ThinkPad T430: Getting rid of Lenovo's Battery Whitelist [READ DESCRIPTION]
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- Опубліковано 31 січ 2018
- 2019 EDIT: Starting with T430 BIOS version 2.82, EC version 1.14, Lenovo has started to include a digital signature that prevents this whitelist from being removed, the EC patch for T420 keyboards, and other aspects of this mod from working. DO NOT upgrade the BIOS to any version newer than 2.81.
Starting with the xx30 series of ThinkPads, Lenovo began blocking out third-party/aftermarket batteries from working properly in their laptops. This is a huge annoyance especially as the original batteries begin to wear out and lose their charging capacity. As of taping this video Lenovo DOES still sell batteries for these older ThinkPads, but that could change at any time as these are 3rd-generation Intel laptops that are now over 5 years old. The fact that Lenovo still offers replacement parts for such old computers is commendable, and I am glad they still support their older products as well as they do. However, if you take the genuine route, a new battery from Lenovo is $150! Some of these laptops cost less to purchase second-hand nowadays! While some may question the quality of after-market batteries, I personally have not had any issues with them and have used them in a number of my laptops and devices, ThinkPad or not. While capacity is not always AS good as the original batteries were when they were new, it is generally an improvement over the worn-out originals. Why pay $150 to get a new battery from Lenovo or even $80 off Amazon when you can get a replacement that is just as good for only $30-40? Again, some may question the quality of generic replacements, and I'm sure if any warranty is still left on any of these machines it would be voided with using a non-genuine part, but I have never had issues with them, and it's just easier to get a replacement than to try to rebuild the original battery.
Anyway, for those of you who don't want to pay outrageous prices for a replacement battery to use in your xx30 series ThinkPad, here's a link to the BIOS mod (this must be built in Linux):
github.com/hamishcoleman/thin...
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I got a Lenovo 27++ slice battery for my t430 when it should have been a 28++ (mine is a genuine Lenovo battery) would removing this whitelist also make the slice battery work?
As far as I am concerned, it should. I've never used a slice battery so it would be interesting to see what your results are.
i'll let you know the results :)
it worked :D
Awesome, I'll pin this comment so others can see it and know that it works.
@@damnhighrent1735 Hey DamnHighRent, i am wondering how good those slice batteries perform compared to the normal 9 cell - 94wh akkus. hopefully youtube notifies you and you can reply
I confirm that the instructions worked perfectly for my Lenovo T430i. I just want to clear a confusion mentioned in the video for having a Genuine battery during the process. I think what was meant is to plug any battery with enough charge during the process to eliminate any risk during the BIOS flashing in case of power loss. Thank you for sharing this wonderful tool.
thank you for that comment man :)
Which bios Version did you use for your t430i, thinking about picking up a t430i and doing this mod
Thank you so much for posting this video/tutorial! I was asked to repair my friend's Lenoxo X230 ThinkPad laptop, it needed a new cooling fan/thermal paste and the old battery was knackered (also showing a not official battery warning). The new battery works much better, but still refused to charge and came up with a non genuine warning.
After installing Linux on a spare SSD I had (removing the customers' SSD to protect their data) and performing the required steps from this guide, everything now works perfectly and the battery charges up fine. (After which, I reinstalled their SSD - so they keep their files and I now have a test Linux drive as required.)
Thank you very much for this step by step guide.
Sorry for the long post below but it may help someone in the future if I list the issues I faced when following this:
To summarise:
1. If you want to use a new battery instead, make sure you get the 70++ genuine ones or higher 81+ as anything under that (even 70+) might not work. Also be aware of fake 'genuine' batteries.
2. If you follow the readme from the website make sure you do the extra step of turning the keyboard patches off and turning the battery patch on.
3. To avoid the catch 22 of Bios won't charge battery and empty battery won't allow bios update, see if you can use another laptop to charge the battery fully.
4. You can use another laptop to prepare the usb flash drive bios as long as it is running linux.
5. You can safely update the bios in future after you apply the patch. Bios from 2016 didn't need upgrading first to apply the patch.
