How to Jailbreak your Lenovo ThinkPad T430 - WI-FI Whitelist, Advanced Menu, Overclocking!

Hello Viewers, Today i bring a tutorial on how to Jailbreak your T430, You may do this say if you are attempting to remove the WI-FI Whitelist or to enable special Overclocking options or to get access to the special Advanced Menu in the BIOS!
Well how do i do this?
You'll need to be on BIOS Version 2.64 or older to do this on a T430, If you are not, i do have a video explaining how to downgrade to it as Lenovo's 2.64 Installer will throw errors at you if you was to try and 'downgrade' to an older version from a newer BIOS. You can find that video here:
• How to Downgrade the B...
You'll also need a memory stick that can hold 2GB and your BIOS MUST be in UEFI Mode or this will NOT work.
F12 - Boot Men
F1 - Bios
Make sure under Startup that UEFI Only and CSM are Enabled or this will likely not work. Secure boot is preferred to be disabled.
Here's the downloads:
The Github article for all the information you'll need (I strongly advise that you read this before proceeding)
github.com/n4r...
Rufus - To create the Bootable USB:
github.com/pba...
The 1vyrain Image:
drive.google.c...
Do this at your own risk
Any questions i will answer happily. Please don't be afraid to comment.
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[@Heidegaff]

A bit of clarification on the EC flash: 1vyrain doesn't touch the EC, so if you want to do the 7 rows keyboard mod, you'd have to first run 1vyprep to downgrade your BIOS, then do Hamish Coleman's EC mod, then 1vyrain. If you do the BIOS mod before the EC mod, the latter will remove your custom BIOS and you'll have to re-flash 1vyrain.

[@watchlover7750]

This was the tutorial with the worst video quality ever. And it helped me to jailbreak my t430s thanks a lot man you are a life saver 😆

[@L424RU5]

Thank you! Is was going to do it the hard way, so glad I don't have to. 3740qm running at 3.9ghz all core now - performance is noticeably better in stellaris and anno 1800 (with gtx 970 egpu via expresscard)

[@L424RU5]

Ps the 1vyrain image from their website didn't work, thanks again for putting it on gdrive

[@L424RU5]

@NYCfactor I do have the delta fan, it can get toasty (~90 degrees at full load), but most applications I use utilise only a core or 2, so it stays around 80. Bought some liquid metal, but have yet to apply it. I'll let you know if its worth it

[@bukizzz]

wow i have the exact same setup!!! Please tell me what kind of keyboard and display do you have? Also do u have a fingerprint sensor? I'd be shook if we had the exact same laptop😂😂😂

[@L424RU5]

@@bukizzz I bought an 1080p ips display with adapter off ebay, kb is azerty backlit - there is a fingerprint reader (I doubt well have the exact same, but pretty close still :D) oh and I used liquid metal, took 10 degrees off

[@bukizzz]

@@L424RU5 everything but the screen and liquid metal is the same! I have to apply liquid metal soon, been hearing great things ever since i got mine

[@kingacastus8915]

Worked like a charm on my t530! Also just want to note that you don't need to reinstall windows in UEFI mode if you hadn't done so before the mod. You can simply boot into the 1vyrain flash drive in UEFI mode, then get in the bios after that and roll it back to "both" or "legacy only" if you had set it up that way.

[@jan5504]

do you still have the original iso file of 1vyrain? i really really needit because i found a dumpster x230 and it has no wireless card so i bought a new wireless card unknowingly theres a whitelist on the bios now i dont have a budget to buy another wireless card. please help me

[@anassha4093]

wow man you are genius it is working perfectly fine first i flashed old bios with the help of your other tutorial then flashed modified bios seriously buddy you are genius one more thing make more tutorials how to modify bios and how to overclock ♥ ♥

[@dxtr-wd4ts]

tanks bro for this almost 5-7 years i have to wait for this tanks a lot

[@Marfprojects]

omg, thank you so much. i'm running a thinkpad t430 with bios 2.09. works great!

[@Julian-xb4ik]

thanks for posting this, off to watch the bios downgrade video

[@dewochan446]

apakah 4GB pada memori stik sudah cukup untuk membuat bootable bios ?

[@timtavares2629]

Thanks. Now I can upgrade my WiFi to AC. This also unlocked the bluetooth on my old WiFi card. I didn't know it had bluetooth because Lenovo disabled it.

[@kazutokirigaya7214]

works fine on my t430 (2.64 bios), very thanks!

[@miloszivkovic6118]

What should i do with t420 unknown to support: file error ?

