Surface Type Cover Filter Device Update

hi all,
i have a surface pro 3 with a type cover 4 (i got the surface pro4 type cover) running windows 10 and the type cover is no longer being recognized out of the blue.
I have tried many troubleshooting methods, but none have worked so far.
I opened device manager and i noticed the only keyboard category driver i have is the HID Keyboard. Looking in other threads on this issue, it seems i should have a driver for 'Surface Type Cover Filter Device' or for 'Surface Type Cover'
Does anyone know where i can find the driver for the type cover 4?
Troubleshooting steps i already initiated and none of them have worked so far:
* unclicked and reclicked the keyboard many times, while connected to the internet
* did a two button shutdown/reboot
* brought the computer up to date on windows update, did reboots, shutdowns, nothing
* reset the laptop (while maintaining all data) and then installed windows updates again + some more reboots
* installed the latest 'SurfacePro3_Win10_10586_1702002_0.msi' drivers & firmware pack for surface pro3 from Download Surface Pro 3 from Official Microsoft Download Center
* *tried* to install the latest 'SurfacePro4_Win10_15063_1702001_0.msi' drivers & firmware pack for surface pro4 from Download Surface Pro 4 Drivers and Firmware from Official Microsoft Download Center but it did not work since i have the surface pro 3
i cannot get the driver to show up anymore, and given that i never uninstalled or deleted it, i don't know what else i can do.
I am traveling and don't have access to a microsoft store to purchase a new keyboard so i am stuck and i would appreciate any help in further troubleshooting or locating the proper driver for the keyboard.
thanks in advance!
  • Surface Type Cover Filter Device - Driver Download. Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Surface Type Cover Filter Device. Hardware Class: Keyboard.
  • Hello, after (glitched update) my keyboard, volume etc stopped working. I did a full reinstall of OS and volume up + power button for a few seconds. Now volume button is working. Type cover keyboard is not working only the damn touchpad. In device manager i have exclamation mark.

Your Surface may be unable to communicate with the Type Cover after installing the update. You can try booting the device from UEFI to see if the accessory will work. Doing this will help us check if the Type Cover works before the Surface loads Windows. To get to the UEFI, follow the steps here. Install Microsoft Surface Type Cover Filter Device driver for Windows 10 x64, or download DriverPack Solution software for automatic driver installation and update.

This week there were Surface Pro 4 firmware updates as part of the Patch Tuesday updates. Afterthe system updates completed on my SP4, the type cover stopped working. The backlight didn’t workand the Surface didn’t recognise the keyboard being removed or plugged back in.

Surface Type Cover Device Driver

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Surface Type Cover Filter Device Download

After reaching out to people here at Microsoft, I learned that you can make some internal systemswithin the Surface reset by holding down the power button and volume up button at the same time forabout 20 seconds. That reset got my keyboard working again.

Surface Pro Cover Filter Device

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Surface Type Cover Filter Device Missing

I’ve seen a few forum posts where other people ran into this issue but no clear message about howto fix it, so hopefully if you run into the issue then you’ll find your way to this post with asolution.