Battery Icon says: Service Battery

[IIIORIsDude]

Since Dec of 2012, I've had battery service popping up on my battery icon. Back then, I called apple care and they walked me through resetting the SMC, it resolved the problem but at least once a month, that warning shows up. It just did before I wrote this thread. I reset the SMC and now it's gone, should I be worried?

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Depends on the age of the battery.
Download coconutBattery and make a screenshot and attach it to your next post.

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This should answer most, if not all, of your battery questions:
Apple Notebook Battery FAQ by GGJstudios
The F.A.Q. includes the following topics:

• BATTERY INFORMATION
• BATTERY LIFE FROM A CHARGE
• AC POWER
• CALIBRATION
• BATTERY LIFESPAN
• CHECKING STATUS AND HEALTH
• CHARGING
• WHAT IS A CYCLE?
• BATTERIES ARE NOT COVERED
• BULGING OR SWELLING BATTERY

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[Brian Y]

You need a new battery is what it's telling you. If it's

- under warranty
- significantly less than 1000 charge cycles

It'll be free. Otherwise you'll be looking at £100 ish.

 

[IIIORIsDude]

Depends on the age of the battery.
Download coconutBattery and make a screenshot and attach it to your next post.

______________________________________________________
This should answer most, if not all, of your battery questions:
Apple Notebook Battery FAQ by GGJstudios
The F.A.Q. includes the following topics:

• BATTERY INFORMATION
• BATTERY LIFE FROM A CHARGE
• AC POWER
• CALIBRATION
• BATTERY LIFESPAN
• CHECKING STATUS AND HEALTH
• CHARGING
• WHAT IS A CYCLE?
• BATTERIES ARE NOT COVERED
• BULGING OR SWELLING BATTERY

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Hope this helps!

 

[Erasmus]

Take it to an Apple genius, and be really nice. If you have Applecare, you should be able to get a new battery. If not, you might get one for free anyway if they like you.

 

[Brian Y]

Hope this helps!

If your machine is under warranty, you will get a free replacement battery

 

[jamesjingyi]

My 2006 BlackBook did that... I replaced the battery... 4 months later it said the same thing.... I took it back and they gave me a new battery... 2 weeks later the battery swelled and broke the keyboard on top and broke the bottom cover (how I didn't notice, idk but haha ). They gave me a new bottom and a new battery... Then it happened again... Then they gave me a new White MacBook Unibody... And let me keep the BlackBook... Win Now I'm back on the original battery and now the BlackBook lives on the desk and the White one was sold for £560

Pretty good for £100 (price of the new battery)... But then probably cost me £200 in petrol getting there...