DETAILS:
I bought a second hand t430 off ebay and was gutted when it came defective. Among the issues was the unsupported battery message at start.
I followed your steps and am happy to report that everything worked great the 2nd time around (the first time I followed the readme file from the website and didn't turn OFF the keyboard patches and more importantly didn't turn ON the battery patch). Thank you for showing the extra step.
My battery is a genuine lenovo 55+ battery and actually holds a good charge but is unsupported in the T430. I think the ones that are for this particular laptop are the genuine 70++ batteries or higher.
With regards to updating the bios, I was able to fully charge the suspect battery in a T410 (since it has the exact same battery and doesn't have any problems with unsupported batteries). I was then able to flash the patch bios onto my bios firmware from 2016 (so a 2 year old bios works). I also carried out the whole preparation and USB creation procedure on the T410 which is running MX-15 linux (debian based) since my T430 has windows 7 on it, so using a different laptop worked for me too.
Lenovo released a new bios in august 2018, so as a last step, I had a go at installing that through windows 7 (after I applied the patch) and it didn't affect the patch in any way (I lost sound for a second but upon reboot it works again).
I was too scared of bricking my laptop to do this, but then I followed along with your video and now my computer is fixed. Thank you so much.
Thank you man for sharing this with us. Just to note I did the update with the aftermarket battery and it also worked.
Thanks a whole bunch mate! Finally got my 3rd party battery working. I was a bit stressed, quadruple checking everything XD. My machine is the thinkpad x230 and since the readme was based on this one, Most of the things I could copy and paste. Still checked to make sure though. Thanks again.
man this video reminds me of the laptops I bricked when I was tinkering BIOS for my previous laptops. but if it works without any issues , the accomplishment feeling when you get in the end is priceless! nice tutorial video , thanks man.
On the Lenovo EOL web database, the latest available BIOS version I could find for the T430 is 2.68
So how come you mention there is a 2.82 version ? Where did you find that?
Great video and big thank you for your presentation. I had small problem because my T430 was on new bios but all finished good ( I mean: back to the older previouse BIOS ) and on the moment I have successful battery charging.
Thank you very much, sir, for helping out with this. I was able to fix the battery issue by upgrading bios from 2.72 to 2.81 and then modding it. Btw, my original battery was unable to keep any charge so I decided to flash BIOS mod being on my new third-party battery and it was a success.
I have to thank you for your video as well.
I just bought what was supposed to be a w530 whitelist approved battery, and it turned out it wasn't accepted.
A few minutes using the tools you linked to, as well as re reading the current instructions for selecting which patches I wanted, and the laptop is now happily charging the new pack.
I did have a short but of worry that turned out to be a thing drive the BIOS didn't want to boot off of, but switching drives resolved that.
Hello ! Thank for your video !
I just did this and I have a question, if you still have the Laptop : what is the BIOS version after you install the patch ? Mine still shows 2.74, not 2.72 as it is written in the installer.
Is there any way to know that it worked, other than testing with a third party battery ?
For me, I just used a third-party battery to check. I am unaware of other ways to know if it worked.
I'm having an issue similar to someone else in the comments where the make patch commands don't actually change the patch files. I tried it on Arch, and now I'm doing it on a Lubuntu VM but the same thing is happening. Any clue how I can deal with this?
HI,
Thanks for sharing your knowlege on Thinkpads. Please can you tell us if what you did 3 years ago on this T430 is valid for the T430i model ?
What do you think about the T430 with the NVS 5400m graphic card ?
Best wishes
I believe it should work with the T430i as well. The NVS 5400M isn't a horrible card but depending on what you expect to use it for it won't be a massive improvement over the Intel HD Graphics.
@@SebisRandomTech thanks a lot for your answer
Can this be done on a lenovo X131e? I tried to do this using the T230 flash but needless to say... it was a stupid idea. Luckily I didn't destroy my PC but now I know it didn't work
Man, I'm so grateful for that ! I thought I found the best deal with this laptop until my 3rd party 20€ batterie refused to charge...and discovered the price of a genuine one... With your hack, my 180€ T430 with brand new battery IS a deal ;-) Bless you Sebi
Hi , this is a fantastic tutorial. I wanted to know can this mod be done without using an original battery? I have a lenovo t530 with the same problem
If the replacement battery is mostly charged you should be able to.
