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Hello,
quick question, does rooting void warranty?
and if so, if i unroot and flash the stock rom back... does it still void warranty??
thanks in advance!
No, it doesn't.
Only if you unlock your bootloader do you void your warranty. To root without voiding your warranty use --> http://maketecheasier.com/root-android-phone-without-voiding-warranty/2010/08/13
johnlee_1986 said:
Hello,
quick question, does rooting void warranty?
and if so, if i unroot and flash the stock rom back... does it still void warranty??
thanks in advance!
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Nope. Neither does searching. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6043779#post6043779
Technically it does, but if the bootloader is locked, you can unroot leaving absolutely no trace.
HTC don't seem to care about them being unlocked anyway.
Rusty! said:
Technically it does, but if the bootloader is locked, you can unroot leaving absolutely no trace.
HTC don't seem to care about them being unlocked anyway.
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This is the important part ... HTC doesn't care. I've sent my phone in twice while rooted and both times it has come back factory reset with the boot loader re-locked.
Paul22000 said:
Neither does searching.
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What an epic post. Thanks for that Paul.
On a somewhat side note there is an article in the Portal that I feel every new user should read... it's about posting, searching, etc. http://www.xda-developers.com/announcements/important-xda-announcement-regarding-new-users/
rooting voids virginity, so they tell me.
jamesyb0i said:
rooting voids virginity, so they tell me.
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Hi fellows,
So far I find the common way to unlock bootloader is to require an unlock code from sony by providing IMEI no. And we will be warned that it will void warranty.
However, I am confused that so many fellows use custom rom. So is it ture that those fellows just simply don't care the warranty or they still have it?
I know there might be some other threads talked about this, but i just havent find the answer.
I do not know what the situation is in your country, but here, sony isn't responsible for my warranty. They cant void it.
Still, i haven't seen anyone brick their play permanently yet. so the risk is low and the gain high.
shsh_ustc said:
Hi fellows,
So far I find the common way to unlock bootloader is to require an unlock code from sony by providing IMEI no. And we will be warned that it will void warranty.
However, I am confused that so many fellows use custom rom. So is it ture that those fellows just simply don't care the warranty or they still have it?
I know there might be some other threads talked about this, but i just havent find the answer.
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Don't know but once I bricked my xp flashing nordic 2.3.4 that time I had unlocked bootloader,bloatware removed , rooted firmware and dooms kernel installed I go to Sony service centre they said my phone still is in warranty and they unbridled my phone for free .....
(May be because any one can use SEUS tool for free)
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shsh_ustc said:
Hi fellows,
So far I find the common way to unlock bootloader is to require an unlock code from sony by providing IMEI no. And we will be warned that it will void warranty.
However, I am confused that so many fellows use custom rom. So is it ture that those fellows just simply don't care the warranty or they still have it?
I know there might be some other threads talked about this, but i just havent find the answer.
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Every single person with any device using a custom rom has voided there warrenty. Whats your point?
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AndroHero said:
Every single person with any device using a custom rom has voided there warrenty. Whats your point?
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i meant, for sony, if i understand well, we need to request unlock code from sony by giving the imei of device. i guess they may have record of this?
or is there any easier way to unlock bootloader? i am new to xp, and my previous anroid device doesnt have bootloader lock.
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Well, lets look at it objectively.
They say: "Warning! If you perform this step, you will unlock the boot loader and which may void your warranty."
correct me if i'm wrong here, but that doesn't sound like you just lost your warranty. It sounds like sony wanting to make you think you did.
I suppose that if you completely fry it by over-clocking to far, or mistakes flashing, thats your risk. but say a screen or button that stops working should always be under warranty, regardless of your bootloader.
When Sony published the bootloader unlocking page, they let things clear. Unlocking the bootloader per se doesn't void your warranty, installing custom software (such as rooting and custom ROM) will do.
Logseman said:
When Sony published the bootloader unlocking page, they let things clear. Unlocking the bootloader per se doesn't void your warranty, installing custom software (such as rooting and custom ROM) will do.
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Thanks. That is what I am looking for. So it should be very safe once we have nondroid backup.
Hey!
I used to flash a lot of custom roms on my old phones (from X10 Mini Pro to HTC One M7).
Now I have a "new" (got it in December) S7 edge but fingers are itching as I really want to customize it.
I know that rooting and installing a Custom OS will void my warranty and trigger Knox but could I revert it all back?
In example when my Fingerprint Senser breaks but I run LineageOS, can I still revert to Stock with Knox back to normal etc, so the techs won't see that I rooted my phone?
Thanks in advance.
Now I could be wrong, but, I remember there being a way to rooting without tripping knox. Whether this is still possible, I'm not sure.
But, once it is tripped, it is gone. It is a physical fuse in the SoC which cannot be returned to normal Not good news
devblade said:
Now I could be wrong, but, I remember there being a way to rooting without tripping knox. Whether this is still possible, I'm not sure.
But, once it is tripped, it is gone. It is a physical fuse in the SoC which cannot be returned to normal Not good news
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Thanks, I will probably wait until my warranty is gone then
Disapproved said:
Thanks, I will probably wait until my warranty is gone then
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Maybe However, in some European countries you can quote directive 1999/44/CE which means that even with a software modification your provider must honour the warranty for hardware defects not caused by software. Therefore it might be worth doing.
Other functions such as S Health are not affected afaik as in custom roms this can be fixed by changing information in build.prop to get it working again.
I am fed up with MIUI, and I want to revert back to stock Android. Usually when you root your phone you lose your warranty. But, I have heard that if you root a Xiaomi phone you don't lose your warranty. Is this correct or some hoax?
