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Apple's 2016 revision to their laptop lineup targeted at professional users. Features a 15-inch, 2880-by-1800 Retina display, quad-core Intel Core i7, 256 GB / 512 GB /1 TB / 2TB storage options, 16 GB RAM, and a keyboard equipped with a Touch Bar. Released November 2016. Features Model A1707.

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Did I just spend $139 on a replacement battery that won't charge?

So I just went through the lengthy process or replacing my swollen MacBookPro 15 batteries and everything looked great. Powered it back up and it recognized the new battery so all was good. In accordance with iFixit’s instructions I used it down to 10% (it was originally 26% on installation) without the power supply and then plugged in the PSU. After a restart an hour later I’m getting the X in the battery menubar and it’s telling me my new battery needs servicing - it’s at 1% ! Has anyone experienced this? Did I get a duff battery? Do I need to reset the system somehow? How do I contact iFixit regarding this? Any help would be gratefully appreciated.

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Just found this! Apple Offering Free Battery Replacements for 2016-2017 MacBook Pros That Can't Charge Past 1%

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iFixit replied offering to send out a new battery however, after 6 hours of the brand new battery reading 1% charge, and telling me it needed servicing… and several SMB resets which did nothing… it only sprang to life after I upgraded the OS (by chance) from MacOS 11.2 to 11.2.1. It rebooted at 46% charge and then charged up fine. All good.

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