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MacBook Pro Battery Exchange

Multimedia, coconutbattery was showing an above-capacity for my battery as well.... when it was new. I did nothing to it. It has gone down since...

Current Battery Charge: 5084 mAh
Maximum Battery Charge: 5089 mAh

99%

Current Battery Capacity: 5089 mAh
Original Battery Capacity: 5500 mAh

92%

Battery-Loadcycles: 49
Age of your Mac: 6 Months
 
Juan Moro said:
Since yesterday my Macbook (just plain white, not Pro) doesn't totally charge its battery (it stays at 96% aprox) and has shut down four times!
I had it for three months and haven't had any problem at all until yesterday.

Recent changes: boot camp, and some apps, but none of them was active...
It has crashed while using Front Row, opening Word, idle, and web surfing.

What would you do?

Juan
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Try running the battery all the way down and charging it all the way up
 
Well I just got my a new battery from apple just last week. I guess was part of the reason for the "recall" :)
 
Some people just don't like to read...

Apple said:
After serial number verification, a new battery will be shipped to you, free of charge. When you receive the replacement battery, please use the same shipping packaging and included prepaid shipping label to return the recalled battery to Apple.

It is important that you return the affected battery to Apple so that the battery can be properly recycled.
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Kingsly said:
Well, Im covered by the recall... I never noticed anything wrong... but they're not saying what to look for either!
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it says that the batteries do not meet Apple's high standards or something.


Kingsly said:
Some people just don't like to read...
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but it says so it can be properly recycled
looks like you just dont like to read, i would happily see to it that it is recycled properly when i'm finished with it, i'd just like to hang on to it for now. considering it does not pose a safety risk.
 
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Yes, I re-calibrate monthly as suggested.
No, the battery never reaches 100% charge (93% if I'm lucky). This is more like a 25% loss over the 53 cycles.
Yes, I follow all the recommended battery performance guides.
 
I thought I was OK untill I checked mine out with CoconutBattery
 

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ender78 said:
I thought I was OK untill I checked mine out with CoconutBattery
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It looks like you've only discharged your battery 7 times in 7 months... I try and discharge and recharge my battery a couple times each week.

I wonder if this effects performance of the battery?
 
Multimedia said:
Is there any utilities or techniques that can rejuvinate batteries so they regain capacity? Or is this a case by case difference among batteries that can't be fixed?
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All batteries are different, so there is only so much that software can do. Charing the battery to its max, draining the battery completely and then charging it up again can help.


Multimedia said:
Is there a practice that makes some batteries lose maximum capacity more rapidly htan other practices? IE Can you overdrain the battery before re-charging to cause damage to its capacity? Or under drain it before recharging it too soon?
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No, your 'book takes care of all the charging things. If it doesn't you'll find out really fast ;). However, if you leave your laptop connected to the A/C all the time then it won't allow the battery to discharge and over time it forgets how much it can hold, plus crystals form inside the battery, reducing the amount of power you can get out of it.

Multimedia said:
Coconut Battery reports my 35 month old PB battery as only 59% capacity since it left the factory:

2505 max vs. 4200 originally

Did I do something wrong to make this loss happen? I've only cycled this battery 35 times in 35 months.
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See above.

I've used my battery quite heavily and it is doing great.
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Interestingly enough, the percentage seems to fluctuate over time.
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To keep the battery in this condition I calibrated it when I first bought it. Then, during school, the battery was drained to ~50% every day. It was charged up to maximum when I returned home. So that's is about 1/2 a charge cycle a day, and about a full cycle every two days. Weekends usually saw small usage on the battery.

When it was new I could get 5:30. Now I get about 5 hours. That's all assuming brightness down, WiFi/BT off, Max. Battery profile, etc.
 

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rolandf said:
Over the last couple of month Apple just continuously lowered its quality, and all the people seem to be happy, as they are getting the PC feeling
on their Delltosh computers, and the best, you can even run MS on it natively.


Tiger as it came out, was half-finished, the PRO computers making a lot of trouble, although 1000? Engineers working somewhere in the background on it, plugging in `power-efficient' chips.

Curious to see what the near future will bring. As it stands now, Apple is conveying the picture of the time when the barbarian tribes moved into ancient Rome.
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Troll. ~sigh~
 
Xander562 said:
but it says so it can be properly recycled
looks like you just dont like to read, i would happily see to it that it is recycled properly when i'm finished with it, i'd just like to hang on to it for now. considering it does not pose a safety risk.
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People were asking if they need to send it back and Im saying yes, it does according to Apple's site.
 
I just placed two orders for my MBP and my mother's MBP... maybe we will see improved battery life? I never had a problem with system shutdowns, so we will see what comes of this recall.
 
Good, now maybe they will return my battery without me scheduling time at a ******** genius bar or sending my entire laptop back. Excuase my language, I am just super pissed about how the stores handle support.

The orginal battery I got with my 15" has been dead for ages.
 

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Well, I just submitted the form even though my battery hasn't shown any sign of a problem.

It would suck if the replacement turned out not to be as good as the original.

Still, its hard to refuse a free battery. :)
 
I just signed up for the new battery - figure I'll hold onto my old one for a period of time to insure that the new one performs as well or better. I haven't had significant issues with my battery, but it doesn't seem to hold a charge (even though capacity seems okay) for more than about 2 to 2 1/2 hours, despite reasonable battery-life practices.

As for returning the old battery ever - I suppose I'll see if they bug me about returning it after a month or so. If I don't hear anything, I'll likely just hold onto it as a spare. If they're just going to destroy it, why waste it?
 
emw said:
As for returning the old battery ever - I suppose I'll see if they bug me about returning it after a month or so. If I don't hear anything, I'll likely just hold onto it as a spare. If they're just going to destroy it, why waste it?
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my thoughts exactly, i think i'll do this as well, i mean, they have my email, address, AND phone number, you'd think they could contact me about it.
 
maybe i'll eventually send it back when my old battery starts to show weird symptoms. This way, Apple can "properly recyle" my old and used up battery. At the present time, my battery is behaving perfectly and having it sent back to Apple to have it recycled just seems like a waste.
 
So its not unsafe to keep my old battery as a backup,perhaps charged every month for those times I might need to keep a second battery. Its just that it will likelyloose its max charge over time and it may cause lockups...
 
Mine ist also in for exchange at the moment - before the Program was announced... Also had the random shutdowns, etc., capacity was down at 500 something mAh...

Man - they exchanged my PB for the Macbook Pro because it was faulty, and now that has issues too - what's up with apple? Both needed a battery replacement (besides lots of other things with the PB, and some with the MBP). :mad:

I still wouldn't switch back :rolleyes:

Jojo
 
emw said:
As for returning the old battery ever - I suppose I'll see if they bug me about returning it after a month or so. If I don't hear anything, I'll likely just hold onto it as a spare. If they're just going to destroy it, why waste it?
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i dont know what "good battery use" practices are but i believe im doing alright. my battery does meet the recall and it seems to be doing pretty good for the 110 cycles its been through. ive watched a lot of movies on just the battery, so i'll drain it to the reserve almost weekly if not for than twice a week.

anyway im pretty excited im getting a free (new) battery

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