[@Jolteon52]

Big, BIG thank you! Nice to finally be able to upgrade wifi on my W530 😎

[@mochacobra6800]

can you change the ram speed?

[@castell316]

Excellent just flashed my T430, want to know if with this version I can patch the battery and classic keyboard or I have to downgrade?

[@castell316]

@@scottbanks2531 thanks Scott I just find out that, and it works I change my wireless card and goes perfectly, and for classic keyboard and battery are different processes

[@tilensmrdel9570]

Can you undervolt your cpu with 1vyrain?

[@pjoter6817]

1:04 you said something about the bios chip having 12megs, any idea how I can check if mine has 12?

[@pjoter6817]

@@scottbanks2531 what are the consequences of not having the right bios chip? Only an error or the bios completly gone?

[@pjoter6817]

@@scottbanks2531 worth a shot

[@mirzasaqib4283]

Thanks mate...can you please make a complete explanation video on advanced bios setting.

[@nigrimarket]

The advanced bios setting is huge rabbit hole... And most of the features don't enhance the performance and is incorporated just for marketing reasons. But if you are interested evga has quite large portion of advanced setup features explained

[@Daniel-mn6zf]

Will this allow me to spoof my computer

[@ElfordGameson]

I have ThinkPad A275 and what i should to do in this case?

[@Documenting_Life_8619]

Hi there ;) does this also have an ability to remove bios password on it ? Thanx

[@HeathBurgess-zz1vx]

I'm using a t430u and I am using Rufus.. However the target system keeps switching to uefi non csm and your example has bios selected...as soon as I select the iso it switches from bios as a target to uefi.... Any ideas

[@kartis570]

thank you. any idea how to do this on lenovo g570? i have locked system.

[@ginowage1040]

Hi, im planning to do this as well. Were you able to successfully install a wireless ac card to your t430? If so, which one were you able to install? TIA

[@jasiokaczor3922]

Hallo. Can you make a similar video for Lenovo B50-70? I want to change the Wi-Fi card but the whitelist does not allow it.

[@ivanmedina4048]

Can you guys pass me the file 1vyrain please, it is not longer available on Google link

[@joaquim.garcias]

Im looking to do this on my x230. Im on 2.60 bios 1.13ec. Now the thinkpad-ec patch asks to be on 2.75 bios 1.14 ec to patch work. After i upgrade to 2.75bios 1.14EC to apply EC patch, i can downgrade bios to make the 1vyrain bios unlock? Thank you.

[@outdatedkidd8572]

thanks for this tutorial I've successfully flashed my bios my question is i did this on a win7 os, now my question what if i what to change my os lets say from win7 to win10 or win11, do i need to do this again?

[@inteligo90]

Hi, im have jailbreak since yesterday in my t430 - work fine :) But- whitelist WWAN is removed? Is only WLAN?

[@inteligo90]

@@scottbanks2531 HP un2430 (wwan hp2570p) mobile Borandband module workly perfekt. WWAN whitelist removed :)

[@subhkhan]

Any ideas if the system won't boot at all? After changing to UEFI only etc I can't select and boot up from any of the options...usb/SSD. But if I revert back to UEFI/ Legacy =both then boot up is as normal. This is the 2nd time I'm doing this but not sure why it's not working this time...

[@fransanbonosapinto881]

How do you change the clock? I took my bios battery off and the date in gone back to 2019. Any ideas how to change it?

[@scottbanks2531]

The clock is controlled by the operating system

[@sequbutfrench]

Do you know a T450s jailbreak?

[@LolJolk]

Any idea whether this bios removes whitelist on battery? I need to buy a battery replacement but I read that it won't charge with 3rd party batteries

[@jan5504]

hello do you still have the original iso files of 1vyrain? because the website is down and i cant find any alternative . please help me

[@misterkj356]

all the i7 cpu can be overclocked? or just de 38xx ? thanks

[@tek4980]

@South Bucks Transport can u help with on modifying the PCI-ID of the wlan card to match the authorized one? instead of removing the whitelist i have Thinkpad Edge (Machine Type 0578) think thats a Thinkpad Edge 14 (E40) . ive tried to find a bios for it, and have not been able to. even on lenovo . com

[@tek4980]

what program would i use to modify the card's ID?

[@MegaXtc11]

If I want to use the T420 keyboard using the flash, do I first flash using IvyRain and then patch the BIOS for T420 keyboard?

[@autogamer5927]

Is it also compatible with the t420?

