Jeff Graw
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As best I understand the worst thing you can do for a modern battery powered device is put it away for a while with a low battery such that it eventually drains to absolute zero charge.
It was fully charged when I stopped using it around August-September. Stored at room temperature throughout. So theoretically, shouldn't be any worse off (should actually be better off) than some device sitting in a box waiting to be bought by a consumer.
Since I may have a reason to use it again soon, I charged it overnight beforehand. I didn't try turning it on before charging. It actually would have been plugged in for about ~30h or maybe even a bit longer. Standard charger too, not high power.
It looks like I can get it to turn on briefly while it's plugged into USB for charging, but then it shuts off either immediately, or if I'm lucky after 30s or so. If I unplug the USB connection it turns off immediately. When it's on, it shows all the bars lit up on the battery indicator, except the last bar which is blinking.
Maybe it finished charging and stopped drawing power, but something else causes it to discharge after that so that it gets bricked if you leave it plugged in for too long? Weird how the readout is showing something close to a full charge though.
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