New Battery Not Reading Properly

I just bought a new battery direct from Apple for my 1st generation Macbook Pro, but it's been having trouble reading the levels properly. The highest it'll say it's charged is 4 hours, but when I unplug the adapter after 1 minute it'll say 30-60 minutes was drained, then again the same thing, then sometimes it'll bounce back up to an hour, then drain back down drastically.
I've bought a battery not long before this, but not from Apple. I've read the non original batteries not bought from Apple directly have problems like this. That one was doing the same thing, and after a month it left me with about 15-60 minutes of charge, so I had to keep it pluged into the adapter all the time. So, I figured I buy the OEM battery from Apple this time, but still the same issues. The only difference is the new OEM battery is not overheating like the last battery.

Hi b,
http://www.apple.com/batteries/notebooks.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1490
Also try an SMC Reset: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964

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Manufacturer:          DP
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Pack Lot Code:          0002
PCB Lot Code:          0000
Firmware Version:          102a
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Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes):          10
Display Sleep Timer (Minutes):          10
Automatic Restart On Power Loss:          No
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Wake On LAN:          No
Current Power Source:          Yes
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Display Sleep Timer (Minutes):          2
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jimolson wrote:
I have an iPhone 5 with a 1 year history of good behavior. I recently transferred my Sony-manufactured battery (date code=08/2014) to my daughter's iPhone 5 so that she could make an outbound airplane flight with a functioning phone.
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