This issue should be fixed now, the charge functionality was completely removed. So there's no such thing as having a "low battery" anymore, the "Scan Area" interaction should always be available now and never greyed out.
This post is about an issue I have experienced, But I wasn't sure if it's and "operator error" with a simple fix or if it's an actual bug, so someone can move it to the correct forum.
I am attempting to play through the strangerville story again (I have never completed it before), and the spore scanner always shows that the battery is low. I was able to find five spore clusters and one scan, And two other scans were totally unproductive. The battery was too low between scans to do anything. I got rid of that spore scanner and obtain another one, and I haven't been able to scan at all with this one. It appeared charged when I first got it, But then the charge disappeared as soon as I got to the secret lab and tried to scan.
Yes it's a known bug it's in the bug reports section 9 posts down.
