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Charge 6 bricked (or it seems so)

‎05-11-2024 16:58 - edited ‎05-11-2024 17:02

‎05-11-2024 16:58 - edited ‎05-11-2024 17:02

It happened today. I put it on a charger and it rebooted (diamond logo) and the display went black. Doesn't respond to touches nor pressing the button. Display isn't broken as it comes to live if I try to send new clockface (then shows the progress bar). It still syncs and shows live HR in the Fitbit app. I can't reboot it. No way to interact and rebooting using charger (three presses of the button on the charger) doesn't do anything. I'm not sure if it even charges (although it seems it does as battery % went up after putting it on a charger).

I may wait until battery dies and maybe that will force restart but this is where my ideas end 🤔

Any ideas how to revive it or should I just bin it? That shortest living Fitbit I have ever owned (just 6 months).

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‎05-13-2024 06:53

‎05-13-2024 06:53

Short update: after the battery died (took a few hours, it drained really quickly), I put it onto the charger and it came back to life but not without injuries. The haptic button doesn't work anymore and the battery drains very quickly (83% to 42% within 24 hours), so I guess it's broken. Oh well... nothing surprising.

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