>When I do a SMC restart the indicator changes from orange to green for a few seconds and then turns back to orange. you're battery is probably dead. below i s

>When I do a SMC restart the indicator changes from orange to green for a few seconds and then turns back to orange. you're battery is probably dead. below i said i fixed the screen on my mbp that's true but before that i swapped my battery and that's exactly the behavior i saw (staying orange, green->orange after SMC). i used the idea from this video to replace the battery (after ordering on ebay - make sure you get the right one!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fupkPz55tUo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fupkPz55tUo i used a shoe lace (because it was strong enough).