Trackpad alternatives in other brands? s230u Twist Yoga

I had been excited about my planned purchase of Lenovo's Thinkpad s230u Twist until today. I have purchased Thinkpad laptops for the last 7 years, I LOVE THEM! I purchased an Ideapad G510S for my daughter's birthday from the Outlet store in July 2014 and received it with a non-working touchscreen, not a big problem. After troubleshooting it with techsupport it was determined to be a hardware issue. My daughter didn't request a touchscreen in the first place so we decided to forego the hassle of setting up a return, waiting, then setting up another computer.
When contacting Customer Service (?) they wouldn't even reimburse the price difference for the identical machine sans touchscreen feature which only came to around $30. On top of that, I'm also a Working Advantage member. This has unfortunately left me with a bad taste in my mouth. The poor service today will make me rethink my decision; my R61 has been an amazing machine and will have to hold out a little longer while I find comparables.
Does anyone have suggestions on a comprable convertible to the s230u i5? How about the Yoga also with i5, which was to be the next purchase in the next few weeks for my older daughter?
I would miss most of all the trackpad "Nurple" as it was affectionately named in my home.

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Dear Team
I am struggling to get the hard drive 04W4088 which is for the thinkpad twist S230u here in India. Can any one please help me to find an alternative hard drive for the same ? Can I go for any SSD drive? Currently the laptop is with the service desk, but they said no stock available for the twist hard drive. So, if I can give a new suitable hard drive they can fix it and give it to me back. Also, theey said it is not posible to fit the SSD for the twist S230U. I am really suffering because of the poor customer service and my laptop is with them for past one month. can anyone help me in getting a new suitable hard drive for the Think pad twist S230u?
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Raj

Have you tried reinstalling the original drive? Same symptoms with it?

S230U Twist - Camera no longer works after Win 8.1

Hello all!
I've scoured the forums and tried EVERYTHING but I still cannot find a solution to my problem:
After I upgrade from Win 8 to Win8.1, my camera no longer works. It shows a gray screen with a camera and a diagonal line across it but the green camera light shows up; I also get a shutter sound when take a picture but the image is only of the aforementioned gray camera screen. I can't use the camera for video in skype or any other video chat function.
My Integrated Camera driver version is 3.4.7.26 (SunplusIT) dated 3/15/2013. I tried to upgrade but it seems to be the latest one.
I've also checked that the Lock Screen setting is set to ON for "Swipe down on lock screen to use camera".
SOMEONE, please HELP!

Hi,
Welcome to Lenovo Community Forums!
I'm really sorry to hear that when you try to use webcam in your Lenovo S230U Twist, you are getting a crossed camera image.
Check if your camera is in normal or private mode. This could be happening because you might have set your camera in private mode.
Go into Lenovo Settings App and select camera.
There will be the options of Private and Normal.
Select Normal.
Also, in Settings > Permissions, make sure that Skype and other similar apps have permission to access the Webcam or Microphone.
Hope this helps!
Best regards,
Mithun.
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MSATA or 2.5" SSD for Lenovo Thinkpad s230u Twist?

The Subject sort of explains itself, however I will add some more infromation for convenience sake:
Generally speaking I think of myself as fairly knowlageble about computers and their hardware. When it comes to laptops however I'm not so knowlagable, thus I would like to get a professional oppinion on the subject of SSD for laptops.
So I'm thinking of getting a Crucial m500 SSD (I'm so happy with my older m4 that I have full confidence in it's stability and speed) with 240GB of storage space, it comes in both mSATA and in the regular 2.5" x 7mm format. Thus I ask wheter or not to choose 2.5" or mSATA for my Thinkpad s230u Twist. It already has a 500Gb Hitachi harddrive provided originaly by Lenovo, thus if I choose the mSATA I would be able to have a total of 740Gb of fast and reliable storage.
What are your oppinions on such an installation? should I just go for mSATA or choose the regular 2.5" format?
Rainmaker91
P.S: I should probably just inform that Lenovos solutions is not an option due to it's extreme price and the drives beeing outdated. Also I don't need the Lenovo warranty and support due to the "Warranty" provided by law in my country.
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I have replaced my 500GB HD with a 2.5" Samsung 830 series, 128 GB SSD. After researching the benefits of both the "Main Drive" socket and the mSATA socket, I learned that in virtually ALL Laptops, the mSATA socket is limited to only mSATA II speeds, ie. 3 GB/sec, while the Main Drive socket can handle the 6 GB/sec characteristic of the SATA III properties. This higher speed is, after all, why one would go to the trouble of replacing the Drive to begin with. I did also put a 120 GB mSATA SSD in my WWAN socket (I have an Edge 530), where I store most of my new programs for easy, fast retrieval...So, I would definitely go with the 2.5" SSD.....fruhlpmd.....

