Spoke with 2 techs, online and in store, both offered a replacement of 550C$+tax. Downloaded the firmware 2x, refreshed and reinstalled surface pro 3 tools. Battery is at 0%, sometimes not detected sometimes says plugged in but not charging.
Having same issues with my SP3, 18 months old out not covered by warranty now. The main battery thread on the Microsoft Answers forum is now 134 pages long. Complaints about the LG battery have been piling up for nearly a month, and Microsoft has yet to acknowledge - let alone fix - the problem. You may have also read a more recent finding that the other major Surface Pro 3 battery - this one from LG - is failing long before its time.
You've probably heard about the Surface Pro 3 Simplo battery problem, dubbed "batterygate." It took Microsoft more than five months to fix a bug in its battery driver to bring those batteries back to life. This is not helping dispel the bad blood about the Surface Pro 3. Microsoft had previously said it would charge $200 to replace a bad battery, but there's a big stink on the Microsoft Answers forum claiming that Microsoft won't honor that promise - and the only option for owners of SP3s with defective batteries involves spending $450 for a refurbished device with a 60-day warranty. If you have a Microsoft Surface Pro 3 with a battery from LG that's giving you fits, you may be out of luck.
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