ThinkPad Twist 3347 Owner's Thread

so I've had all of these issues, but only 1 is actually a real issue

the cursor moving and windows collapsing and task switch is you hitting the trackpad, sorry to say. windows 8 had some trackpad gestures you should turn them all off

the cursor being backwards and 90 degrees off is a bug ive had it happen once.

the screen is slow to rotate but it always works right for me. don't forget once you open it up it turns off auto rotate, so make sure your screen is oriented correctly before you open it to laptop mode.

your issue in chrome is due to you hitting the trackpad with 2 fingers. turn off gestures in the control panel

qwerty keyboard will not auto pop up when your on the desktop, only in modern apps

 

In case some people haven't seen this yet, this guy from Lenovo forums that is supposed to be Lenovo Staff, wrote the following:

So I guess we need to "disable" the whole laptop, and put it in standby to get the promised 7 hours battery life

 

Got my Twist yesterday, it's an i7, 8GB RAM and 256GB SSD (Samsung 830). Should I just uninstall the bloatware, OR do a clean Windows 8 install? What would the benefit be if I do the clean install?
I've had some major issues with the touchscreen after doing all Lenovo updates from the "update center". After I did a "Windows Refresh" the issues went away, but everything was reset to default, so I had to setup some things again. Now I'm worried about doing any of the Lenovo updates.

 

Hi, below is my "review" of this laptop on Amazon and the little tricks to make it function perfectly; well for me anyway. Some of your "problems" are mentioned here, for example #1 is solved by disabling the "wipe from left to open another app" feature (your palm touches the touchpad and activate this, solution=disabling it, it's not important). Hope this helps.

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HOW TO MAKE LIFE WITH THIS LAPTOP EASY: first thing to do when you get the Twist is to type "update" at Metro screen then "enter" to let the system update itself; the original software has a few teething problems particularly with the rotation function. Second, thanks to Win 8 there are several duplicate controls for adjustment of power settings, auto dimming, and screen brightness adjustment that drove me absolutely nuts until I had things figured out. For example auto dim brightness is adjusted by at least 2 independent algorithms: one that operates by sensor (auto dim according to ambient light - turned off by "Change PC Settings" in Windows 8) and one that operates through the power management - turned off or adjusted by clicking on the battery icon. Similarly, brightness and power management are set by using either "Graphics Property" which gives you the Intel Graphics Control Panel, or by clicking on the battery icon to enter power management.

Some fine tuning "tricks" that have helped me:
***Type "update" on Metro screen to update to latest Lenovo's software/firmware change. This will update the flawed auto-rotation function that comes loaded from factory.
***You must turn off the auto dim function that adjusts to ambient light, or it will likely drive you crazy. On Metro screen, wipe from right side, then "Settings," then "Change PC Settings" at right lower corner, then "General," then scroll down to "Screen," then turn off "Adjust my screen brightness automatically."
***There is a second auto dim function that's related to power saving, in the Power Options->Change Advanced Power Settings if you want to get rid of that too.
***I actually turn off "auto rotation" in Control Panel->Display->Change Display Settings because I don't really care of it in laptop mode, however when you start twisting the screen it turns on automatically and it works fine.
***Start Button for those who miss it - google for the "Lenovo Quick Launch."
***To silent laptop speakers when you plug in a headphone: Control Panel-->Realtek HD Audio Manager-->Advanced Device Settings-->Click/check Multi-stream mode.
***Lenovo Solution Center: Oddly enough, I found that if you scan both discs (Hitachi HDD and Samsung SSD) during the hardware check up part, you'll get a failure grade for the Samsung targeted read test. However if you scan the SSD only, then it passes the test. This is a bug in Lenovo Solution Center and I ignore the error message.
***I also turn off all warnings and notifications from the bloatwares that come with this laptop from Lenovo, Intel, etc., so they don't keep popping up annoying messages.
***Wipe-from-left-edge-to-flip-through-opened-programs/apps function: I turn this function off because I would accidentally activate it through the touchpad when I type and cause a different program to open.
***Press "Windows key" and "x" at the traditional desktop screen to bring up critical functions like control panel, etc.
***If you just start typing (any letter, anything) on Metro screen, you automatically activate search function for all apps and programs. Very convenient.

 

Does anyone have a rather noisy fan? My fan doesn't come on all the time but when it does it ramps up really quickly and start to sound like a vacuum cleaner.

 

Mine is pretty noisy at full speed which it rarely gets to unless I'm playing a game.