TI BQ76952 with ESP32 over I2C, can't initialize and get into config mode

I'm trying to solve this problem three days now, I narrowed it down and the root of the problem seems that the device doesn't want to exit sleep and initialize itself based on the reading the 0x12 Battery Status() Command returns this 1100010010000100 . Based on the bit definition it seems to be in sleep mode and not initialized. It's on page 53 of this datasheet https://www.ti.com/lit/ug/sluuby2b/sluuby2b.pdf . Does anyone know what I should do next?

#include <Wire.h>

// BQ76952 I2C address (7-bit)
#define BQ76952_I2C_ADDR 0x08


void setup() {
  Serial.begin(115200);
  Wire.begin(21, 22, 400000);  // Initialize I2C with default pins (SDA=21, SCL=22)

  delay(2000);

  uint16_t subcmdStatus = readWord(0x00);  
  Serial.print("Subcommand Status (0x00): "); 
  Serial.println(subcmdStatus, BIN); // 10010100000000

  uint16_t batteryStatus = readWord(0x12);
  Serial.print("batteryStatus (0x12): ");
  Serial.println(batteryStatus, BIN); // 1100010010000100
}

void loop(){
  delay(1000);
}

uint16_t readWord(uint8_t reg) {
  Wire.beginTransmission(BQ76952_I2C_ADDR);  // 7-bit address of BQ76952
  Wire.write(reg);                           // Register address
  Wire.endTransmission(false);               // Send repeated start

  Wire.requestFrom(BQ76952_I2C_ADDR, 2);  // Request 2 bytes
  if (Wire.available() == 2) {
    uint8_t lsb = Wire.read();
    uint8_t msb = Wire.read();
    return (msb << 8) | lsb;  // Correct byte order
  }
  return 0xFFFF;  // Error
}