MacBook Pro Charging Issues

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I have been loving my MacBook Pro 13 2020, but I am having a problem with charging.

A few times I ran the battery down, not noticing it wasn’t charging, though it was plugged in. I suspected my third party charging brick and went back to the original Apple one. That didn’t help. I went back to the original Apple charging cable. I tried unplugging and plugging back in. I have tried charging with all four ports. The only thing that works for a little while is to restart the computer.

It last, maybe a day before it goes into ‘not charging’ mode again.
Does anyone have any suggestions?

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Might be time to make an appt with a genius.

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I would if I could, but Houston is locked down right now.

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Have you tried resetting the SMC (system management controller)? I’ve seen recommendations to also reset PRAM (parameter RAM) when you do SMC.
I would suggest you do SMC first, see if that fixes it.

Look at support.apple.com/en-Au/HT201295

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Thanks for the idea. I will try that. I used to do that from time to time on my MacBook 12, when the keyboard stopped working.

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Wanted to add that it is important you get the latest instructions on resetting SMC. Link I included doesn’t work, so just google HT201295. Your Macbook Pro has a T2 chip and instructions changed for these. Some online tech publications don’t include the updated steps.

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+1 on this. Charging is software controlled so it might recover with an smc reset.

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@Bgeeoz, @nickapos, Thanks guys sorry I have been so long on thanking you. It took a few resets and a OS update before the trouble went away.

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