Has anyone had this happen?

I don't have a usb adapter to upgrade my controller so I used the supplied cable and left the micro sd inside the phantom 3 professional camera

I powered on both the phantom and the controller

The controller started the upgrade process as normal, the light switched from green to blue and it did its thing

Within the alloted time it stopped beeping signaling that the upgrade was complete.

So far, so good.

Then I reinserted the micro SD card into my computer to see the .txt files to check for the "success" message

Instead of generating two files it only generated one.

That one said: result "success" at the top

and then it said "abort" right below it with a message that says:

"the firmware on the SD card is identical to or older than the current firmware on the aircraft"

(See screenshot of the message)

By all accounts it looks like the controller was upgraded except I don't have the two files the process is supposed to generate.  

Of course I am flying nothing until I hear some advice.

Many thanks and hello from Costa Rica!

Try turning on the RC and your phone/tablet and the DJI Pilot App. I believe it will tell you if the RC needs updated.