6 Hours after reset , No more flickering , now i want it to happen ¬
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Followed Surface Pro Device from the first one , used to have a laptop which was in a working condition , so by the time i got Surface , it was a Pro 4 at the end of November 2015 .
Towards November 2016 , was faced with an issue where it would not turn on (forgot the exact details) got it sent to MSFT and got a refurbished device back.Immidiately noticed flickering issues every now and den ( was rare but happened always , usually power on and off which would turn display on and off would kinda fix it ) , last few weeks i had this horizontal flicker at the bottom of the screen , which would display elements from the top of the screen .
Again moving mouse would make it go away for few minutes(atleast thats what i think made it go away ) , but last 3 days nothing made it go away .
Yesterday whole screen started flickering , double projection etc etc.
with the horizontal flicker at the bottom of the screen which displayed the top of the screen.It started out with now and den over the day , and towards the end refused to go away despite restarts , figured i would do a reset . During and after the reset it did not go away ( you can watch it in the video linked ) , very upset and frustrated turned it off , Slept the night , woke up called up microsoft from Dubai , turns out they dont really have a support system for helping out here ( idk how they did it last time ) , some how ended up on phone with some one , reported my issue and after 20 mins of talking through , they helped me with the plan.
When i visit india , ship my device through FEDEX(free through label) , they will have a look at my device and send me a certified refurbished device that works.
Now the problem is after that call , turned on my device and for the first time in weeks , i dont see flicker(even the horizontal one at the bottom ) , now am bummed . If its permanently fixed imma be happy , but if its temporary its going to be annoying to ship it to MSFT and same device returned with a " we did not experience the reported problem"
During reset
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhNFdbRf7wsAfter Reset
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tz9JFibF6HoEDIT: Experienced a small horizontal flicker for few seconds just now towards the end of this post (while writing it ) , feel like a scumbag now hoping for it to happen.
I love my devices , i bond with em emotionally (not to a retarded level) , so hoping for it to flicker so i can get it replaced with a good device makes me feel bad.