Battery expanded and cracked casing?

My macbook is now about a year out of warranty (i extended to three years but it is now expired) this past week i noticed the casing by my right palm looked slightly bloated. I researched and found that it is the battery expanding. I stopped using it but only a few days later it has completely cracked the casing by the right palm rest.
Is this covered under some sort of warranty? Ive never haf anything like this happen.
Thank you!

Better to get it to an Apple service provider asap before too much damage can occur and they can advise if it is covered for warranty repair.
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Definitely see a doctor.
If the phone was under warranty, make an appointment at the genius bar. Actually, you can do that even if it wasn't under warranty (and probably should).
FWIW, nearly every documented case of this happening can be traced to liquid damage or a botched 3rd party repair.

Restoring photos from iphone 3G the battery expanded and broke apart the phone can I still get my pictures back?!

SO my iphone 3G is just really messed up over time I saw it expanding but didn't think of it until last week when I looked at it and it was completely wide apart I'm so frustrated. Is there anyway I can restore my pictures or is there a small chip where all the pictures go to on the phone so I can take it in and get my photos back. Is there anyway I can get my photos back it's like the battery of the phone expanded and tore it apart.

If the device has been used as designed, the user would have been regularly copying them from the device to the computer as with any digital camera.
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Battery expanded and burst open-What caused this?

Hello,
I have an early 2008 MacBook Pro. It still had the original battery in it which a few months ago started expanding. At first I thought it wasn't a big deal but later on it started getting much bigger until the actual casing of the battery popped open. Unfortunately it was installed so slightly pressed into my case where it seems the keyboard slightly raised up.
I went to OWC's website and purchased a new battery for this laptop. It's in there now and seems to be working fine. The keyboard seems to be okay also and my laptop is working perfectly normal.
My question is what caused it? Was it some type of defect or just an old battery? I actually have 3 images that were taken of this battery. The concern I have mostly is will it happen again? I don't want to damage my laptop. Is it possible fan related? I think I can hear the fan running but it doesn't seem to be very loud so I thought maybe one fan (if there's more than one) went out or maybe it's not running as fast as it should. Would this be a fan issue or something else that needs to be fixed? I have thought of making a Genius Bar appointment to have Apple check it out but of course if it's nothing wrong with it I'd rather avoid the appointment since it's a long drive to my nearest Genius Bar.
Thanks in advance for your help.

The battery was old and it failed completely. That is not that unusual. Next time that you detect that occurring, replace the battery immediately. If your MBP is working properly, there should be no problem and a trip to the genius bar is not warranted for that particular issue.
Ciao.
A battery in a 2008 MBP should be good for up to 300 cycles, sometime more, usually less.
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Battery expanding out of its casing after only 2 years of normal use.

Has anyone experienced a battery expanding out of its casing after only 2 years of normal use? Apple (Genius Bar) state that batteries for Macbooks are only guaranteed for 1 year, and I'm not happy with that answer. I do not have Applecare. I'm not sure where to take my complaint?
Thanks.

You can get a battery for about $33 on eBay
Black Batteries http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=macbook+black+battery&_sacat=0&LH_BIN=1&_sop=12 &_dmpt=Laptop_Batteries&_odkw=macbook+white+battery&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3286.c0. m 270.l1313
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Or for $129 from Apple http://store.apple.com/us/product/MA566LL/A?mco=MTY3ODQ5OTY

MacBook Pro Battery overheating and expanding

I purchased a MacBook Pro three years ago and have not had any problems with it. However, during the last month the battery has been getting very hot. And within the last week or two, the battery cover has been expanding and coming loose. I'm guessing that the battery needs to be replaced. But at the moment I don't have the funds to purchase a new one. Can I still run the laptop with the AC power connected and the battery out of the computer? Or will this hurt the laptop?

It's perfectly safe for your hardware to run without the battery. You should be aware however that should there be even the briefest interruption of power, you will lose anything you might be working on if you have not saved it.
Your MacBook will also run at nearly half its normal speed if you use it with the battery removed:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2332
Regardless of the two issues raised above, you should not continue to use your machine with that battery installed. It is possible for the expanding battery to create enough upwards pressure to damage the logic board or to cause trackpad/keyboard problems.

My old iPhone 3GS battery just burned and cracked open

This morning i found my old iPhone 3GS on the sofa with the battery burned and the case cracked open. I am happy that the sofa did not burn, too.
It wasn't connected to the charger. The battery was possibly empty. It lied there already for a while.
Do you know if there's a warranty plan is such extraordinarily cases? I know the phone's old. But it shouldn't start to burn on the sofa.

