Betreff: Does anyone have x220t pen working properly on edges?

[ModemJunki]

Bah. No firmware update available. Fujitsu machine at work is flawless, it was a joy to go back to it today after trying hard with this thing.

It took me more than a month to decide what machine to buy, on paper this machine is the best of the breed at the moment. Now I'm totally let down.

Back to the drawing board, so to speak.

[driekus]

Yup it is kind of rediculous ModemJunki,
I have had mine over 5 months, approaching 6 months without a fix. I wish I sent mine back in the first week.

[ModemJunki]

Boxed up for return.

The pen on my pen-only unit wouldn't even register on the bottom (hinge side) of the screen - the cursor didn't show up until I moved the pen up 4 or 5mm.

I am very disappointed with Lenovo. Now I have to consider HP, Fujitsu, Samsung etc. again, and I'll be without a tablet on my upcoming trip overseas.

You would think a premium product would get full attention to such a major detail.

[jordsvin]

Just a "me too" re: tablet inaccuracy.

Support from Lenovo much appreciated, I hope the firmware update for the tablet fixes it. 

[ModemJunki]

Sigh.

Samsung 7 tablet out (though tempting) because I use as a notebook 70% of the time sitting on my couch or recliner and 10% of the time traveling. Tablet function for me is mostly sketching out woodworking designs and other ideas for my hobby (though at work I am a OneNote user and ink extensively on a Fujitsu T580, a chunky little thing).

Fujitsu out because they are too pricey for feature set & supply the powered pen (that thing is fat and hurts my hand after a while at work).

I am settling for an HP that I can get with my corporate discount. The Lenovo had better CPU and nicer screen (outdoor) as well as a better keyboard.

Keyword: settling. The HP is magnesium/aluminum alloy and looks slick and all but... this wasn't my first choice. The X220t was.

Shame on Lenovo for scaring me away.  For my upcoming vacation I'll have to take my Aspire One netbook, sort of like hopping back onto on a 50cc scooter after test driving a Ferarri....

I'll let you all go back to your regularly scheduled programming now.

[Genji86]

2 months of everyday using!!!!

wonderful product for the students.

Like everybody waiting for fix 

[JameZ · Accepted solution]

@All,

Firmware has been released. Please go through the readme file before installing the firmware.

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WHAT THIS PACKAGE DOES

This utility will examine your system configuration and detect supported
digitizer device installed in your ThinkPad X220 Tablet.

The utility will then check the firmware version of the ditizer and judge whether
your system requires a firmware update or not.  If required, an update button will
be enabled to run the firmware update program for your digitizer.


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CHANGES IN THIS RELEASE
  Release fwdigi01

<Fix>
 Improved accuracy of the digitizer.


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MAKING A DOWNLOADED FILE TO USE

  This section assumes to use Internet Explorer and Windows Explorer.

  Downloading file
  1. Click once on the underlined file name. Once this is done, some pop-up
     windows will appear.
  2. Follow the instructions on the screen.
  3. In the window to choose Run or Save, click the Save button.
  4. Choose the folder you would like to download the file to and click the Save
     button.
     A different window will appear and the download will begin and complete.
     Once the download has completed, there may or may not be a message stating
     that the download completed successfully.

  Extracting the Digitizer Firmware Update Utility
  5. Locate the folder where the file was downloaded.
  6. Double click the file saved.
  7. Copy "fwdigi01.exe" to the located folder.

  Finally delete the file saved in the step 4.


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INSTALLATION GUIDE

After the above sections "MAKING A DOWNLOADED FILE TO USE" have been completed,
follow these steps.

Please connect the AC adapter and use a fully charged battery to power the
ThinkPad system during the update.  This will avoid an accidental loss of power.

1. Run the "fwdigi01.exe".
2. The update utility examins a digitizer firmware version and judges update
   required or not.
3. If your digitizer firmware needs to be updated, the update button is able to push.
   If not, you can push the exit button only.
4. Follow the instructions on the screen to update the firmware.
   The update utility updates the firmware and verifies it.
5. When the update is completed, press the exit button to end the Firmware Update
   Utility.
6. Shutdown and power on again.
7. Finally delete the update utility.

Attention: Please do not power off the ThinkPad during the firmware update,
            or your digitizer may NOT be usable anymore.

 Notes:
 - The Digitizer Firmware Update Utility does not support a suspend/hibernation/
   resume feature of the ThinkPad while the firmware update utility is running.
   Please do not use Fn-F4, close LID or equivalent functions.


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Firmware here

Readme here

[andrer]

Great to see! It would be interesting to see what you x220t users has to say about the fix.

However, it won't even try to install on my x201t though, so the fix seems to be unique for the
x220t.

[Double-O-Seven]

After I've installed it and restarted the X220T, nothing has changed at all.

Then I recalibrated the screen with cmd.exe and the tabcal command.

(I've also calibrated it in this before the update.)

No change.

Than I reset calibration and used standard 4-point calibration and what do I see?

It's much more accurate (however not perfectly accurate) at the left and top edges in tablet mode. (Right and bottom edges were more or less accurate before.

Do not use any other calibration than standard 4-point.

Thanks Lenovo.

[jordsvin]

Just installed, rebooted, reset calibration data and did Wacom 16 point calibration.
Edge (and the previously patchy centre screen) accuracy is much improved.
Thanks!