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camptime My surface Rt has been the best tablet experience I have had, It has been in constant use for the last 10 months I have owned it. (Averaging 5-6 hours use every day)
Unfortunately it is now not charging :( we have to Surface RT in the house so I know its not the charger. The light on the end of the charging cable does not light up. I have tried cleaning the terminal but that has not made any difference. looks like I need a replacement.
I ended up finding a solution on a few forums. When the error massage (battery not detected) is showing in the desktop icon on tast bar, unplug the charger (tablet will shut off) hold down power button about 10 seconds and while still holding it plug the charger back in. When the surface logo appears let go of power button. That will then give you the "plugged in, not charging" message. Repeat the steps and it will eventually work. After it was at 45% i unplugged it and plugged it back in. It worked and was charging well but after unplugging and plugging back in several times i noticed sometimes it would not charge. It is just a matter of plugging in and unplugging the charger in my experience. Ive heard many other people having the same problem and getting around it doing the steps i suggested.