![]() ![]() And the LED battery life indicator light (on the left side of the MBP) wouldn't turn on to show me its level, only unless it was plugged in. Maybe it was a manufacturing defect on RayHom's end. Also a few other things that bothered me is that one of the screws that bolt it down wouldn't go in, while the other screw had no issues. ![]() I had received the battery completely discharged shipped to me. I didn't want to leave my MBP plugged in for 12 to 24 hours, especially unattended with the risk of causing an explosion or a fire if iit's indeed a faulty battery. Also when I had it installed into the MBP and plugged in recharging, it was only two hours in and it had only reached 6% charged. ![]() I had ordered one from Amazon back then, a RayHom brand, but had returned it after I read a few reviews of it exploding or causing other problems. So, after upgrading my RAM from 4 GB to 16 GB a few months ago, I am still actively looking for a battery replacement. I plan on upgrading my hard drive to a SSD or a 1 TB HDD next. For the record, the battery has not begun swelling yet, it takes awhile to recharge but runs down to near 15% within an hour from "full charge."īy the way, I also intend on keeping and using my MacBook Pro for another decade or at lesst 5 more years. It still works but it tells me to "Service Battery" and I intend on doing so. It still has the original battery when I purchased it from the Apple Store in early 2011 for college, and it has undergone numerous repairs and parts replacement, except for the battery. It's a mid-2010 13 inch unibody model, non-retina version. Hey everyone, so I got a (possibly common) dilemma regarding replacing my battery in my aging MBP. ![]()
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