Hi Sebi, do you know if the digital signature that blocks the whitelist mod also applies to the X2xx series?
It probably does, and I don't know if you can or cannot revert back to an older BIOS on the X230. On the T430 you can.
Thank you so damn much for this - recently bought a genuine 9 cell battery for my t430 - originally had a 6 cell battery and it came up with this error message!!! learned alot here thanks for the master class! now my t430 will take any battery no hassle! cheers bro!
May i know the EC (at laptop, not the battery) is it part of biochip (physically) or its separate IC itself?
Hey Sebi, I did this perfectly - even got the second message. And yet, a brand new battery is still not being detected. It shouldn't be a problem with the battery because it did hold a charge when I bought it, but now obviously it is unable to be charged back up again. Something odd is that the patch files didn't actually change when I ran the make commands. I ran the commands, and then added .OFF manually. The final flash DID say that it was only flashing the patch I wanted though (battery). Besides those patches automatically changing, everything was the same as it was on screen. I'm so confused as to why this isn't working.
I found that Windows 10 in my recent i7-X230 refurbished buy can figure out from the power saving options to clock the processor down, so it runs around 1.3-1.6 GHz while on battery. I just checked that the same applies for the T430. It might be relevant in stretching the battery life for some. Maybe there is other software for this and I would be interested in the Linux names.
Hi Sebi and thanks for such a great content, I became a thinkpad fan watching your videos multiple times. Is there a way to remove the battery whitelist, keyboard mod, and also for the wifi card at the same time? I tried Ivyrain and it helps remove the battery whitelist, but I can't get it to start with the new intel 7260 wifi card installed. I also want to install a new classic 7-row keyboard as well. I'm not really familar with the BIOS mod nor linux. Any advice would help~! Thanks~
You can do the keyboard mod and the battery whitelist removal with the same EC patch shown in this video, and I did a video highlighting the 7 row keyboard mod a while back. It's generally easier to do this before doing the Ivyrain patch, aside from that I don't think I can be much help regarding the issues with your 7260.
Hi, can I use your image file on my T430 to speed up the process? My T430 BIOS version is the last one (2.78), released yesterday by Lenovo. Congrats for the video!
Update: I've created my BIOS image using Ubuntu (running on T430 DVD drive). I've enabled only the battery patch, like you did. Tks again for the video.
Thanks a million. Got the indicator to blink again on my X230 with a newly purchased X220 battery. The circuit on the older battery seem to have died, so I got some 18650 batteries out for something else.
Thank you Sebi! It worked for me. I followed step by step and now my "counterfeit Lenovo battery" is charging. T430 is ready to be my daily driver :)
im having problems half way through the process, what linux distro are you using? i also have the t430
@@omajor1622 I used Ubuntu (downloaded the last one). As a matter of fact, I also had a problem with Mint, some dependencies were missing, but on Ubuntu, things fixed themselves on their own (weird, as Mint is based on Ubuntu...)
@@MartinLasTerrenas did you run the live version or did you do a full install, kubuntu live didn't work for me and neither did Ubuntu lts live. I even tried Manjaro Wich does the last 3 steps but won't do the first step.
@@omajor1622 I run the live version. But you need to sudo apt-get update before starting the process.
@@MartinLasTerrenas ahhh perfect, it's working now. Thank you so much my bootleg eBay battery now appears to be charging
So cool!! Would this work for an updated L530? Sadly seems very difficult to downgrade..
I don’t know for sure if this process works on the L series.
Hi,
Next question : is it possible to apply hamishColeman mod to bios modded by n4ru/1vyrain ? (I think to be based on 2.64 BIOS version for the T430/T430i)
I think you can but it's suggested to do the HamishColeman patches before doing the 1vyrain patch.
@@SebisRandomTech Thanks a lot
Thanks for the great tutorial. I’ve got T430 & T530 to mod with this.
