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Does perm-root void warranty?

my g2 is perm root with sense rom.. something is wrong with the screen (a blank white screen) and care will perform a handset exchange but can they find out that i have a different firmware with perm root and charge me a out of warranty fee??

felix88d said:
my g2 is perm root with sense rom.. something is wrong with the screen (a blank white screen) and care will perform a handset exchange but can they find out that i have a different firmware with perm root and charge me a out of warranty fee??
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Rooting voids the warranty.
This is posted everywhere around the forum "Warning this will void your warranty"
Can you still boot into Hboot? (phone off, then volume-down + power button)The reason I ask is because if you can, its gonna be real easy to see if you have s-off, and if you can see it, they can see it.
Can they charge you for the warranty?, I would have to say yes, since rooting voids your warranty, they have a bottom line to protect and if they suspect you did something to viod your warranty they are gonna protect that bottom line.
You posted another thread about this same situation, your best bet is to return it to stock if possible, but like I stated in your last thread we need more info to help you. Refer to you last thread and post the requested info.

Rooting DOES void the warranty. BUT. There's hope for you, yet!
Follow this guide to UNDO the rooting process. I've done these steps, just to see if it holds to what it says. And i'll be damned, it works. Check it out!!
http://theunlockr.com/2010/12/01/how-to-unroot-the-t-mobile-g2-htc-vision/
Good luck, fellow G2 owner. Hopefully things work out.

ijoshv2 said:
Rooting DOES void the warranty. BUT. There's hope for you, yet!
Follow this guide to UNDO the rooting process. I've done these steps, just to see if it holds to what it says. And i'll be damned, it works. Check it out!!
http://theunlockr.com/2010/12/01/how-to-unroot-the-t-mobile-g2-htc-vision/
Good luck, fellow G2 owner. Hopefully things work out.
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Good form old boy...
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Who Has an Unlocked Bootloader?

Hey guys,
With All this Warranty talk, the people who unlocked your bootloader. Do you regret it? Was the warranty worth sacrificing for custom roms? I want to unlock it but at the same time I keep getting these paranoid thoughts that I'm gonna need the warranty later on. WTF. Any help?

You can install custom roms without unlock bootloader. I have evil nxsense rom installed in my N1 without unlock my bootloader.
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HTC honors the warranty even with the bootloader unlocked; I can't say that I've needed to make a claim myself, but that's the consensus from majority of members on this board. So, my advice is just go for it.
I had the same doubts as you, but you won't regret it

habs25 said:
HTC honors the warranty even with the bootloader unlocked; I can't say that I've needed to make a claim myself, but that's the consensus from majority of members on this board. So, my advice is just go for it.
I had the same doubts as you, but you won't regret it
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Agree with this. Although I've never had to make a claim either.

I unlocked mine as soon as I pulled it from the box back in January 2010. I have had no regrets about it at all. I have never needed warranty service, though I wouldn't hesitate to call HTC for a hardware related issue. If something went horribly wrong with a ROM flash or a radio upgrade, that would be my own fault and I would look into buying a new phone. But I wouldn't try to BS HTC to make them pay for my screw-up.

habs25 said:
HTC honors the warranty even with the bootloader unlocked; I can't say that I've needed to make a claim myself, but that's the consensus from majority of members on this board. So, my advice is just go for it.
I had the same doubts as you, but you won't regret it
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I have made two claims with my unlocked bootloader. Each has been hassle free and quick. Oh, and cost me nothing.
First, a few months ago for dust under the screen, repaired and sent back in 4 days.
Second, which was last week for power button issues. They received, repaired, and shipped back in one day. I got it back the next.
HTC is quietly brilliant.

thanks guys! i may actually unlock the baseband than.
is unlocking the baseband more beneficial than just doing a root without unlocking?
btw, so you guys think its better to safer to send it in and get it repaired if you have a unlocked baseband than the riskier "swap" (when they send u a new one and you send your old one in) method?

Wisefire said:
I have made two claims with my unlocked bootloader. Each has been hassle free and quick. Oh, and cost me nothing.
First, a few months ago for dust under the screen, repaired and sent back in 4 days.
Second, which was last week for power button issues. They received, repaired, and shipped back in one day. I got it back the next.
HTC is quietly brilliant.
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hey, did they send it back to you with a locked bootloader?

First time they relocked it.
Second time, they left it unlocked.

ROOT is fine
bambamboom said:
thanks guys! i may actually unlock the baseband than.
is unlocking the baseband more beneficial than just doing a root without unlocking?
btw, so you guys think its better to safer to send it in and get it repaired if you have a unlocked baseband than the riskier "swap" (when they send u a new one and you send your old one in) method?
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I don't see any point in unlocking boot loader while you can root the phone and do whatever you want. the only thing you can't directly do is to flash a partition usion bootloader commands but you still can do it if you use "flash_img" command in ClockworkMod Recovery (on the adb shell). I install different roms and I am on CM7 now.