Thinkpad edge s230u twist can't access bios by F1,bios recovery

When I tried to update win8.1 updates KB3000850, it failed via auto-update or installation. Follow the Microsoft guide to restart laptop into safe mode, installation failed also. Then I chose safe mode with minimum way to restart laptop. Then laptop halted down at Lenovo logo.
At first, I thought bios is modified by windows8.1(x64) and it can't load any hard disk to boot. With a couple of days test, I found a way to flash BIOS at very beginning of laptop boot. BIOS can be updated. But there is still no startup option to set boot sequence. My laptop is still halted down at Lenovo logo, same as BIOS update. I can only access bios by keeping real clock error which I generated by clearing BIOS.
if no real clock error, i can't access bios. And f1 and f12 doesn't work. At the lonovo logo screen, Enter doesn't work also although it hints me to press Enter.
In my laptop bios, there is no startup option even I udate it.
can somebody help me on this? Lenovo service center just aksed me to change board.
Here I share the bios crisis recovery solution for s230u, may also for other models.
Laptop: ThinkPad edge s230u twist 3347-3QC
Bios: 1.67, UEFI.
OS:windows 8.1 x64
How to do BIOS crisi recovery:
1. Download bios(exe version) from Lenovo website
2. Run it, and release file. Uncheck the installation at last. Remember the release location. You can get the bios in .fl1 format, mine is in ..\gduj21us\GDETA9WW\
3. Rename it as BIOS.cap and copy it into a new formatted USB stick with FAT32 in root directory.
4. Shutdown Laptop and disconnect AC cord. Insert USB stick.
5. Hold Fn+R, plugging in AC power. And power-on.
6. USB stick is blinking, then you can release key. A short while, after a lenovo logo, flashing screen shows.
7. After flash, laptop will restart or shutdown.
In BIOS, it shows new version. If new bios is new one, flashing takes a longer time than a very short time for same version flashing.

I tried 1.02, it will try to read USB stick, then shutdown, restart, read again, laptop would be in this cycle. It's same when i changed one Bit by hex-editor of 1.69 version. I also try to use PhoenixTool 2.59 to rebuild BIOS after change one or two Bits of extracted roms. same status also, it took the changed bios as wrong input, enter the above cycle also.
I tried 1.53, it can show lenovo logo, and flashing screen, but it hints that BIOS should be qual or newer.
I still wait for some on guide. Thanks in advance.

S230u Twist - Exchange Harddisk

Hi,
Some months ago I bought a Samsung SSD for my old computer. Unfortunately it stopped working one or two weeks later.
Now I have a fresh Lenovo S230u Twist! I would like to put my SSD into it but I do not know how to do this.
Do you know where to find an instruction to do so? Which screws to open etc.?
Many thanks
Ruben

Hey there RubenIO and welcome to the Forums!
This place for this type of information is to review the hardware maintenance manual for installation procedures. (Page 58 for HDD/SSD) Additionally, there is a support site called frusonfone.com/fof that has videos showing various procedures on a variety of Lenovo products including the Twist! I hope this helps RubenIO!
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S230u Twist - Windows 7 - Intel wless driver

I have a s230u twist laptop and have removed Windows 8 and installed Windows 7 - I installed all the drivers but hav an issue with the Intel Wireless display installing. If I run the setup it says - see screenshot - Any ideas ?
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The right driver for your machine can be found there: http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/downloads/detail.page?DocID=DS029588
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Supported Dual Band Wifi Card for s230u Twist?

I just bought the s230u Twist and realized that the Intel 2230 wifi card is *not* dual band (2.4 GHz only). I also realize that the BIOS has a whitelist for mini-pci cards and need to know if there are any dual band cards that are supported. Thanks.

Hey there guys,
Jccheng, the ThinkPad a/b/g/n Wireless & Bluetooth 4.0 (2x2 ABGN & BT 4.0) is a dual band adapter that is compatible and comes as upgrade with the ThinkPad Twist s230u. The 802.11a only runs on a 5Ghz Frequency, and the 802.11n can run on either. I have listed all the adapter options with part numbers below:
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04W3765 Intel 2x2 11bgn + BT4.0 Combo Jackson Peak1 (Centrino 2230)
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I meet a lot of 3G signal when a call signal disappears 3G! I read the manuals and anything I find the problem! I do so with other brands and other cell does not, the same goes when I receive a call!

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First of all, I am a fairly new (18 months and counting) born-again Apple fan. Now to my question:
Are there any significant benefits outside of raw performance of having an Apple display versus some other brand (LG, Samsung, etc.)?
I just got a new MacBook and will be getting my wife one soon. What I want to do is set an external display with a nice, high resolution to remain stationary at a work station. The idea is that either of us could take our MacBook to the station and hook up the external display to do photo or video work, watch a movie, etc.
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Wifi direct not working with other brands

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Back/forward trackpad gestures in other places (Finder, Firefox, ...) in os x lion

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