For the record: a whitelist allows, a blacklist blocks. Lenovo is whitelisting a few batteries and blacklisting everything else.
The end result is he same: modding the whitelist means that every battery that will fit will potentially work.
It’s all about the terminology...
Cheers.
you mean the right thing and it would also work when you think about it that way, but it doesnt actually have a blacklist
@@fernabianer1898 Then the correct wording is: "Lenovo whitelists certain of their own batteries", not "Lenovo whitelists 3rd-party batteries".
Not:
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Hi Sebi! Is it possible to do this patch on other models of laptops? I need to do it somehow on Lenovo Yoga 510, cuz it is turning of every 5min after upgrading the battery. Lenovo energy manager says, battery is not supported and (link forr the new one)
My laptop is L430. Do you have the whitelist BIOS because after I followed these steps, my laptop is not recognized the bios? Thanks
That looks like something that fixes my issue. One question though: Why do you need the original battery at all? Because the one I got is completely gone. Will it work with just the power supply plugged in? I don't think you mentioned anything about it needing the original during the process..only at the start?
Thx
The BIOS will not flash the patch unless the system is both plugged in and has a charged battery. Some have had success with using the after-market battery as the "charged battery" but if you're buying an after-market to replace the original battery, you'll need something in the battery slot for the system to carry out the flash.
Hello, i did everything you said and it went smoothly in ubuntu, the problem is after i restart the laptop and go to the boot menu and select the usb with patched bios, i get black screen for a second then it just goes back to boot menu, nothing seems to happen. What should i do?
Ps, my bios version was 2.82 and i downgraded to 2.81
Edit, i managed to fix it by removing the number 1 at the end of " if=patched. t430.img of=/dev/sdc1" , but after installing the bios and restarting, the battery problem didn't get fixed.
Hi Sebi, I'm not experienced with linux and I'm affraid to make something wrong, whtat might result bricking my laptops. Do you have ready to download, altready modified, bios BIOS 2.81 (G1ETC1WW) EC 1.13 (G1HT35WW) for T430 and BIOS 2.75 (G2ETB5WW) EC 1.14 (G2HT35WW) for X230?
Thanks in advance!
I bought a nine cells large accu for the t430 for 24 Euros only (new), in germany.
Now I also need to patch the BIOS, thank you for the video.
Greetings from sw germany.
Thank you very much, helped me to install and OEM t420 battery onto a t430, now charges well.
t430's are just plain awesome. im lucky enough to get the Nvidia nvs5400 version too. with this mod and with a good battery finally working, I'm looking at installing a i7-qm down the line.
@NYCfactor 3632qm is my choice. 35w tdp
Also, you wanna use tpfancontrol to make a custom fan profile. This will allow you to max out the fan for best cooling.
@NYCfactor you know what, I was taking a look at how it would pan out, it would help you with thread intensive apps. but real world use? you wouldnt be able to tell the difference.
mine is used for some cad work but mostly games, turns out, most of the time the GPU would max out before stressing the CPU for my use. I would also use the GPU with cuda cores for rendering, im not sure if apps can work parellel between CPU and GPU, so I cant forsee an advantage with the QM for me.
so thats on you to decide. are you still on HDD btw? if you are. you're better off going the ssd route 1st the dual to quad cpu.
I have L530 with 9 cell battery (genuine) but I will need to replace it. Will 3rd party battery work on latest bios 2.76, ec ver 1.14 or if it wont could I just downgrade bios to older one if there is not any whitelist ?
Hi Sebi! I have a T430 with an 42T4791 battery, but it doesn't want to charge. It is said that Tx30 series are not compatible with Tx20 series battery. Do You think that Your BIOS mod would help about it?
Yes, it will likely help.
Hi sebi. I have T430 thinkpad and bought an Msata SSD 256 kaizen. When i install the msata, it did not appear either on the disk managemen or in the bios. Do you maybe know what i did wrong? Or maybe t430 does not support msata?
