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⟐ Commented March 16, 2026 at 8:00 MST

⟐ Answered January 15, 2026 at 15:59 MST

Up until yesterday everything was fine, my Apple Magic Mouse 2 was working correctly on all surfaces.

Suddenly, the Magic mouse has stopped working on most regular surfaces and almost all fabrics (moving the mouse may move the cursor a little bit on these surfaces).

It does work on a transparent nylon, a very soft fabric (EDIT: 100% polyester) and on a leather couch and a specific part of my bare knee. (everything else like touch gestures works).

What is the reason for this? the optical sensor?

I already tried cleaning the optical sensor with a cloth, connecting it to another mac and removing the mouse preferences files with no luck.

Thanks :)

⟐ Commented January 13, 2026 at 7:10 MST

(This was a magic trackpad 2 I was given for work, the battery of which swole during the pandemic, and which I offered to dispose of safely myself. I did this for the battery, but kept the rest of the electronics with the hope of replacing the battery!)

I've attached three photos of the model I have in front of me; isn't arranged like the internals of the one currently on iFixit!

My questions:

• Does anyone have a model that looks like mine?
• Does anyone have tips on how to attach a new battery? (I have an A1542, meant for a Magic Trackpad 2 that looks like the one on iFixit, so it may not work, but nonetheless!)
• Would anyone else be interested in seeing the different internals of this same-model-numbered device?
• Is it possible this is a knockoff? Or a corporate-only version??

The inside of the top/glass — basically only the glass and the touchpad electronics controller.

The inside of the bottom/batter/charging/haptics/lightning port

The model number (A1535) and serial number (that doesn't seem valid with Apple?)

(If these images are too low quality, I'm sure I can post them somewhere else)

⟐ Commented December 27, 2025 at 17:14 MST

One is in perfect condition but will not charge. How do I figure out if it is the battery or the mouse motherboard itself? The external parts of the mouse are in perfect condition.

The other mouse charges but has the top portion separated from the bottom. I opened it up to discover that the pegs that hold the parts together have broken. I tried gluing it back together and the "click" inside the mouse inconsistently works. How should I proceed to repair this?

⟐ Answer edited December 27, 2025 at 14:38 MST

⟐ Answered September 21, 2025 at 8:01 MST

I recognize that this swelling is a potential fire hazard.

Further information: The battery is a TIS 2217-2548 Apple South Asia (Thailand) Limited Product, Lithium Ion Polymer Battery

Another question: Will the Magic Trackpad 2 operate with the battery disconnected or removed as long as it is plugged into my MacBook system?

⟐ Commented August 24, 2025 at 19:24 MST

I found the below article on iFixit to figure it out myself, but am not sure how/if the author can be contacted to get more insight, so I posted here.

I have studied the attached pictures showing the green prong that is attached to the Power Switch, as well as the chip shown to contain whatever trigger is used for powering on/off, to determine what may cause the resistance the switch used to have both ways. However, the image resolution makes it difficult to see how parts interact with each other to power on/off. Does anyone know?

⟐ Commented August 23, 2025 at 0:10 MST

I was using it to browse the web when the scrollball stopped scrolling down. It can still go up, left and right but when I scroll down it goes down and spins but there isn't the usual clicking noise and it doesn't do anything on-screen.

Can I fix it at all?

⟐ Commented August 19, 2025 at 9:14 MST

⟐ Commented August 10, 2025 at 17:04 MST

⟐ Commented August 02, 2025 at 3:12 MST

Thanks guys.

I've just took one apart.

It seems easier than the old Apple pro mouse.

Scrolling works perfectly after clearing out all the dirt around the rollers.

Didn't try the upside down cloth method, as I was looking for a excuse to see the guts of the mighty mouse.

⟐ Commented July 27, 2025 at 9:33 MST

I pulled out my magic mouse 2 last week to use with my laptop.

-Apparently dead

-LEDs on the bottom never turn on

-My guess is that the internal rechargeable battery has died after 2-3 years.

-Since I have nothing to lose, can I open it up and try to swap in a new battery?

-Where do I get a battery for that device?

Thank you,

ron

⟐ Commented June 11, 2025 at 1:20 MST

It sometimes responds to what I did, scrolling, tapping, but usually it’s almost nothing to smoothly control.

I’ve just been expecting this is hardware problem, so what do you think to fix this problem?

Appreciate your help!

⟐ Commented April 26, 2025 at 6:28 MST

This problem occurs when I don't use the MM2 for a long time - 1 week or more (turn on) in the bag.

⟐ Answer accepted February 14, 2025 at 4:29 MST

⟐ Answer edited September 12, 2024 at 7:00 MST

Mine has a serial number but I don't recognise the initial character which according to A.I. is not a unicode character. It looks like a 7 combined with an F. The rest of the serial number is "...821-1988-A"

⟐ Commented September 06, 2024 at 9:42 MST

⟐ Answered August 31, 2024 at 14:22 MST

I think it might have to do with that extractable metal thin plate that sits under where the middle right finger rests (more or less).

⟐ Answered August 10, 2024 at 5:14 MST

Is my battery farcooked? is it worth me replacing it? or should I just switch to a better non Apple wireless mouse???

⟐ Answered July 12, 2024 at 22:28 MST