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Faulty Ifixit Battery stuck in MacBook air mid 13! Help!

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it is my second ifixit job and it is not going well so far… I bought a battery on the IFIX EU website. I did not force its entry. Then apple diagnostics said it was not working properly and customer service sent me a new one. Now, on opening the lid, I realized the plastic pull tab was not holding anything anymore. I can not possibly remove the battery by pulling it towards me, as it will just show the cables more. I am completely lost.

What do you think I could do?

Thanks for your help.

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Yes the pull tab can pull off the cable harness! Not to fear, this is not a big problem!

You’ll need to wedge between the walls of the base connector and the cable connector (blue line) with a straight bladed screw driver from both sides slowly pulling the connector out.

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Hi Dan, thanks so much!! I did it and it worked!!! I switched the battery with the replacement. Strange thing is that Apple diagnostics still detects a problem with it, though nothing appears wrong with coconut battery. I am calibrating right now. Is Apple diagnostics reliable do you think? Should I get a second replacement from Ifixit?

Thanks for your reply!

Cheers!

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Lets do this after you've charged the new battery lets see how it looks after using it for an hour or so. Take a snapshot of the main window of CoconutBattery and paste it here for us to see Adding images to an existing question

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Dan, you're awesome! Thanks for taking the time :-) I have calibrated my MBA, scores and status are good with coconutB (new pic above). However, there is still this pesky Apple Diagnostics that says that battery must be checked (code: PPT004). And it seems the battery is running quite fast (see the pics above, after 1h30 of netflix + programs on background + brightness on high).

What do you think I should do? Thanks and happy Monday!

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The IFIXIT battery is 3rd party so the diagnostics will point that out. This is to be expected.

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Thanks Dan! So you think that 20% of battery life is ok given what I have done in 1h30?

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