T430 does in fact support mSATA. Typing this from a T430 with a mSATA drive as my main boot drive. It's possible your SSD is faulty or not inserted correctly. Make sure the mSATA drive is enabled in the BIOS's boot menu.
Awersome, thanks for sharing
It worked for the T430 seriously thanks. We were having trouble for a week, my father could not attend live classes. If you want, I can also make the Turkish version for you.
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Hello, I was going to follow the steps in your video with my W530, but when I entered github I saw this notice: COMPATIBILTY WARNING:
As the result of CVE-2019-6171, newer Lenovo firmware update files have added a digital signature. If you upgrade to locked version you will not be able to patch your EC without downgrading it.
but in the video you explain that to be able to do it you need to have the bios to the newest version. What do you recommend me to do then?
thank you
The newest BIOS versions for the xx30 machines prevent you from modifying it, so you have to go back to the previous version, the newest version before that measure was implemented. This video pre-dates that newer version being released, hence why I said to have the newest version (at that time). For your W530 you will want to have BIOS version 2.75 installed.
@@SebisRandomTech thank you
i follow everthing and boot into ubuntu linux then copy the patch to the formatted fat 32 usb 4gb but on booting up it shows missing operating system
Hey Sebi, I unfortunately upgraded the bios on my t430 to 2.82 for the security patch... What is strange is that I am using an aftermarket battery and it still works/charges... However, I am wanting a new battery...if I upgrade the battery to another aftermarket brand will I be out of luck? Also does downgrading the bios downgrade the EC back to 1.13? Thanks
I think if you patched the EC before you upgraded the BIOS, that won't change.
@@SebisRandomTech I did not do any sort of patching. I just used the Lenovo software utility and upgraded the bios that way.
Can I downgrade down to 2.81 and use this video still or is it a no go cause the EC cannot be changed now?
@@JJ-hi2jr You should be able to downgrade to 2.81 and then update the EC.
@@SebisRandomTech How do you just upgrade/downgrade the EC portion?
I will give the bios downgrade a try and report back.
@@JJ-hi2jr For that I think you build the patch like in this video. If you're trying to undo the patch and revert the EC to factory settings, you turn the keyboard patch to OFF and the battery whitelist to ON in the config files.
I have been reviewing the battery and keyboard patches that I make for the Lenovo t430, however I have a Thinkpad E430c with a problem with the generic batteries, they do not charge due to the battery check just when loading the BIOS. There is a way to adapt the T430 patch to work with the E430c
hello, in the last step when connecting the memory with the patch I just see the message "Missing operating system" instead of everything that appears in the minute 10:47
Late to the party, but any after market battery suppliers you would recommend? I'm wary of just jumping in without checking out specific manufacturers
The brand names change all the time, but I’ve had good experience with DTK batteries. They last as long as the original Lenovo ones did.
Just for shits and giggles I ordered the dirt cheapest battery I could find for a ThinkPad T440p I fixed up, ($20ish on Amazon) and surprisingly it lasted longer than a brand new Lenovo battery.
@@SebisRandomTech Awesome thanks. And useful video! I picked up a cheap T430 after my laptop got stolen and was thinking of swapping out the i5 for an i7 I salvaged from my old dead laptop, but wanted to pick up a better capacity battery before I started. The only problem I might have is that my bios is locked, so if the settings I need to flash can't be changed I'll have to unlock first.
Hi,
Does the whitelist also prevent the usage of eGPUs through the mPCIe slot? Or is it just for wwan cards? I'm asking because I'm on BIOS 2.82, and it would be a hassle to flash a modified BIOS just to be able to use a GPU :(
I'm not sure, most people use the ExpressCard slot for eGPUs since it allows you to not have to take the laptop apart to use the eGPU.
@@SebisRandomTech Yeah, it figures, it's just that I hear the bandwidth through EC is heavily limited when compared to mCPIe.
@@juristuCDPC Realistically the difference shouldn't be super drastic.
