Issues with WiFi LoRa 32 Expansion Kit

Hi,

I received the kit a couple days ago (including. touch display, without battery). I added a brand new Panasonic battery, connected it to USB-C power (high-power cable and charger made by Anker). Some observations:

  • There’s no charging indicator at all?
  • After turning on (3 hours charging time, with and without charger still connected) the device is stuck in a boot look (shows Meshtastic logo and reboots after a couple seconds)
  • Boot loop eventually stops after 5-20 rounds
  • Connecting to Wifi works but is very unstable (disconnects often)
  • The Meschtastic Android app sees the device in the network but is not able to connect (infinite progress)
  • The device is not visible let alone accessible over BLE, shouldn’t it? I didn’t spot a Bluetooth setting in the Touch UI

Summary: I am unable to use the device. This is my third Meshtastic device (the one first from Heltec) and it’s the worst experience I ever had with a Meshtastic device.

Any advise? Thanks in advance!

Meshtastic version on Heltec v4: v2.7.14
Android app: v2.7.13