[@mirzasaqib4283]

Can you tell me how to undo my jailbreak to stock bios.

[@vitusscasino]

Hi. Thanks for you're tutorial. I followed it on a T530, it said completed successfully and rebooted to black screen , no f1 setup screen... Any ideas how to fix this?

[@vitusscasino]

@@scottbanks2531 it did turn on... I got a green light indicating it's on but no display. Hard drive is also spinning but still no display

[@chipgoon]

Thanks for the tutorial. Too bad it won't allow the 7 row keyboard mod. Edit: Fortunately the keyboard mod can be done with thinkpad-ec mod (flash embedded controller) before applying 1vyrain. They do not interfere with each other

[@Vegaskater]

Hello, I did all the steps but even after Flash to the bios correctly, I do not eliminate the white list and it does not accept third-party battery, what can I do? Function of the Fn key and it does not respond to any of the actions that it should do, I hope you can help me, thanks.

[@khair0bhuiyan]

Is that really work? My laptop t430u wont boot from usb when i setup 1vyrain. Downgrade bat file do nothing. What should i do? Please Help

[@wkasapyr8900]

Thanks for the video, is there a similar process for the T520?

[@vawolo4950]

What about t430u? is it also gonna work for it or not

[@FireWolfx100]

Could i install coreboot or libreboot bios with this?

[@sera5_idofficial225]

up

[@dewochan446]

ya, anda harus terhubung dengan ethernet untuk mendapatkan file nya saat anda melakukan flashing di itu.

[@syahrulrmdani]

Hi I followed your instruction succesfully until I flashed the modified bios into flash drive. When I tried to boot via that flash drive (containing the patch) it won't boot :( and show some error do you have idea why?? Thank you (I downgraded the BIOS already from 2.82)

[@Zeno-zeno402]

hello, My battery is still not charging after this BIOS reflash. Can you please tell me what I did wrong? T530. Thx

[@scottbanks2531]

I've recently read that the Jailbreak doesn't remove the Battery whitelist for everyone unfortunately. Seems to be a 50/50 chance.

[@stansteez]

Thank you. Your tut helped me to to use 1vyrain on my T530. As far as downgrading the BIOS is concerned , there's a tool called 1vyprep which makes it a lot easier to downgrade it. Which Wifi Card did you put into yours? I am looking for a mac compatible card siince I am running macOS in it.

[@mrSKphotography]

Can this be done with a dead battery? My battery health is good but having issues not charging. Trying everything and its a nightmare

[@scottbanks2531]

I can't see why it can't be, however it is a very risky thing to do as if you have a power cut or lose power it will be game over for your ThinkPad

[@geralddo2169]

Please make how to remove Wifi whitelist of Lenovo G40-70?

[@SamuelHollandsh]

Cool thanks, I've got a 1080 screen (eBay adapter) with four core chip, 16gbs & SSD. I have ex monitor and egpu. I have put coreboot on it but went back because of destiny 2. I had to take my wifi card out but now I can put it back in. Thanks

[@SamuelHollandsh]

The only concern for me and possibly deal breaker is not being able to use legacy mode. I have a egpu and that is the first concern. Thanks

[@SamuelHollandsh]

@@scottbanks2531 after I flash the mod you think I can stay in legacy because my partition currently is MBR not GPT. Thanks

[@SamuelHollandsh]

By the way, after flashing, I had zero issues and didn't have to wipe. I now have the mod on T430 & T430s. Thank you

[@atet7319]

google drive link error sir, please help me, please fix it..thanks

[@SamuelHollandsh]

I wonder if this will also allow me to use 4g card instead of 3g/hspa currently? Thx

[@dewochan446]

4G tetap tidak bisa digunakan saya rasa, 3G+ mungkin masih bisa

[@swatboy79]

Hi thanks for your videos, I just get PR1,PR2,PR3,PR4 warnings "At least some flash regions are read protected". The mod then goes on not to work. I have T430 G1ETA4WW 2.64 Bios installed. I have "an active ME" Mangement Engine??

[@swatboy79]

@@scottbanks2531 Thanks for your speedy reply, where do I find it in the BIOS? All i can find is something under anti-theft under security but that doesnt work...???

[@swatboy79]

@@scottbanks2531 Hmm, I purchased it a few years ago from the Neatherlands. I guess I need to just wait and see what happens.... Thanks again for your videos.

[@gurgioo]

Do i have to flash bios for egpu installment-on t430?

[@misterkj356]

noup

[@Anonymous-jt3yz]

How can I remove intel ME during flash?

