I’ve been playing Gears 5’s multiplayer since it came out, and I’ve honestly had more fun with it since they stopped updating the game. No more stress from trying to complete the current Season before the content in it gets vaulted, playing modes I don’t want and trying to do specific feats in matches. I just jump in for a few games and shoot people for the pure joy of shooting people, just like multiplayer games used to be

FOMO is real though, looking back on the game I haven’t used 98 percent of the skins, characters, banners, etc I unlocked even once but I still felt compelled to complete every season. Still, at least I wasn’t big enough of a chump to spend real money in the store

Well, I have the battery in the phone right now and I’m attempting to charge it since it didn’t seem to have any juice left and it’s acting a bit weird.

First, the phone’s charging LED blinks, then the screen shows the battery charging screen for a split second, then the first frame of the boot sequence pops up briefly, then it goes back to black and the charging LED flashes briefly again, rinse and repeat.

I assume it’s not looking good for the battery. I’ll give it a moment and see if it holds a charge

Thanks! I’ll give it a go, hopefully there’s still life in it

I don’t have a voltmeter on hand, but the battery is not puffed out at all. The positive and negative terminals did have some blue gunk form on them for the first few days I had it drying out though, like I said.