Hey guys. I am having troubles with my phones ear piece so I need to take it in for warranty but I am wondering if I need to flash the Stock Bell ROM before I hand it in. Is this needed? Will it VOID my warranty if I have a costum ROM installed....
Please help..
Thanks
Yes it will void your warranty...
Sent from my G2 running Cyanogenmod 7.
You will need to flash the stock ROM, S-On, unroot. Otherwise they will know the second they go into bootloader that you are rooted and S-Off, which voids your warranty. They will be looking for any reason to charge you for the repair. So any sign of root or a custom ROM will be bad news for you.
Instructions for returning to stock are here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision#Returning_to_Stock
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Does HTC honor the warranty on N1 if I send it in with CM7 rom on it? Or do I have to re-install the original?
If its unlocked bootloader I don't believe so
I would restore it to stock just so it's not taking the piss. Unlocked bootloaders don't seem to worry them though.
Hey folks
Need to take my i9500 for a screen replacement under warranty, how do I flash the stock recovery? Can't find it anywhere!
Flash a stock rom. If you don't have knox, flash a non knox stock rom.
Hi All.
I need some advice on weather i should upgrade my boot loader.
I am on the old boot loader pre-knox on my i9505.
Apart from the knox flag (warranty Void) are there any other reasons I should not upgrade my bootloader ?
also I have heard that I wont be able to use older roms once I upgrade the bootloader (Jelly Bean roms) is that true ?
haris2887 said:
Hi All.
I need some advice on weather i should upgrade my boot loader.
I am on the old boot loader pre-knox on my i9505.
Apart from the knox flag (warranty Void) are there any other reasons I should not upgrade my bootloader ?
also I have heard that I wont be able to use older roms once I upgrade the bootloader (Jelly Bean roms) is that true ?
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Having an oldbootloader is fine since you can just flash back to 4.2.2 if anything happen to your phone (Warranty) incase you wanna send it for repair. and If you flash the latest bootloader then you can no longer downgrade to 4.3 and there is a chance you can Void your warranty . But if you dont care about warranty then feel free to flash the newbootloader If you wanna know more about knox then feel free to read it from here. Goodluck.
Hi,
I'm new to the custom roms and would like to see advice on the recommended method to install a custom rom onto my untouched I9505. It's currently running Lollipop 5.0.1, I9505XXUHOE4 with KNOX 2.3
Thank you
This would belong into the Q&A section.
Anyway, the first thing you will need to do is to install a custom recovery. I recommed TWRP.
Just google twrp s4.
Optional: if you want to backup any apps or data, you will have to root first. Use odin and cf auto root.
After you installed a custom recovery, just look for a rom that interests you and flash it. Every rom has flash instructions.
Also check to make sure your phone doesn't have a locked bootloader. If it does, things are going to get complicated. If it doesn't, then you're good to go. AT&T and Verizon lock the bootloaders.
Thanks for info GDReaper.
My concern here is KNOX. Will the new bootloader affect anything on the custom roms as compared to a pre KNOX bootloader. Do I need to downgrade the firmware first?
Thanks
Hi @elus,
Installing any custom firmware will trip Knox. You can't downgrade it to pre-Knox bootloader.
Sent from my GT-I9500
Knox will not affect anything. Flashing custom firmware will only trip knox. This means that you lose your warranty. But the warranty is crap anyway, so it doesn't matter.
You won't see any trace of knox in custom roms. You might as well forget you ever had something called knox.
An easy way to root the ROM with TWRP is to flash supersu.zip from TWRP. Upon first boot, open supersu and let it disable knox and update binary files if necessary. You should be fine from that point forward.
Great! Thanks guys for the guide. Let the custom rom mods begin! Happy New Year Everybody!
Also are there any downsides in unlocking the bootloader? Can everything be reverted later on? If warranty is temporarily void, can it be restored later?
Alot of doubts and questions but I'd really appreciate it if someone could help me. Thankyou!
Technically,
when you unlock the bootloader, it's not gonna be under warranty anymore. So basically it is like you unlocked the bootloader, flashed as many roms/kernels you could and than when your mind is set to again use MIUI and get the warranty, you flash latest MIUI and relock the bootloader.