[@ssslenus7055]

I got recently a used T430 and used 1vyrain to unlock the bios. I was happily using it for about 2 weeks, until I realized that I don't have Intel VT-x enabled in the bios. I rebooted and enabled it, but when I try to load a VM, I get the same message (VT-x: (disabled in BIOS)). I checked again, and it is effectively disabled! Trying to re-enable Intel VT-x, I accidentally enabled/disabled another option (don't remember its name, but it is on the processor configuration). Reboot, only black screen. I thought that removing the bios battery would reset it to its default settings. But after removing/re-inserting it, my T430 only beeps (3-1-1-3), which according to the hardware maintenance manual, it is 'Three short beeps,pause,one short beep,pause,one more short beep,pause,and three short beeps' which corresponds to 'Remove the installed PCI devices', I'm not sure what does that mean, but I did not install any new PCI device! I did the classical procedures, removing battery/ram/etc... Nothing helps. Any help is greatly appreciated

[@arthurbttf]

Did you figure it out?

[@cobraclutchbeatz233]

bless you for the info woked for me on t430

[@wolverinexm2]

For a W540 ?

[@ferndog1461]

Thank you so much! - Houston, Texas

[@chindvids]

Does this remove the battery whitelist too or do I have to do that the old fashioned way?

[@chindvids]

@@scottbanks2531cheers for quick reply man the flashing went well when I did it Are you using aftermarket batteries? If so you got any recommendations for decent ones

[@chindvids]

@@scottbanks2531 thanks I'll check it out

[@Dahpie]

No it doesn't removed the battery whitelist. You still need to flash the EC separately for that.

[@bomahn8160]

Where do I find date and time settings

[@juristuCDPC]

What if I want to switch back to stock BIOS, can I do that easily? Does the system still receive updates through Lenovo Vantage after flashing this modified BIOS?

[@dewochan446]

apakah ini sebuah lelucon setelah melakukan flashing/jailbreak pada bios ?

[@isaiashdz8707]

this bios let you use any third part batery ?

[@robdgekke]

No sadly it does not, just tried this and it does not work, still says not an original battery and wont work

[@onebluestone]

Thank you so much for your detailed and thorough instruction. It helped me jailbreak my T430. Thank you! Right now, I'm trying to revert back to the original version (non-modified version) of the Bios. I'm trying get my eGPU work and it seems I need the original version of Bios. Could you please tell me how to revert the Bios?

[@neohubris]

what happened to your eGPU?

[@stevenswall]

You didn't show the correct Rufus settings. Which did you use?

[@dewochan446]

tidakkah kamu menyimak videonya dengan teliti ? poor guy. 😅 tangkap layarnya agar kamu lebih jelas melihatnya dan juga mendengarkan penjelasannya. kamu harus membuat bootable bios terlebih dahulu ke dalam memori stik dan itu memakan waktu beberapa menit.

[@XokanInsight]

Thanks for the video. Can anyone confirm that this enables use of third party batteries on t430? I am aware of the 50/50 chance!

[@jasoto8523]

Everything is working fine. However I was not able to find the option to change the BIOS time and date. I am having some issues with my backup battery and the system keeps asking me to adjust the BIOS time and date. Can you give me the instructions to get the date and time changed within BIOS?

[@germanlorenz]

cambie la pila bios

[@horizongarage5597]

Press enter to restart All I got was a black screen and fan is on Did I brick it?

[@dewochan446]

hey, modifikasi bios adalah tindakan ilegal dan sangat tidak disarankan karena bisa menyebabkan brick pada sistem motherboard, tanggung sendiri akibatnya. pergilah ke tukang servis untuk melakukan flash ulang manual pada ic/chip bios itu dan biayanya akan cukup mahal.

[@Rodrigoensina]

Thank you now my thinkpad fully support hackintosh.

[@t3rb0rg]

Very nicely done. Thank you.

[@dragonfire1256]

could you undervolt with this

[@pastyccino]

it worked for me and my t430. Downgrade and hack. Good!!!

[@1x099]

Not working on MT ThinkPad T430u

[@luckyxanim]

Will it work if I have a lower version BIOS than the recommended version?

[@luckyxanim]

@@scottbanks2531 Per say that I have managed to jailbreak the BIOS, will it be affected if I try to reset my computer in the future? Do I have to repeat the process?

