Push and hold the Power button to attempt to do a Power Down. Hopefully that will work. If not, send the remote back and we'll try to restore the firmware.
I suspect the power cycle got unlucky and corrupted a bit in the memory.
Computing devices should never be allowed to do ungraceful power cycles.
FYI, I posted an Automation Rule that alerts any / all web clients that a particular SmartRemote is needing to be charged. There is a variable that tracks current battery %. Use that as the Trigger. Then, the Action of your choice for alert.
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