I bought my MBP 15” (2017 model) on August 2018.
Currently the battery icon showing “Service Battery”. I’m using the MBP on daily basis and most of the time i’m plugging to the charger. Now the battery showing needed to be service but I’ve use MBP for less than 2 years and my cycle count is only 246. Is there any way to fix it without having it to be replaced?
MacBook Pro 15", macOS 10.14
y_p_w wrote:
"Service Battery" generally means that the capacity has dropped below 80% of nominal capacity. It might also mean that there's an issue with the battery where the system believes it's a good idea to replace, but I believe that often displays as "Replace Now".
You are thinking of "Replace Soon". Actually "Service Battery" means an internal fault has been detected in the battery. Here is a list of the battery conditions:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204054#battery
@leofromkaj, I would certainly replace a faulty battery.
This picture is from another who saw no warnings, but experienced what could be called "catastrophic failure" due to battery issues. If you are concerned about needing to replace the entire logic board as part of battery replacement, take a complete backup before servicing the battery.
I'm not sure what you're asking. You can use the battery as long as you wish in its present condition.
A battery that has become degraded will reduce a Mac's performance, in exactly the same manner in which a degraded iPhone battery will reduce an iPhone's performance.
That’s why I’m asking, is there any other way not to replace it. I used the MBP for less than 2 years and the cycle count is only 246
Do you have coconutBattery installed? That will compare it to the reference new battery capacity for your machine.
"Service Battery" generally means that the capacity has dropped below 80% of nominal capacity. It might also mean that there's an issue with the battery where the system believes it's a good idea to replace, but I believe that often displays as "Replace Now".
If you really don't want to replace it, nobody can make you do it. The big worry would be if there's some condition with the battery where it might be more likely to swell. That would be bad because that's usually damages the logic board components.
Any way to service battery without replacing it for MBP 15"
