OK, scratch that. So: the last two days when I get up and turn on my Versa (after shutting it down at night), it is dark and doesn't respond until I restart by holding down the left button and bottom right button together. The first time this worked, my Versa came back on at the same level of charge as when I shut it down.
This morning, it was again dark, did a restart, and this time the battery level had gone from 84% the night before to zero, while turned off overnight.
I feel that this simply MUST be a firmware update issue, as the timing for so many people with the same basic set of issues is unlikely to be coincidental -- which I suspect the FitBit team realise at this point, and are trying to do a fix.
So I assume we will have to hold fast until there is a firmware fix and fiddle around with restarts. I am wondering in the meantime if the problem is that Versas are not fully updating with the new firmware, snd get stuck somewhere in mid-process, and thus shut down and use up the battery because there are processes going on in the background draining the battery and confusing the OS.
PS I am a tech journalist, for what it is worth -- have covered the industry for over 20 years for international publications. I've a suggestion for management: perhaps it is not a good idea to roll out a global firmware update to consumers just weeks before a major holiday period when many people are likely to end up with a confusing, dreadful initial experience with their Fitbit.
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