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Macbook Pro 15 2015 Battery won't charge?

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Storaro

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Feb 22, 2015
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I have a 2015 Macbook Pro 15 that has been lying around the house for an year without using it. The battery had fully discharged, and now it does not want to charge at all, stays at 0%, saying I should replace the battery. The battery has done only 70 cycle.

Obviously the charger works, because the mac runs on it. I tried the SMC restart a couple of times, nothing changed.
It has been a mistake of mine to not use it or charge it for an year, but I've had plenty of laptops from other brands that had not been touched for even longer periods of time, no battery problems.

So is replacing the battery my only choice at that point?
 
Storaro said:
I have a 2015 Macbook Pro 15 that has been lying around the house for an year without using it. The battery had fully discharged, and now it does not want to charge at all, stays at 0%, saying I should replace the battery. The battery has done only 70 cycle.

Obviously the charger works, because the mac runs on it. I tried the SMC restart a couple of times, nothing changed.
It has been a mistake of mine to not use it or charge it for an year, but I've had plenty of laptops from other brands that had not been touched for even longer periods of time, no battery problems.

So is replacing the battery my only choice at that point?
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It does seem like it is the only thing you can do, maybe it's a logic board issue but it's probably cheaper to just change the battery. 2015 15" had a recall for its battery, check to see if your serial number is part of it.
 
The battery is nuked. Best guess is you have one of the defective ones and the system has determined that it is unsafe to charge (long periods of discharge are also bad, so it could have contributed as well.) But...I believe your MBP is potentially covered under a battery replacement program, so you might be able to get a free battery replacement along with a new keyboard.

15-inch MacBook Pro Battery Recall Program - Apple Support

15-inch MacBook Pro Battery Recall Program
support.apple.com
 
Unfortunately, it says it is not one of the affected ones. Really frustrating to be honest
 
Have you tried turning off the macbook and just leaving it plugged in for an extended period of time? Like say 12 hours? lithium batteries that have been discharged for long periods of time can be recovered with a trickle charge. This is not always successful though.
 
You could try disconnecting the power cable when it’s off. Leave it for half an hour then plug it back in and leave it again overnight, turned off.

does not sound like it’s recoverable though.
 
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