I unlocked mine without wanting to. I flashed modaco rom and it just unlocked my boot loader. but there is supposed to be a way of locking it again. it's somewhere on xda...
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Yeah, I like posters that don't know what they post.
1) No ROM can unlock the bootloader. User has to do it and the system has to ask for permission.
2) Once unlocked, it can't be locked, only by HTC.
To the OP: I've unlocked my bootloader long before "non-unlocking" way has been found. Never cared for it since, didn't need the warranty, and it's going to expire soon anyway.

Yes mine unlocked, and I have no reason to regret it, as my phone is a freak that can be locked again.
Worth doing in my opinion, and even if I couldn't lock it again, I still wouldn't regret it.

bohlool said:
I don't see any point in unlocking boot loader while you can root the phone and do whatever you want. the only thing you can't directly do is to flash a partition usion bootloader commands but you still can do it if you use "flash_img" command in ClockworkMod Recovery (on the adb shell).
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Mine is locked, but there are 2 goods reasons to unlock the bootloader:
1. Once the bootloader is unlocked, you always have a rooted phone. The next ota won't relock it.
2. You have more options to fix a potentially bricked phone.
I'm thinking about doing it for these reasons, plus it seems like HTC still honour the warranty.
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I unlocked my bootloader because the warranty was gone anyway. Put the nexus into the washing mashine . Somehow it survived (Bluetooth, radio and camera gone). It actually was pretty tough. after about 10minutes in the mashine (60°C) the screen was still having fun inside the mashine.

andynx1 said:
Mine is locked, but there are 2 goods reasons to unlock the bootloader:
1. Once the bootloader is unlocked, you always have a rooted phone. The next ota won't relock it.
2. You have more options to fix a potentially bricked phone.
I'm thinking about doing it for these reasons, plus it seems like HTC still honour the warranty.
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1. Well, if you wanna update ota, you don't have reason to root your phone in the first place.
2. what more options exactly you have? simple, do not mess with HBOOT and Recovery partitions, and ur safe.
My opinion, use oneclickroot and don't risk it, cause HTC support behave deferentially now!

bohlool said:
1. Well, if you wanna update ota, you don't have reason to root your phone in the first place.
2. what more options exactly you have? simple, do not mess with HBOOT and Recovery partitions, and ur safe.
My opinion, use oneclickroot and don't risk it, cause HTC support behave deferentially now!
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Obviously you have no idea what you are talking about.
Read my previous post, HTC has the best customer support & service I have ever received.

Wisefire said:
Obviously you have no idea what you are talking about.
Read my previous post, HTC has the best customer support & service I have ever received.
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No comment!

[LG G4] [H815]- [Official Bootloader unlock by LG]

God it Exists
Thanks to the Codefire Team and thanks to LG we have from some minutes ago the official steps to unlock LG G4's Bootloader:
Here
VERY IMPORTANT
1) For now this procedure is only available for H815 International variant (but LG page it says: "We will add more devices with unlockable bootloaders unlocking permission progressively")
2) doing this will void your warranty
My advice is : we have to support codefire Team ( @autoprime @thecubed @jcase @IllegalArgument ) much stronger to have a bootloader solution that will not void warranty and give us always root availability.
Codefire Team is our real hope to be always masters of our devices
G4 with official unlocked bootloader - screens :
http://i.imgur.com/kAzL8XU.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/moybMV7.png
http://i.imgur.com/4xZH3Uf.png

Would be nice backing up these partitions once(and possibly other) in order to revert to locked.
Don't have the g4(yet) but will donate for sure

Its probably worth posting this in General too!

Great. I wonder when can we root the g4?

Awesome but not being able to lock it again worries me :S.. I'll wait a little more.

nachomaster said:
Awesome but not being able to lock it again worries me :S.. I'll wait a little more.
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For sure.
Only if Codefire can play on real devices we could have relock feature for bootloader and clean drm partition too i think

Me too, will wait alittle more. Just got the device not gonna risk without warranty that soon

LG was offering their warranty for unlocked and rooted devices... What happened now?
Not able to relock it? LG is the new Sony now with DRM and similar?
I'm very disappointed.

olivercervera said:
LG was offering their warranty for unlocked and rooted devices... What happened now?
Not able to relock it? LG is the new Sony now with DRM and similar?
I'm very disappointed.
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I know...I mean LG used to make Sony internals! Lol
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Caution: unlocked G4 may suddenly screen accelerate to dangerous speeds. Do not taunt unlocked G4.

hella356 said:
Caution: unlocked G4 may suddenly screen accelerate to dangerous speeds. Do not taunt unlocked G4.
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Can you please provide more details?

olivercervera said:
Can you please provide more details?
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He's kidding. lol.

