Did I get a prototype MagSafe battery pack from Apple retail?

[alee]

EVT = Engineering Validation Test in manufacturing... done early before mass production begins.

What does your Settings > General > About > MagSafe Battery Pack say for "Hardware Version"?

 

[robotica]

Could be quite the collectors piece if they don't all say that!

 

[Rafterman]

Mine says that too. I don't think it means that.

 

[alee]

Mine says that too. I don't think it means that.

Those are definitely reserved letters that nobody would use for manufacturing - may have been a mistake that nobody updated that field prior to mass production.

At least I'm not the only one!

 

[Shadowbech]

Those are definitely reserved letters that nobody would use for manufacturing - may have been a mistake that nobody updated that field prior to mass production.

At least I'm not the only one!

Mine clearly does not have that. Must be prototype

 

[alee]

Mine clearly does not have that. Must be prototype

What hardware version does yours show?

 

[Shadowbech]

What hardware version does yours show?

 

[alee]

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Weird, yours is missing a lot of info.

 

[Shadowbech]

Weird, yours is missing a lot of info.

Probably but i think thats normal

 

[NoGood@Usernames]

Did you remove the serial number before posting, or is that line actually blank? If it’s actually blank, I would think that could lean toward you actually having an EVT unit vs that field not being properly updated before release. Though that’s just my 2¢…no actual insight.

 

[alee]

Did you remove the serial number before posting, or is that line actually blank? If it’s actually blank, I would think that could lean toward you actually having an EVT unit vs that field not being properly updated before release. Though that’s just my 2¢…no actual insight.

I removed the serial... it's not blank.

 

[profmjh]

Mine says EVT2. Ordered from the UK.

 

[Meggb17]

EVT = Engineering Validation Test in manufacturing... done early before mass production begins.

What does your Settings > General > About > MagSafe Battery Pack say for "Hardware Version"?

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Mine says the exact same as yours 🙃

 

[waigx]

I have the exact the same hw/fw version as the screenshot.

 

[Apleeseed84]

US purchase, mine only has 3 lines so far.

 

[webbuzz]

Weird, yours is missing a lot of info.

Mine was the same the first time I checked. Same hardware version as you.

 

[alee]

Looks like not an anomaly. That hardware version probably wasn’t set in the factory. Guess we’ll see if some mysterious firmware update for the battery pack fixes it.

 

[FTheo67]

Got mine in France and I also have the EVT2 hardware version

I thought I had a prototype for a second but if so much people have it, it must be a mistake or a bug of some sort

 

[Shadowbech]

Looks like not an anomaly. That hardware version probably wasn’t set in the factory. Guess we’ll see if some mysterious firmware update for the battery pack fixes it.

Maybe the EU gets this? I"m in the US and I only see 3 info's not the other ones like the one you posted.

 

[alee]

Maybe the EU gets this? I"m in the US and I only see 3 info's not the other ones like the one you posted.

I’m US. I am on 14.7. Are you on the beta?

 

[DeanL]

I’m in Canada, and under the iOS 15 beta. Mine shows EVT2 as well.

 

[Wackery]

Apple sells subpar, unfinished prototype products as ‘retail’.

EVTGATE you heard it here first

 

[Aboo]

US version here and says EVT2 also.

 

[ZS88]

Ordered mine from Apple in US and mine says EVT2

 

[mbirth]

Same here, bought from Apple Germany.

I've also found out there are battery packs with:

• Firmware Version: 2.5.b.0
• Hardware Version: 1.0.0

And, that there's a firmware update to 2.5.11.0 out. But my EVT2 model still has 2.0.2c.0 and doesn't want to update, it seems.