Ionic native Screen Orientation plugin not working

I have tried pretty much everything to get this plugin to work after the update to ionic 3.4 but nothing seems to work.

What I have tried so far.

• Updating the plugin to version 2.0.1
• Updating cordova to version 7.0.1
• Removing node_modules and reinstalling
• cleaning via npm clean

here is my ionic info below

global packages:

    @ionic/cli-utils : 1.4.0
    Cordova CLI      : 7.0.1
    Ionic CLI        : 3.4.0

local packages:

    @ionic/app-scripts              : 1.3.7
    @ionic/cli-plugin-cordova       : 1.4.0
    @ionic/cli-plugin-ionic-angular : 1.3.1
    Cordova Platforms               : android 5.2.2 browser 4.1.0
    Ionic Framework                 : ionic-angular 3.4.0

System:

    Node       : v6.11.0
    OS         : Windows 10
    Xcode      : not installed
    ios-deploy : not installed
    ios-sim    : not installed
    npm        : 5.0.3

Along with my package.json

 {
    "name": "ionic-hello-world",
    "author": "Ionic Framework",
    "homepage": "http://ionicframework.com/",
    "private": true,
    "scripts": {
        "clean": "ionic-app-scripts clean",
        "build": "ionic-app-scripts build",
        "ionic:build": "ionic-app-scripts build",
        "ionic:serve": "ionic-app-scripts serve"
    },
    "dependencies": {
        "@angular/animations": "4.1.3",
        "@angular/common": "4.1.3",
        "@angular/compiler": "4.1.3",
        "@angular/compiler-cli": "4.1.3",
        "@angular/core": "4.1.3",
        "@angular/forms": "4.1.3",
        "@angular/http": "4.1.3",
        "@angular/platform-browser": "4.1.3",
        "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "4.1.3",
        "@ionic-native/core": "3.12.1",
        "@ionic-native/in-app-purchase": "3.12.1",
        "@ionic-native/screen-orientation": "^3.12.1",
        "@ionic-native/social-sharing": "3.12.1",
        "@ionic-native/splash-screen": "3.12.1",
        "@ionic-native/status-bar": "3.12.1",
        "@ionic/storage": "2.0.1",
        "@types/lodash": "ts2.2",
        "cordova-plugin-console": "^1.0.7",
        "cordova-plugin-device": "^1.1.6",
        "cordova-plugin-inapppurchase": "^1.1.0",
        "cordova-plugin-screen-orientation": "2.0.0",
        "cordova-plugin-splashscreen": "^4.0.3",
        "cordova-plugin-statusbar": "^2.2.3",
        "cordova-plugin-whitelist": "^1.3.2",
        "cordova-plugin-x-socialsharing": "^5.1.8",
        "ionic-angular": "3.4.0",
        "ionic-plugin-keyboard": "^2.2.1",
        "ionicons": "3.0.0",
        "lodash": "^4.17.2",
        "moment": "^2.17.1",
        "rxjs": "5.4.0",
        "sw-toolbox": "3.6.0",
        "zone.js": "0.8.12"
    },
    "devDependencies": {
        "@ionic/app-scripts": "1.3.7",
        "@ionic/cli-plugin-cordova": "1.4.0",
        "@ionic/cli-plugin-ionic-angular": "1.3.1",
        "typescript": "2.3.4"
    },
    "cordovaPlugins": [
        "cordova-plugin-device",
        "cordova-plugin-console",
        "cordova-plugin-whitelist",
        "cordova-plugin-splashscreen",
        "cordova-plugin-statusbar",
        "ionic-plugin-keyboard"
    ],
    "cordovaPlatforms": [],
    "description": "ShareHisWords: An Ionic project",
    "cordova": {
        "plugins": {
            "cordova-plugin-screen-orientation": {},
            "cordova-plugin-inapppurchase": {},
            "cordova-plugin-x-socialsharing": {},
            "cordova-plugin-console": {},
            "cordova-plugin-device": {},
            "cordova-plugin-splashscreen": {},
            "cordova-plugin-statusbar": {},
            "cordova-plugin-whitelist": {},
            "ionic-plugin-keyboard": {}
        }
    }
}

Any help would be greatly appreciated. What I can say is that the plugin worked before I made the jump to the new version of Ionic.

P.S. the plugin is registered as a provider inside my app.module.ts