Can you do a video on rebuilding these battery packs? I have a T60 battery but it doesn't hold much charge. I'm wondering if buying the actual cells and soldering them would be a better option than buying a new one. It's a 57WH battery, FRU 42T4621
Rebuilding those packs is a bit out of my area of expertise. I'd rather leave something like that to the real professionals...several years ago I tried rebuilding the battery pack of a Dell laptop I had and let's just say I'm lucky none of the cells went on thermal runaway...
I have a lenovo thinkpad t450 that won't charge a third party battery. Is the whitelist likely the issue? The bios version is 1.37...
It might work. But you would have to reverse engineer the BIOS and EC file yourself using Ghidra or Radare and create the actual hex patch. So: for everyone not comfortable with disassembly and deep level code analysis: no this does not work as noone with enough disassembly knowledge has created a patch so far.
I do not know if you would but would have to modify the bios to skip the password issue on the bios or remove it?
BIOS/Supervisor passwords are a whole different issue.
Thanks for such useful video instruction. My T430 BIOS Version is 2.72 and I can't update it because I haven't OEM Battery. Can I do this flash?
i have a lenovo thinkpad t430 and the seller shipped it with a thinkpad t410 battery which is not original . After flashing this mod and why is it not working is it because of using thinkpad t410 battery?
what if you don't have the original battery anymore?
If I already installed 1vyrain bios mod, I can do this tutorial whithout brick the laptop?
I just picked up a Lenovo T430s model (note the "s"). Is a BIOS patch needed to use a 3rd party battery on that model as well? I'm guessing the "s" model uses a different BIOS than the plain T430?
There is a patch explicitly for T430s (note the "s"): t430s.G7HT39WW.img.d .
@@MooseOnEarth - thanks for the reply!
I’ve updated my T420 from Win7 to 10 and my nearly new aftermarket battery doesn’t work anymore. It shows that this battery is okay and capacity is also good but when I unplug charger it turns off. Any idea?
I opened up my genuine 9 cell 57++ battery for my T540p, replaced the 18650 cells and soldered it back together. Then I got the same error message. I don't have another working battery unfortunately. It's weird because I open up the Thinkpad Battery utility and it sees all of the info of my battery (charge cycles, S/N, voltage,...). Not sure what to do next.
Is there any way to do the same thing on an E531? Older model, was forced to buy a 3rd party replacement and it won't charge, it's driving me crazy. Thank You.
The Lenovo Yoga 12 has this issue also. From what I can tell, the original Bios on the Yoga 12 already had the whitelist. Will this process work for the Yoga 12? From what I have gathered, it sounds like it will only work on the T430 and T430S. Sad that this laptop is going to end up in the dump. No genuine batteries available that will work.
hello i have t530 2.53 ver. its any problem if i updade with a patched battery ec 2.74 bios ?
Would you know if i have any chance with my Lenovo M5400 (model name 80B5)? Unfortunately the same battery problem...
Is it modified bios of the Intel or the open source bios?
Do you rename the file you have downloaded before?
Mine named as thinkpae-ec-master
Can this bios mod work for L430, as it uses same 70+ or 70++ battery like T430, and is of same time period (2012)?
What if i have no workinggenue lenovo battery? i cant updaye bios without it
Hi Sebi! I have used this patch for my x230 and it worked great for a year. I recently made the error to update my BIOS to 2.77 and it does not work anymore. Do you know a tutorial to downgrade bios? I am under manjaro. Many thanks!
I can't help very much with Manjaro, but I do know that you can downgrade the BIOS. Go to the settings and go to Security->UEFI BIOS Update Option->Secure Rollback Prevention and select Disable. After that I think you can downgrade the BIOS directly from Windows, but can't speak for the process in Manjaro.
Hi there :) I just want to ask if this trick for t430 and the third party batteries is possible with x230 and where could I find the bios file? Thanks in advance :)
It should work with the X230. Simply follow this process exactly, *except* when building the patched EC use the "patched.x230.img" file instead of the "patched.t430.img" file. If you try using the finished T430 file instead (or any file besides the X230 file), you'll brick your system.
@@SebisRandomTech Thanks :)
As far as I understant - I must create new bios, using the files from the link inder the video. The thing is that I don't have the knowledge to create it, so I'll try searching it in the net. Or try someone, who will be able to create it for me.
