G 505S "Plugged in and not charging" (Tried everything!!!)

Hi everyone!
I hope someone in the community can help me out. I've tried calling in to Lenovo and I've only been disapointed and VERY ANGRY with Lenovo so I hope someone here can help me.
My G505s has never properly charged the battery. The battery icon says "plugged in and not charging". I've tried everything, replacing the battery, uninstalling the Microsoft Battery driver, uninstalling Lenovo energy management etc.
I've tried the work arounds I've found online to no sucess.
Does anyone have any ideas? Has anyone ran in to this with the G505s and found a fix?
Thanks!

hi apb1019
Welcome to the Lenovo Forums and sorry to hear about your battery problem.
The plugged-in not charging message is usually triggered when the Lenovo Energy Management / Lenovo Energy Manager is set to Optimized Batteyr Health (Win8) or Conservation Mode (Win8.1)
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Just to verify:
1. When you uninstalled the energy management software, are you getting a 0% available, plugged-in not charging message or 60% available, plugged-in not charing ?
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2. Have you tried charging the battery (for an hour or two) while the computer is off?
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If the battery doesn't get fully charge while the computer is off then it's likely that the battery is failing. In this case, I recommend you contact Lenovo one more time on how to go about getting the unit serviced (they'll most likely send you a new battery).
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