Apple's hotline robot first told me i had to pay 35 € in advance in order to tell them about the problem. I tried it anyway. The guy on the phone told me that in this case they'll talk to me without Apple Care. Unfortunately they only proposed a repair option for 160 €.
He couldn't tell me what would have happened when the phone had burned the sofa. Anyway i'll now will give my old iPhones to recycling and not display them in the shelf. Poor old first gen iPhone.

Does the 1 year warranty cover a crack between the front and back casing?

Does the 1 year warranty cover a crack between the front and back casing?

No, I don't think so if it's through mishandling.

Two days before my iphone 5 battery was expand and display screen came out and now there has some gap between frame and display.so how it will happen and i already got before months.now i need to backup all the data to icloud before through out.

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Make an appointment at the genius bar of your local Apple Store. The phone has a 1 year warranty. If it's no longer under warranty, a replacement is $269.

My battery on my macbook pro has expanded and disformed...

I took the laptop in to The Apple shop here in France.. And they told me that it is designed to expand like this.. Unfortunately its expanded so much it might of damaged the laptop!! This cant be normal.
Please advise me on what to do, besides buy a new battery which of course i will have to do.

It's not normal at all - in fact, if the battery continues to expand it can make your trackpad and other 'parts' unusable.
Get into an Apple Store or AASP and get that battery out and have a new battery installed as soon as possible.
Clinton

My MacBook Pro blacks-out when I plug in any USB device. It then doesn't start up until I open the bottom casing and reconnect the battery connector and start it up again. Why is this happening and how do I fix it?

what could be the possible causes for this?
Also, when it is at its blackout stage, the macbook charger flashes dim orange lights.

Apple Does Not recommend that. Please Read.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1490
From that article
"Portables with built-in batteries"
Current Apple portable computer batteries are pre-calibrated and do not require the calibration procedure outlined in this article. These computers use batteries that should be replaced only by an Apple Authorized Service Provider.
MacBook
MacBook (13-inch, Late 2009) and later
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MacBook Air (all models)
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MacBook Pro with Retina display (all models)
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009) and later
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2009) and later
MacBook Pro (17-inch, Early 2009) and later
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Allan Mac wrote:
Apple recommend calibrating the battery when you buy a new Macbook and then every few months, or monthly if it used on mains all the time. This, as Apple says is to keep the battery operating at maximum efficiency. When the battery discharges and shuts the macbook down, it still has reserve power for a good number of hours. There is also a logic board battery to hold various settings.
I rather think I will take Apples advice on using their equipment not yours, but I would be intrigued to discover what is it you know that Apple doesnt about its batteries?
Allan

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All of the posts and complaints on the apple forum and elsewhere seem to point to a design fault. However throughout all this I have been mislead by apple support staff constantly who all say different things, I have virtually been accused of lying by denying that my ipad received any kind of impact by apple staff and I have been left feeling incredibly frustrated and upset by the total lack of any kind of real help by Apple. All this despite being acomplet apple user in my business for the last 25 years, where I have never come across this attitude towards me as a customer before.
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If it was a refurb replacing one that was under warranty, the warrany is good until the original warranty expires or 90 days from replacement, whichever is longer. In either event, it should still be covered if you've only had it for a month. (assuming you're in the US here). You can try to restore it as a NEW device rather than restoring from your backup, but this sounds like a hardware failure... I think. I'm not sure what you mean by "the top half of the screen slides". If you mean only the top half is touch sensitive, how can you determine that? You wouldn't be able to slide to unlock if that were the case...
Sorry, I'm a little confused by that description.

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Well, most of what you did is black magic, and has nothing to do with battery drain. But we have no way of knowing how your battery life is below what you think it should be. What are you using it for, what apps do you have, and how much Usage life do you get (settings/general/usage).

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If this is still happening have you contacted APPLE support with the problem (same question to other posters).
If it is always after a certain length of time with active use - it may be overheating causing wear and tear on internal components.
Or - a bug in the software is causing sudden replay of what you just did.
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I never heard about the Macbook recall for cracked casing along the bottom of the keyboard. Is it too late to get it fixed?

I never heard about the Macbook recall for cracked casing along the bottom of the keyboard. Is it too late to get it fixed?

I realise maybe your personal issue was sorted, but it may help others:
I took my wife's 3-year old Macbook into the genius bar yesterday expecting to pay for a new casing, but was told there was still an extended warranty for Macbook plastic case (provided up to 5 years old and no signs of abuse)
They will replace the top case and screen bezel at no cost, which I think is excellent service.

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