@@valoneshev8078 That may be the smart thing to do. With something like this it's a good idea to find someone else who can do it or get the file for you if you're not comfortable doing it. :)
@@SebisRandomTech Yeap :) It's not that I dont want, but I don't have the knowledge :) But I look around for someone, who has :D Cheers, man :)
Thank you so much. It's working in my t430s laptop.
Could you please perform this adjustment for Windows 10 (if it is possible)? I have Lenovo M5400 Touch and when I tried to put third party replacement battery the message, you mentioned at the beginning of your video, appeared - not charging.
It worked for me :D. Thanks! (T430, version 2.76)
I confirm that it is working on my 2, T-430 thinkpads. Original battery was needed for the bios update to v2.81. Created usb with ubuntu installed on ssd. The patch itself, booting from usb and flash, worked also with dead battery. Aftermarket batteries are charging after patch no error messanges. Thanks a lot
Hello, could you share the modified bios for my T430?
What about L430, it is not listed on GitHub. Is there any way I could unlock it to support third party aftermarket battery?
Cheers
exist some method por a lenovo B series ? ,like lenovo B590. Thanks for answer my question
Worked on Lenovo T530. Thanks! I had an original Lenovo battery but an older gen and T530 refused to work with it. Also, I didn't even had to get a "original" battery for the bios flash - just remove the battery, plug the AC and it will let you flash the bios without the battery
Interesting. Most people have said you need some sort of battery. Good to know!
I confirm this today. It was working for a t430. I made th downgrade of the bios, and after flashed the bios. And it works. Thank you.
Hi, wow you did it?
Can you help me thru the steps to bypass battery whitelist for T450 len? it allows my battery when i wipe disk & reinstall windows! but later it seems to download some update and prevents charging with the msg "battery not genuine".I do have some experience in linux and did kernel building with patch long back once.
Is there a patch that works similar to this to allow differnt wifi cards? or are hard mods the only option for that
As far as I know hard mods are the only way to go for that.
@@SebisRandomTech Could you reply to my question below please?
Hi, I have a ThinkPad L430. I do not have an original battery and I receive error message from start an popup message after boot. Any chance to fix my machine to run with a non genuine battery?
Nice video my friend, is there any chance you can do it on x1 carbon ? It's really pain in the ass, i cant use after market battery
Maybe the Gen1 X1 Carbon, but other than that probably not.
You are a godsend my dude. Oh and i shouldn't update my bios right?
Before performing the mod you actually want to update to the newest BIOS.
Right before you update but just to confirm, you should NOT apply any subsequent BIOS updates from Lenovo (without going through this process again), right?
Thank you VERY MUCH for the video and the tutorial. I've bought a T430, Core i7, a few weeks ago, and it came with a supposedly original battery (it really seemed original), but the seller told me it wasn't charging. Strangely, the message that the battery was not original appeared each time I booted the computer. Then I bought a brand new 3rd party battery and the message remained. Worried about the situation I googled for a solution and found your video. Then I installed Linux (Ubuntu) as a dual boot system, followed the steps and voilà: no more "not original Lenovo Battery" messages. Then I swapped to the old battery (the original one), and it was not charging indeed. Maybe it's a faulty battery.
An importante note, I guess: I made all the procedure with the 3rd party battery and it worked seamlessly as well. So maybe it is not mandatory to use an original Lenovo battery for the procedure.
Thanks again, kind regards, Emmanoel Ferreira, from Brazil.
Buenas tardes Enmanuel, me podría ayudar con los pasos para poder parchar una T430, es que no soy muy ducho en Linux, y no comprendo como hace en lo hace en el video tutorial, gracias de antemano
Will it be possible to remove the battery whitelist by using CH341A programmer and a SOIC8 SOP8 test clip method ?
I wouldn't be able to tell you. I would suggest consulting the thinkpads.com forums or asking in the r/thinkpad subreddit.
I have an question, Im going to buy T430 soon and it will normally work with replacement 70+ or 70++ battery ? or I have to do modification above ?
