I really hope there’s a class action over this. Their software breaking your hardware isn’t a failure of the device and should be a recall instead of a warranty repair.
Lenovo has been absolute trash for a while now. They took the ThinkPad brand and destroyed any reputation it may have had, I’m not surprised by this at all.
What’s left? I’m still rocking the same thinkpad since 2015 but it’s really struggling these days (almost time for Linux)
Checks notes
- DO NOT update anything unless completely necessary
^Oh, that’s rule no. 2
The issue is Windows 11 which does BIOS updates as a part of it’s Windows Update service
On devices where I’m forced to use Windows, I ALWAYS set my network as metered so it won’t download any updates.
Prevention: blocking Windows Update.
Solution: rolling back to a previous BIOS version.Too bad most people who purchased a Legion Go won’t know how to do any of that.
This article has a bit more on the matter.
Seems people with a Linux distro avoided the whole ordeal. Good for them. 🫶
I bet it didn’t affect SteamOS versions…
Maybe. I know someone who wiped their Legion clean and installed an Arch-based OS and still had the BIOS-brick issue. No idea if they managed to fix it themselves yet but it’s not purely a Windows problem.
Yeah BIOS use happens at startup before the OS starts getting involved. While it’s potentially possible that the bug was only in the windows updater, it’s equally possible that it’s present in both, or just Linux. Any OS is equally as able to install a faulty BIOS update.
How? Did they use fwupd? It’s also not integrated into some kind of auto-update on Arch (unlike Fedora for example).
How To Install SteamOS On The Legion Go
Also unlocks more oomph in games.
But I’m pretty sure lvfs has legion firmware.
Installing SteamOS onto my OG Legion Go was the best idea.
Remember when Lenovo got caught putting a rootkit in their bios? That should have been the end of anyone ever buying from them.
I brought that up to IT before, people forget so easily
Barely anyone remembers Sony shipping rootkits on their music CDs as well.
There’s a "Computer-sabotage law in Germany, just sayin.
Lenovo enshittified the same route as Toyota.
Remember them pre-installing superfish? Pushing ads into the browser, compromising HTTPS by adding their own root certificate, and it was all kept in the bios so even a wipe of the OS wasnt going to fix it.
Or their software in the bios that pulled in lenovoo software before windows started?
Or all the CVE’s their bios had?
And then there is all the feedback software that they added that ran silently in the background.
I am not sure they enshitified or just simply always have been shit.
Handy rule to follow in the future, If it works, don’t fuck with it.
What about security updates? Those kinda work right up until they crucially don’t.
Don’t make me tap the sign.
This should be added to https://consumerrights.wiki/
