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In 2020, The Intercept made headlines showing how Chinese manufactures like Lenovo have suppliers accused of forced child labor in Uyghur regions of China.<ref>[https://theintercept.com/2020/08/21/school-laptops-lenovo-chromebooks-china-uyghur/ "Kids may be using laptops made with forced labor this fall"] - theintercept.com - accessed 2025-02-01 ([http://web.archive.org/web/20251205195726/https://theintercept.com/2020/08/21/school-laptops-lenovo-chromebooks-china-uyghur/ Archived])</ref> The company later said it was ending relationships with these suppliers.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/ap-exclusive-us-faces-back-to-school-laptop-shortage/2020/08/22/13281908-e4eb-11ea-82d8-5e55d47e90ca_story.html "U.S. faces back-to-school laptop shortage"] - washingtonpost.com - accessed 2025-02-01 ([http://web.archive.org/web/20230831111126/https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/ap-exclusive-us-faces-back-to-school-laptop-shortage/2020/08/22/13281908-e4eb-11ea-82d8-5e55d47e90ca_story.html Archived])</ref>

===Disabling third-party batteries===

A common issue where third party batteries were working perfectly fine but without being allowlisted they are just got suddenly disabled, and as a result do not charge or function.{{CitationNeeded}} There is no error messages and the only way to know is to install Vantage software to see non-genuine battery warning. This is critical as perfectly working hardware that is slightly outdated by a couple of years is basically turned into e-waste because of this, and original parts are getting harder to come by with every passing day.

A common issue where third party batteries were working perfectly fine but without being allowlisted they are just got suddenly disabled, and as a result do not charge or function.{{CitationNeeded}} There is no error messages and the only way to know is to install Vantage software to see non-genuine battery warning. {{CitationNeeded}}This is critical as perfectly working hardware that is slightly outdated by a couple of years is basically turned into e-waste because of this, and original parts are getting harder to come by with every passing day.{{CitationNeeded}}

===X1 Carbon series problems===

The '''X1 Carbon series''' of laptops exhibits hardware durability issues and will fail to '''POST''' (Power-On Self-Test) if their '''WWAN Broadband card''' is replaced with one that is not included in Lenovo's vendor whitelist.{{CitationNeeded}}<!-- READ THIS!!!

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 In 2020, The Intercept made headlines showing how Chinese manufactures like Lenovo have suppliers accused of forced child labor in Uyghur regions of China.<ref>[https://theintercept.com/2020/08/21/school-laptops-lenovo-chromebooks-china-uyghur/ "Kids may be using laptops made with forced labor this fall"] - theintercept.com - accessed 2025-02-01 ([http://web.archive.org/web/20251205195726/https://theintercept.com/2020/08/21/school-laptops-lenovo-chromebooks-china-uyghur/ Archived])</ref> The company later said it was ending relationships with these suppliers.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/ap-exclusive-us-faces-back-to-school-laptop-shortage/2020/08/22/13281908-e4eb-11ea-82d8-5e55d47e90ca_story.html "U.S. faces back-to-school laptop shortage"] - washingtonpost.com - accessed 2025-02-01 ([http://web.archive.org/web/20230831111126/https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/ap-exclusive-us-faces-back-to-school-laptop-shortage/2020/08/22/13281908-e4eb-11ea-82d8-5e55d47e90ca_story.html Archived])</ref>
 ===Disabling third-party batteries===
-A common issue where third party batteries were working perfectly fine but without being allowlisted they are just got suddenly disabled, and as a result do not charge or function.{{CitationNeeded}} There is no error messages and the only way to know is to install Vantage software to see non-genuine battery warning. This is critical as perfectly working hardware that is slightly outdated by a couple of years is basically turned into e-waste because of this, and original parts are getting harder to come by with every passing day.
+A common issue where third party batteries were working perfectly fine but without being allowlisted they are just got suddenly disabled, and as a result do not charge or function.{{CitationNeeded}} There is no error messages and the only way to know is to install Vantage software to see non-genuine battery warning. {{CitationNeeded}}This is critical as perfectly working hardware that is slightly outdated by a couple of years is basically turned into e-waste because of this, and original parts are getting harder to come by with every passing day.{{CitationNeeded}}
 ===X1 Carbon series problems===
 The '''X1 Carbon series''' of laptops exhibits hardware durability issues and will fail to '''POST''' (Power-On Self-Test) if their '''WWAN Broadband card''' is replaced with one that is not included in Lenovo's vendor whitelist.{{CitationNeeded}}<!-- READ THIS!!!