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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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Installed a replacement battery, but still says service recommended!

I just replaced my bloated old factory battery with a new iFixit replacement battery, but my computer is still saying Battery Service Recommended. I have tried both the battery calibration steps and an SMC reset (though i’m not sure I found the exact steps for my model) and it still hasn’t gone away, is there another way to reset it?

If not, will that affect the performance of my computer? I don’t know that I fully understand how it works, but my fear is that the system will continue to throttle itself down if it thinks the battery is still having the same issues.

Here is the Coconut Battery report, It looks like the computer still thinks its the original battery. I will also add that the new battery seems to be dying more quickly than it should, with very little workload.

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Let’s get a better view of things, install this gem of an app! CoconutBattery take a snapshot of the apps main window and post it here for us to see Adding images to an existing question

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@danj done! sorry for the lack of info, meant to add pictures originally

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Sorry to say this battery is bad ;-{

Contact iFixit for a warranty exchange.

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