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BryanLyle

macrumors 6502a
Original poster
Aug 2, 2005
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So, even after a month and a half, if I let my MBA battery completely die, it still takes over 9 hours to fully charge. I thought this was supposed to get better after a while?

Anyone else still experiencing VERY long recharge times?
 

AstroHouse

macrumors member
Mar 20, 2008
91
0
Morada CA
So, even after a month and a half, if I let my MBA battery completely die, it still takes over 9 hours to fully charge. I thought this was supposed to get better after a while?

Anyone else still experiencing VERY long recharge times?

I never experienced recharge times of more than 5 hours even when new. How many cycles does your battery have?
 

BryanLyle

macrumors 6502a
Original poster
Aug 2, 2005
727
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This was a very common complaint when the MBA came out. I was just curious to see if folks who had this problem initially, still had it.
 

Sesshi

macrumors G3
Jun 3, 2006
8,113
1
One Nation Under Gordon
I still have the battery problem. The Sales rep and Genius's responses were that I could return it (or by inference, sell it) if I was unhappy with the charging time, as it is known to take a very long time.

A fourtysomething battery cycle user reported to me that it is notably lower, around what Astrohouse mentioned but I wonder if anyone's been nerdy enough to time the process properly.

Since I stopped using the Air as my main ultraportable the number of cycles gone through in a week (twentysomething the last time I checked) has drastically reduced, so for me to arrive at this supposedly magic number is now probably a long way away.
 

bence8810

macrumors member
Mar 1, 2008
77
0
Tokyo, Japan
I have my week 08 (Japan) MBA for 3 days now, and charging time takes only 4 - 4,5 hours to full capacity. I do have the Cycle counter error though, as it jumps at least 2 or even 3 cycles during a single rundown.

Ben
 

whitlecj

macrumors regular
Mar 31, 2008
105
0
AstroHouse nailed it. 9 hours seems like way to long for me and I am sure Apple will take care of you if call them up.
 

queshy

macrumors 68040
Apr 2, 2005
3,690
4
You should have addressed the problem before your return policy expired. Water under the bridge, though. Call Apple. Good luck.
 
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