A1708(Fn-Key Macbook) screen will work with your model, however it will glitch during boot, there will be no truetone and no keyboard backlight on butterfly models (yours).
Also on any OS newer than Catalina it will have dim backlight, approx 50% lower than normal.
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if you get screen for free or really cheap, it worth trying to install A1708 and patch EDID(this will fix Brightness issue but not ALS / TT / Keybouard BL ):
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if you get screen for free or really cheap, it worth trying to install A1708 and patch EDID(this will fix Brightness issue but not ALS / TT / Keyboard BL ):
@danj Please do not delete this comment, This does not violate any rules and does not intended to offend you.
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@jlaffin
A1708(Fn-Key Macbook) screen will work with your model, however it will glitch during boot, there will be no truetone and no keyboard backlight on butterfly models (yours).
Also on any OS newer than Catalina it will have dim backlight, approx 50% lower than normal.
if you get screen for free or really cheap, it worth trying to install A1708 and patch EDID(this will fix Brightness issue but not ALS / TT / Keybouard BL ):
@danj Please do not delete this comment, This does not violate any rules and does not intended to offend you.
@jlaffin
A1708(Fn-Key Macbook) screen will work with your model, however it will glitch during boot, there will be no truetone and no keyboard backlight on butterfly models (yours).
Also on any OS newer than Catalina it will have dim backlight, approx 50% lower than normal.
if you get screen for free or really cheap, it worth trying to install A1708 and patch EDID(this will fix Brightness issue but not ALS / TT / Keybouard BL ):
https://github.com/waydabber/BetterDisplay#readme