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Windows 8 and X220 Bluetooth
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 6:58 pm
by taob
Anyone have luck getting Windows 8 to enable and use Bluetooth on the X220? It worked fine under Windows 7 (able to pair with my PS3 BT remote control). The green BT icon status LED isn't lit up (the wifi one is), even though it is enabled in the BIOS. Fn+F5 no longer works to enable the radio (I only turn it on when I need it), and it does not look like the full Thinkvantage suite of software has been ported to Windows 8 yet. Any ideas on what I need to do to enable BT?
Re: Windows 8 and X220 Bluetooth
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 8:54 pm
by taob
Well, apparently it was because I had disabled the BT radio while in Windows 7, and the hardware somehow remembers that (overriding even the BIOS setting). Since Lenovo has not yet released the Windows 8 version of Hotkey Integration, I installed the Windows 7 version in compatibility mode, and now Fn+F5 seems to work again. I was able to turn on the BT radio, and immediately begin using it.
Re: Windows 8 and X220 Bluetooth
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 8:55 pm
by taob
Re: Windows 8 and X220 Bluetooth
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 12:55 am
by bedacake
Had the same problem. I have installed this driver and bluetooth 3.0 on W8 works:
http://support.lenovo.com/en_ID/downloa ... D=DS032438
Re: Windows 8 and X220 Bluetooth
Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 2:04 am
by dao
taob, how did you get your Fn+F5 working for bluetooth?
I install the Hotekey Integration using your link. Fn+F5 bring up Windows 8 Wireless setting. It turns on/off Wireless (wifi). No way to select bluetooth.
Re: Windows 8 and X220 Bluetooth
Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 12:48 am
by GomJabbar
You need to install Hotkey Features version 3.81 or older for Fn + F5 to have full functionality on the X220 in Windows 8.
It is available from a table on the following page (scroll down).
http://support.lenovo.com/en_ID/downloa ... D=DS014985
Re: Windows 8 and X220 Bluetooth
Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 2:27 am
by dao
Thanks for your reply. I installed version 3.81 as what you mentioned. It works! Now I can toggle on/off easily for my bluetooth. Thank you very much.
Re: Windows 8 and X220 Bluetooth
Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2015 4:36 pm
by david_91
Sorry to bump such an old thread, but I was going crazy trying to figure out why bluetooth wouldn't show up anywhere on the system no matter what I did, but installing the Hotkey 3.81 software worked like a charm. Thank you so much!
Re: Windows 8 and X220 Bluetooth
Posted: Fri May 13, 2016 1:14 am
by TeacherMark
david_91 wrote:Sorry to bump such an old thread, but I was going crazy trying to figure out why bluetooth wouldn't show up anywhere on the system no matter what I did, but installing the Hotkey 3.81 software worked like a charm. Thank you so much!
Ditto!
My bluetooth is working again!
