Comments on: SOLVED: Lenovo Yoga 2 13″ with “hardware-disabled” Wifi

By: Frank

Frank — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 12:54:15 +0000

Hey.

Could someone reup or repost the link to the .bat file for the windows solution?

Looks like it doesn’t exist anymore on the lenovo forums:

.bat file provided by Lenovo:

https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Idea-Windows-based-Tablets-and/Yoga-2-13-wifi-hard-blocked/td-p/1685805/page/2

Thank you guys!

By: Pablo

Pablo — Fri, 19 Oct 2018 00:01:37 +0000

I have the exact same problem with an Thinkpad x230.
Is there a solution for it too? I have no ideapad module

By: Lenovo Support

Lenovo Support — Mon, 13 Aug 2018 08:24:10 +0000

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By: Kali Linux

Kali Linux — Sat, 14 Apr 2018 17:12:30 +0000

verry good bro

By: Linda

Linda — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 22:10:10 +0000

It sounds like the problem I am having… well, one of the problems. The other problem is that I don’t understand most of what you said. :)

By: Asdrubal

Asdrubal — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 13:43:58 +0000

Thank you my friend, it was really helpful!!!

By: Hamed

Hamed — Sun, 10 Sep 2017 21:39:33 +0000

Thanks a lot for the blog. But this command works for me too.
sudo modprobe -r ideapad_laptop

By: Reinhard

Reinhard — Sun, 04 Jun 2017 20:00:27 +0000

Thanks for this great guide. It really helped me. I installed Linux Mint 18.1 on a Lenovo Y520 and had the same problem. The kernel is 4.4.0-53-generic.

I fist looked for kernel sources with

sudo apt-cache search linux-source

and then loaded the 4.4.0 sources with

sudo apt-get install linux-source-4.4.0

There I found the ideapad-laptop.c file under /usr/src/linux-source-4.4.0 in the only archive in this directory.

I located the function “static const struct dmi_system_id no_hw_rfkill_list” and extended the structure of laptops that do not have a kill switch as such:
{
.ident = “Lenovo Y520-15IKBN”,
.matches = {
DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, “LENOVO”),
DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_VERSION, “Lenovo Y520-15IKBN”),
},
},

I had previously obtained the id of my laptop with
sudo dmidecode | grep “Version: Lenovo”

Then I used your makefile and followed your instructions.

Thanks again
Reinhard

By: Dee Cai

Dee Cai — Mon, 24 Apr 2017 06:30:48 +0000

Try this command, it works for me.
sudo modprobe -r ideapad_laptop

By: Ryan L.

Ryan L. — Fri, 24 Feb 2017 09:45:48 +0000

Hello,

Just wanted to say thanks for this post. It totally fixed the wifi under my CentOS 7 install on my Lenovo Yoga 2 13

Thanks!!