Blinking battery light when fully charged

My battery light is blinking (low battery power warning) but the battery is fully charged. I installed a brand new battery, left the AC adapter on overnight, and this morning had a blinking battery light. It doesn't seem to be a problem except that I won't be able to tell when the battery really is low? Thoughts anyone?

rahul.bhat wrote:
On buying MBP with retina display, one of the Apple genius in the store advised never overcharge it and till date I am acting upon his advice.
Also, he stated don't put your MBP for continuous charging. Charge it in the same way same as you do for your mobile phone.
Anyways, I'll keep on looking charged status (100% charge) like what I and other iPhone users do.
Actually, I take well care of my belongings and iPhone being a premium product, I raised this concern.
Anyways, Thank you very much for your kind support.
The genius was misinformed. There is no way to over charge an Apple battery powered device. The charging circuits in the device itself will never allow that to happen. Once the battery is fully charged, charging stops no matter what you do or don't do to the device.
BTW, this is not an Apple thing. The over charge protection is actually part of the international engineering standards for smart lithium battery technology.

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Basically, I bought a spare power adapter (genuine Apple 85W MagSafe2) for my new 15" Retina MacBook Pro in a store the other day, to save me lugging my main adapter to and from work all the time.
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I am using iPhone for more than a year now and I enjoy every bit of it.
My question is - Why iOS doesn't notify when iPhone is fully charged? Also, I believe nobody likes to rely on third party app(s) for such notification(s).
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rahul.bhat wrote:
On buying MBP with retina display, one of the Apple genius in the store advised never overcharge it and till date I am acting upon his advice.
Also, he stated don't put your MBP for continuous charging. Charge it in the same way same as you do for your mobile phone.
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Does keeping a macbook pro plugged in even when fully charged damage the battery?

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