If it's a genuine 70+ battery then it should work no problem.
Sebi's Random Tech Okay, thanks
This worked perfect on a T530 that had the battery issue. You have to go into the defconfig file in the root folder and change the config_battery parameter from n to y so the file looks like this:
CONFIG_KEYBOARD = n
CONFIG_BATTERY = y
Then follow the instructions on the github site at the bottom...easier than what you did in this video.
I have a t530
Now I've made the USB but when I try and boot it, it goes back to the to the select device screen. Any ideas?
I ran the patch but after it reported success and rebooted i did not get the "flashing embedded controller..." Message. And it seems to not have been applied.
Thanks Sebi, it’s 2021 and I am buying a 2nd T430 and need to do this! The genuine Lenovo batteries on ebay are around $50 for 9 cell, but I suspect they may be non OEM. So I cllicked the link and it went to a bunch of files..... do I follow the directions at the bottom of the page? Doing this in Ubuntu 20.04.
If the Lenovo batteries you buy are indeed genuine, you shouldn't need to do this. If they end up being aftermarkets, then you would need to do the process outlined in this video.
Thank you very much! Worked like charm on t430s.
hey i have the same model but having some problems
i have the same problem with a lenovo thinkpad x250 , is there any solution ???
I have an x230 and have been trying to get this to work for the last couple days. I have followed every step to the letter and everytime I try to boot the flash img from my thumbdrive nothing happens and the thumbdrive gets bricked. Any advice?
Just an update, I realized that I needed to make sure I had legacy boot enabled after reading some of the comments on this video. However, after doing so, when I attempt to boot from my flash img thumbdrive nothing happens. All that appears on the screen is Lenovo Limted whatever and just sits there doing nothing. I have already bricked 4 perfectly good thumb drives and I only have one left. I really don't want to waste it, so I could really use some help please??!!
If you cannot see the thumbdrive in Gparted you can always try TeskDisk utility in Windows.
I saved my 2 broken microSD using the tool on windows.
WOW, thank you so much. Works really great!
Is it possible to do this process on a 2.64 BIOS without upgrading to 2.81?
Because I've bought a new Wi-Fi Card and I want to flash the BIOS version 2.64 with a WIFI WHITELIST patch and I would like to keep the this patch from the video.
I believe it's best to do this patch first, and then do the whitelist patch.
I am using Lenovo ThinkPad t430. Last time when I used it it was working fine bt battery level was very it was around 9% around. I closed the led now when I am starting the laptop except display all other things like fan, keyboard and CD drive is working fine. Can you please help me to why I am getting black screen?
I'd like to set up my t430 as hackintosh. Does this bios mod sort out other whitelists such a wifi cards and advanced permissions?
Sadly it doesn't, you have to do a much more hands-on BIOS flashing in order to do this.
Does this work on the 430i?
Hello Sebi!
I see that you are still replying to comments so ill throw mine at you.
My lenovo t430 battery was lost a while ago so i bought a replacement which wont charge at all. it has half a charge left. so it can power the laptop. I obviously dont have to original battery. Will this fix work if I use the new offbrand battery instead of the original one? Thank you for your video, it would be awesome if it would work.
Some have reported success as long as the battery has some charge left, but I haven’t tried this myself.
@@SebisRandomTech thank you for your answer!
@@SebisRandomTech I have another question. Is the "patched.t430.img" the file that at the end you flashed to the usb drive? Its located in the
"home/thinkpad-ec"directory. After i followed all the steps.
@@SebisRandomTech At the end i just rolled with it and it worked like a charm! thank you very much for the tutorial!
could this work using the linux subsystem alongside windows?
Hey, i'm trying the trick with a live USB Ubuntu 20.04.1 and when i launch "sudo make build deps" i have some issues with missing packet "xorriso" and "innoextract". any ideas ? thanks a lot dude !
Hard to say for sure, as I'm not well versed with Linux terminal stuff. Almost any time I had an issue building the patched BIOS it was because I made a typo or other mistake. Double check that you've typed everything correctly and try again!
I've switched to Mint (an old mint) and it worked