[@luckyxanim]

@@scottbanks2531 hey, I don't think the jailbreak remove the battery whitelist. I managed to jailbreak it and now have the advanced setting menu, but the warning about not supported battery still comes up. What do I have to do next? I'm still new to this

[@luckyxanim]

@@scottbanks2531 Maybe I should downgrade the BIOS? because the mod upgraded it yo like v2.82.

[@drewdegeer4432]

So I managed not to brick my x230 and now have ordered a wifi 6 mini pci card. Which will vastly improve my bandwith and bluetooth world.

[@jan5504]

do you still have the 1vyrain iso? can you share it to me because the website was gone, been searching for many days now. please

[@ivanmedina4048]

file /vmlinuz not found

[@gabrieldias5860]

Anyone already use the new file that is on the google drive link that has 259 Mb ?

[@dewochan446]

saya juga tidak tahu apa itu, saya baru cek di github dan saya belum mendownloadnya, jadi saya benar benar tidak mengetahuinya dan bisakah anda menjelaskan itu saat ini?

[@secondhalf791]

Will this work for T450

[@adebimpesaheedolawale5471]

Can I downgrade my EC TOO

[@pbox9642]

is there a white list on the cpu ?

[@ov3rkill]

No whitelist on the CPU. You can just replace it directly as long as it's ivybridge.

[@pbox9642]

@@ov3rkill thank you i have just upgraded mine to Core i7 3612QM .mine is a windows 8 machine i bet mine has bigger chip as windows key is in bios do you know if there is a way to check bios chip with out stripping it down

[@notdhruvv]

will it work on ideapad 330?

[@jm036]

Buy a proper laptop also I think there are BIOS mods for Ideapad 330 already, Ryzen version

[@brianwillatzen7707]

I have done it all with great success. But it still can not take non-original batteries

[@ДенисМ-ф6ы]

All is work. Thanks

[@olekors]

Lenovo Thinkpad X230. What is the difference between of these images "1vyrain.iso (257M)" and "1vyrain_rev1.rar (588M)". I have tried both, but no one was a success. In beginning and till where appearing makes "FLASH MODIFIED LENOVO BIOS" was OK, but then go an error and it continues nonstop, only switches off pressing a button of power off. So what is wrong? Could you advice what can I attempt to make for success jailbreak.

[@pablouribe7367]

Try usb 2.0 instead of 3.0, sometimes it's just that

[@olekors]

@@pablouribe7367 I have done it, the problem was in switch CSM at bios

[@leukybear]

Thanks a bunch!

[@ivanmedina4048]

Help please

[@lolimdonebedwars9141]

Cheers, I just did it hacked client screwed it up for me

[@Rianatmaja25]

The downloaded file has been deleted

[@MrRomanpoliceymako]

Спасибо!Всё получилось!

[@SamuelHollandsh]

ok for the record I decided I'd try and if I couldnt get to boot reinstall or switch to uefi partition. (see below comment )the first boot it said something about uefi and went to bios w/advanced menu, the second booted into my system. Thank you sincerly. Now I'm ready to pop my wifi card in!!! Ok edit- wifi card is working and speeds have increased dramatically. Thank you, I bought this card back in 2018 after installing coreboot but when going to Windows for destiny 2 I put the original back on. Anyway this was my last step making this machine pure beast 💪 mode. I have SSD with caddy for add. 16gbs ram I have four core chip with upgraded power supply and dock. 1080 IPS screen with adapter. I have connected to 1660TI with external display. This is the wifi card I'm using if anyone is wondering. Thank you sincerely www.amazon.com/dp/B00N7474CS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_y5CwEbK2AX95Y

[@PolishPianoOrgan]

PLEASE MAKE IT WITH X230 I BEG YOU!

[@scottbanks2531]

Same procedure

[@PolishPianoOrgan]

@@scottbanks2531 a could you doing a rebranding network card? I have in x230 intel 6205 with no bluetooth and no bluetooth module but i have intel 1030 with that, from dell inspiron. But it is not authorized network cars

[@januszsud1918]

Where can I find the file from this link: "The 1vyrain Image: drive.google.com/file/d/1D4fn..."

[@eikka1020]

I got my T530 without battery and now want to get battery for that. So will this need some kind battery for doing this?

[@m90nray]

Yes unfortunately

[@adebimpesaheedolawale5471]

Can I downgrade my EC TOO

[@nightmareox1268]

Will it work with thinkpad e431

[@kikikecanovic5384]

Does it fix battery validation problem?

[@robdgekke]

No sadly it does not, just tried this and it does not work, still says not an original battery and wont work

[@Griscasio]

Will this work on t430u