Chosen Solution
Replaced old battery with ifixit battery last night. Everything went well, all connections made, everything secure. Only thing that went a bit poorly was getting all the old battery residue off the metal frame with the adhesive remover…. some strips were really too on there and, after a certain point, seeing how much force and mess it would take to get even a little off, I figured I could get by with the amount I already had taken off. Didn’t seem like a problem but now upon reflecting I’m thinking maybe (very small chance I did get it pretty clean and waited more than 40 minutes for the adhesive to evaporate) some adhesive remover could have been absorbed into the strips and that could be whats giving my new battery trouble. Anyway… New battery worked immediately, and I tried to calibrate it. (Shutdown, charge til mag goes green, leave for 2 hours, then drain til dead, leave dead for 5 hours then full recharge.) I got to my second step (mag goes green) and waited two hours. I then tried to use the computer and drain the battery sans charger but found it in the following state: Battery essentially registering as deadUnplugged from charger and power button pushed, display lights up with “connect and charge battery” iconPlugged in to charger and power button pushed, display lights up with “connected to charger but in need of enough battery to start up” icon it just stays in this state perpetuallyUnplugged, computer makes no noisePlugged in, (even without power button pushed), fans make repetitive whooshing sound on a low speed. It’s like the computer is trying to start again every 2 seconds, it can’t, then the fans stop, then it trys to start again with the fans coming on, etc… it sound like breathing. On/off, on/off, on/off, ever 2 seconds or so. This also occurs while the “connected to charger but in need of enough battery to start up” icon is showing after the power button is pushed. An hour goes by and it still shows the same icon after being plugged in. In the unplugged from charger state, nothing has worked to get a response from the computer (did SMC & PRAM reset) In the plugged in to charger state… nothing has worked to get a response from the computer (did SMC & PRAM reset) THE ONLY THING THAT DOES ANYTHING AT THIS POINT IS IF: I remove the bottomUnplug the battery connectionHold down the power button for 10 secondsPlug in the charger while I’m holding the power button for another 10 secondsThen when the computer turns on and at this point I can use it, disregarding it is in a bottomless state and the fans run very fastI also followed pram and smc reset instructions when I had just turned the computer on in this state I then introduced the battery again after all this and a shut down with no luck… same issues as before with charger plugged in and charger unplugged. Someone please help! Did I get a bad battery? Is there something I’m not thinking about doing that I should. I’m at the point of attempting to do something I read I could do but would be “dangerous”. Essentially repeat the same thing I did with the unplugged battery and power bottom held, charger goes in, computer starts, but then I plug in the battery as the computer starts. Seems risky but if anyone can attest to something like this working for them I might try it. Any help appreciated! Thank you in advance!