Unlocking BL may have side effects. If you experience an erection lasting longer than 4 hours, please call your doctor immediately...

Who does my doctor contact if he has an erection lasting more than 4 hours?

i never had a device blocked for more than two hours ...got my G4 yesterday and just made my donation 5 minutes ago cmon guys:good:

This is embarrassing to ask. Does having a locked bootloader mean you cannot flash RomManager or TWRP? or something else?
If I only wanted to root and keep OEM rom do I still need to unlock the bootloader. Im in the T-mobile G4 LG-H811

pvaldeben said:
This is embarrassing to ask. Does having a locked bootloader mean you cannot flash RomManager or TWRP? or something else?
If I only wanted to root and keep OEM rom do I still need to unlock the bootloader. Im in the T-mobile G4 LG-H811
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Correct, locked bootloader means no TWRP or custom recoveries.
Root is possible with a lock bootloader after finding an exploit.

Tmobile is unlocked right?

stl-soldier said:
Unlocking BL may have side effects. If you experience an erection lasting longer than 4 hours, please call your doctor immediately...
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Risk does not apply to me - don't have a penis - unlocking bootloader now

Upstreammiami said:
Tmobile is unlocked right?
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not yet, unlock file is only provided for the H815 intl unit so far. read up!

Bootloader e15a

I have some question, in most tutorials say that is highly dangerous try unlock bootloader with 11w29+, but some people unlock with no problem...
So.... is there any experience with 12w24 or some "12wxx" device?
I have keep this phone for years unused and never try to unlock because the serial N°, maybe with years passed someone find another safe way.
Thanks in advance.

Mr. Zero said:
I have some question, in most tutorials say that is highly dangerous try unlock bootloader with 11w29+, but some people unlock with no problem...
So.... is there any experience with 12w24 or some "12wxx" device?
I have keep this phone for years unused and never try to unlock because the serial N°, maybe with years passed someone find another safe way.
Thanks in advance.
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Hi, as you've mentioned before, it's highly dangerous to do that, but you also have a low chance to sucessfully unlock it.
Ir you want to try, do it at your own risk.

Question with modding A2017G model

I am not new to the whole flashing and rooting process, did it for quite some time, but now reading about the A2017G version got me a bit scared, because I can't afford to lose the phone right now, and most of the methods are outdated or really unreliable. Please help with this problem, if you know a thread how to unlock bootloader and get root with clear instructions then link it please, and if it requires downgrading, because I am on 7.1.1., please also link how to do that, because I never did it.

Jazkade said:
I am not new to the whole flashing and rooting process, did it for quite some time, but now reading about the A2017G version got me a bit scared, because I can't afford to lose the phone right now, and most of the methods are outdated or really unreliable. Please help with this problem, if you know a thread how to unlock bootloader and get root with clear instructions then link it please, and if it requires downgrading, because I am on 7.1.1., please also link how to do that, because I never did it.
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didn't you see the stickied toolkit?
Just don't even think about relocking the bootloader after rooting the phone.

Choose an username... said:
didn't you see the stickied toolkit?
Just don't even think about relocking the bootloader after rooting the phone.
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WARNING: Some A2017G devices may be PERMANENTLY bricked when flashing packages through EDL mode due to slightly different partition tables. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

I got my axon 7 on friday, I rooted it within 30 minutes after getting home with it
I used the toolkit and it worked very well, I have the 2017G version, unlocked, bought in Romania.

Jazkade said:
I am not new to the whole flashing and rooting process, did it for quite some time, but now reading about the A2017G version got me a bit scared, because I can't afford to lose the phone right now, and most of the methods are outdated or really unreliable. Please help with this problem, if you know a thread how to unlock bootloader and get root with clear instructions then link it please, and if it requires downgrading, because I am on 7.1.1., please also link how to do that, because I never did it.
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Lol everything is that way here. I 'permanently bricked' mine after I rebooted it without a system, it didn't even show the ZTE screen. Got it to life with a screwdriver and patience
Or use controllerboy's guide, which you could've used all along without even asking here
In other words, either take the plunge or stay stock. There's no 100% safe way to do this, there are a bunch of people who brick their phones while following the guides, and they brick them for no apparent reason as they were doing everything right

Mine has personal and work SIM so don't want to compromise it's use at all.

RobboW said:
Mine has personal and work SIM so don't want to compromise it's use at all.
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you can still use dual sim on LOS anyways