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Battery Cycles/Age of Macbook Pro

MacBookPro7,1

21 months old, 218 battery load cycles, 88% (5090/5770 mAh) battery capacity.
 
18 cycles
5.4 months
93.4%

Edit.
Two days later, I have 93.5% health.
 
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36 months, 1139 cycles, 73%.

However, recently the condition has started to show "replace soon", and I have noticed that the system sometimes fails to go to a normal sleep (e.g. when I turn it on again it boots from scratch rather than waking up from sleep).

Anyone know of a way to configure the system to go to sleep just a little bit earlier? I don't see the need for a new battery yet, as some new laptops don't even manage to get 3-4 hours of battery time...
 
MBP 13 Early 2011

17 months
186 cycles
Charge: 5402/5402

I guess this looks reasonable compared to other results?
 
Help me!

Hi, I have a Macbook white mid 2010, and i just replaced my battery yesterday. The ppl in the mac store told me to use the initial charge, and when it's done plug it for 4 hours, and i did it. But after i unplugged it, i saw iStat Pro and CoconutBattery and they say that my battery's health is 90%...
Is that normal? I'm really concerned 'bout that... and i don't know if i have to ask for a guarantee for my new battery.... :confused:
 
nesivapama said:
Hi, I have a Macbook white mid 2010, and i just replaced my battery yesterday. The ppl in the mac store told me to use the initial charge, and when it's done plug it for 4 hours, and i did it. But after i unplugged it, i saw iStat Pro and CoconutBattery and they say that my battery's health is 90%...
Is that normal? I'm really concerned 'bout that... and i don't know if i have to ask for a guarantee for my new battery.... :confused:
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No, 90% health on a brand new battery is not normal. I'd take it back. It is perfectly normal if your battery health (maximum capacity) is more or less than 100%, even when brand new, or if it fluctuates up or down over time, but 90% is too low for brand new. Also, ignore what the store employees told you. Apple recommends that when you first get a Mac (applies also to new batteries), you should fully charge it when you first get it. There is no need to drain it, or to plug it in for a specific period of time, as long as you fully charge it when you first get it.

The link below should answer most, if not all, of your battery/charging questions. If you haven't already done so, I highly recommend you take the time to read it.
 
GGJstudios said:
No, 90% health on a brand new battery is not normal. I'd take it back. It is perfectly normal if your battery health (maximum capacity) is more or less than 100%, even when brand new, or if it fluctuates up or down over time, but 90% is too low for brand new. Also, ignore what the store employees told you. Apple recommends that when you first get a Mac (applies also to new batteries), you should fully charge it when you first get it. There is no need to drain it, or to plug it in for a specific period of time, as long as you fully charge it when you first get it.

The link below should answer most, if not all, of your battery/charging questions. If you haven't already done so, I highly recommend you take the time to read it.
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I have another question, the charger of my macbook is repaired, i mean, the cable had fractured an a electronic engineer repaired for me, and i have been charging my mac with it for almost 1 year and no problem, the damage in the old battery was because my sister used it all the time plugged in.
The repairment of the cable has something with the jump of the new battery from 100% to 90% health ? :confused:
 
491 cycles
38 months
67% health

At what percentage should I get a replacement? I've noticed my old gal isn't lasting as long as she used to :eek:

Edit: Just saw that I'm getting the Service Battery warning. Ruh roh.
 
nesivapama said:
The repairment of the cable has something with the jump of the new battery from 100% to 90% health ? :confused:
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No, the condition of the charger doesn't affect the battery's health.
Boxer757 said:
491 cycles
38 months
67% health

At what percentage should I get a replacement? I've noticed my old gal isn't lasting as long as she used to :eek:

Edit: Just saw that I'm getting the Service Battery warning. Ruh roh.
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The Service Battery indication appears when the battery health drops to 75% or below. Your battery will continue to function with a lower health, but you won't get as much time on a charge. You can get it replaced anytime you choose to.
 
GGJstudios said:
No, the condition of the charger doesn't affect the battery's health.

The Service Battery indication appears when the battery health drops to 75% or below. Your battery will continue to function with a lower health, but you won't get as much time on a charge. You can get it replaced anytime you choose to.
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Thank you! Tomorrow i have an apoinment in the technical service here (Bogotá, Colombia) to make them change my battery.

Why the condition of the charger doesn't affect the battery's health? :confused:
 
Thank You

GGJstudios said:
The battery health is independent of the condition of the charger. If you switch chargers, your battery health remains the same.
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Ok, Thank you very much for your help! :) It is such a huge help for me! I don't want them to say me that they don't change the battery because of the charger.

I was so happy yesterday that they installed my brand new battery, and today it's such an annoying experience.
 
I was in the technical support today and they did tests in front of me, and all the tests said that my battery's health is good, so they won't change it until that test said that it isn't good.

I'm a little upset... but i have nothing more to do... hope that this is just an unaccurate reading and calibrate it.

2 days and 90%... it's unbelieveable... :(
 
Purchased Feb 2011, almost hitting the 1000 mark.
 

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