I took an ebay gamble on an LG xboom pn5 speaker which was listed as having battery issues (turning on then off).

I got it earlier today and concluded it's in a demo mode because of the following:[LIST][*]When it's plugged in, it'll turn on and the power button will not turn it off[*]Battery is healthy, reading 4.2v and not swollen, charges according to the xboom app[*]the play/pause and volume buttons don't work[*]You can pair to it and play music fine, as long as it's connected to power[*]The bluetooth connection is disconnected after 5 seconds of audio pausing[*]The DTS setting...

Hello, I'm a software engineer but I like to tinker with other things on the side (varying degrees of success)