MacBook Pro will not come out of deep sleep unless plugged in

Has anyone had trouble with this? My MacBook Pro (fall 2012) won't wake up from deep sleep unless I plug it in even if the battery is fully charged. It will take it a while to wake up, and then it shows an X in the battery icon for several minutes even when I know the battery is at or near 100%. It eventually shows the percentage and I can unplug it.
I've tried calling support, but the man I talked to didn't really get what I was saying. He kept offering me solutions that didn't really fit my problem. I thought he'd finally understood, and I was supposed to call back after trying a couple of things, but then I got an email from him saying he'd figured out my problem and I didn't need to call back. My MacBook Pro was going into deep sleep, and deep sleep is totally normal. Uh, yeah. I know. That's not the problem. It won't wake up is the problem.
Running 10.8.4
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Diana

Here's what I've tried so far.
Reset SMC
Reset PRAM
Repair permissions
Boot in Safe Mode
Deleted Power Management plist file
Changed screensaver (worked for someone in the discussions forum)
Adjusted Startup/Wake time in Energy Saver (also worked for someone)
Update firmware with 1.8 (suggested for my machine)
Updated to 10.8.5
Downloaded Smart Sleep--set it to Sleep only, thought it was working for a few days, but machine would not wake up again yesterday and today
Just read about locking the Energy Saver today so will try that.
Mine seems to be connected to the power cord for some reason. I always have to plug it in to wake it up from deep sleep. Then it wakes up ok. The problem isn't awful since I rarely take it with me, but it just shouldn't be happening. My older MacBookPro (2010) never has this problem, but it's still running Leopard.
I have a Genius Bar appt. in a couple of days.

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