect my airpods to a new apple device, the toggle gets enabled again automatically, and i have to go through ALL of this again.
this is not an idempotent process. i can do the same steps in the same order and get no result every single time until ??? and the same steps in the same order suddenly work. when i change up the order of the steps, that also has no determinative result. today, the blessed "key" step was to restart my system settings. other times, "Enable charging case sounds" has suddenly become toggle-able after the third airpods reset.
the only hypothesis i've come up with so far is that there there is a time lock on these settings. i do not find a reference to any such thing (besides 'wait 30 seconds after reset' or w/e) in any apple literature.
_is_ there a time lock? what are they smoking in the airpods dev office? why was it determined to be a good idea to make a device that chimes randomly in the first place? just kidding, i don't care. all i want to know is: what are the actual steps requisite to consistently turn off this setting?