Suddenly today after restarting, my Deck stopped charging or showing the power light, while plugged in. After doing several combinations of holding the … and volume + button, it blinked, turned orange, and then white. I believe it was holding Power, … , and + through shutdown for a total of 20 seconds that did the trick. It is charging normally now, but when I unplug and then plug it in, the light goes back to orange. Then repeat, and it goes back to white and charges normally.

Does this mean the deck needs servicing? Should I reboot normally again, or do a system reset, or maybe just let it discharge completely?

Update: I checked it again, and the light was solid green at 95% which i thought was odd. I unplugged and the light began flashing green, and the battery said it was charging, but it was losing charge. It dropped down to 93, i did the 20 second combo again, powered on, unplugged another dozen times, flipped the plug around, and voila it turned solid white. And now it just seems to be completely normal once again.

So I guess the moral of the story is if your deck’s battery goes insane, keep smacking it until it fully recalibrates.