Aniket659 said:
I am fed up with MIUI, and I want to revert back to stock Android. Usually when you root your phone you lose your warranty. But, I have heard that if you root a Xiaomi phone you don't lose your warranty. Is this correct or some hoax?
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Yes its correct...
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irfan1727 said:
Yes its correct...
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So if I Unlock the bootloader , root my phone, install a custom recovery & install a custom rom, I won't lose my warranty at all?
Aniket659 said:
So if I Unlock the bootloader , root my phone, install a custom recovery & install a custom rom, I won't lose my warranty at all?
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No u won't lose warranty...
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irfan1727 said:
No u won't lose warranty...
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Rooting your phone and unlocking your bootloader is one thing.
When you try flashing the wrong ROM and brick your phone, it's a completely different story and no company in the world will give you warranty in that case
Just don't overclock your CPU and always keep the Stock ROM ready on your computer. And make a full nandroid backup using TWRP, before you flash any ROM, update or ZIP using the recovery
As long you get the right exact files for your model, verify the integrity before flashing, the chance to hard-brick is almost zero :fingers-crossed: Additionally, fully charge the battery before flashing anything. So you have enough time for rescue attempts, In case you turn into a heavy bootloop and cannot charge the phone
I hope that mine arrives soon, cant await to check out my new phone with Resurrection Remix :angel:
Damn that they cannot produce in enough quantities because the high demand I suggest to first use the phone for a week, check if every component is fine.
And also, If done right, you can re-flash and re-lock the bootloader, like when the camera isn't working and you want to return the phone for warranty process
MyCake said:
Just don't overclock your CPU and always keep the Stock ROM ready on your computer. And make a full nandroid backup using TWRP, before you flash any ROM, update or ZIP using the recovery
As long you get the right exact files for your model, verify the integrity before flashing, the chance to hard-brick is almost zero :fingers-crossed: Additionally, fully charge the battery before flashing anything. So you have enough time for rescue attempts, In case you turn into a heavy bootloop and cannot charge the phone
I hope that mine arrives soon, cant await to check out my new phone with Resurrection Remix :angel:
Damn that they cannot produce in enough quantities because the high demand I suggest to first use the phone for a week, check if every component is fine.
And also, If done right, you can re-flash and re-lock the bootloader, like when the camera isn't working and you want to return the phone for warranty process
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Thank you but I know these stuff. Just wasn't sure about the Xiaomi warranty policy ?
How you getting the warranty ?
I dont know where u r living but I am in Europe and would like to know how warranty works for here ?
Aniket659 said:
I am fed up with MIUI, and I want to revert back to stock Android. Usually when you root your phone you lose your warranty. But, I have heard that if you root a Xiaomi phone you don't lose your warranty. Is this correct or some hoax?
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1sin1 said:
How you getting the warranty ?
I dont know where u r living but I am in Europe and would like to know how warranty works for here ?
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what warranty? chinese promise ?? you should be aware that with this kind of phone your resources of getting your phone fixed is quite limited. other than buying a replacement part and doing it yourself that is.
endrancer said:
what warranty? chinese promise ?? you should be aware that with this kind of phone your resources of getting your phone fixed is quite limited. other than buying a replacement part and doing it yourself that is.
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I am still thinking about buying it or not but I had already prepared myself to not having warranty but then when i saw this post I thought maybe there is sth. that i dont know about chinese thrustworthy
(other option is p10 lite with a bit more money but then have warranty and stuff) (still not sure)
1sin1 said:
I am still thinking about buying it or not but I had already prepared myself to not having warranty but then when i saw this post I thought maybe there is sth. that i dont know about chinese thrustworthy
(other option is p10 lite with a bit more money but then have warranty and stuff) (still not sure)
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huawai is also chinese company, the only difference is that they have retail business expanded to other countries where there usually cooperate with retailers and have some sort of service station. basically your contact is always where you buy your device, and they will handle it for you. i recently got my redmi and it's a pretty awesome device for the money it costs. quality wise it's on par to other devices. while you pay alot of money for a chinese brand phone... i am not to sure if it's worth it. it's like they are produced next to xiaomi production site anyhow...
i mean they have quality control and stuff so getting a faulty device is pretty slim, other than that if you crack your screen service doesn't really help alot as well because they charge too much money, other than that redmi note 4 is pretty easy to repair so if there is something going on you are free to try it yourself.
1sin1 said:
How you getting the warranty ?
I dont know where u r living but I am in Europe and would like to know how warranty works for here ?
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I live in India and they sell phones officially here. We don't have to export xiaomi phones here. So if they are selling phones here so they might have service centres where we can fix our phones. I am talking about that warranty ?
1sin1 said:
I am still thinking about buying it or not but I had already prepared myself to not having warranty but then when i saw this post I thought maybe there is sth. that i dont know about chinese thrustworthy
(other option is p10 lite with a bit more money but then have warranty and stuff) (still not sure)
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I think you should buy this phone because it is worth every penny. Other than Miui (that you can change) everything is perfect imo.
Then I guess only logical upper version to think about would be LG G5 SE .. Huawei is not an option anymore while its camera also not that quality also i guess
So 180 euro or 320 euro
Thanks for answers
They Have Pick Mi Services which Is Doorstep Delivery (In India),
No need to worry about Service Centers.
Noter2017 said:
Rooting your phone and unlocking your bootloader is one thing.
When you try flashing the wrong ROM and brick your phone, it's a completely different story and no company in the world will give you warranty in that case
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Dude I had a Samsung device which hard bricks within warranty period and I said at service center that my device is not booting they just replace the motherboard for free as there is no way to detect whether I rooted the device...
Aniket659 said:
So if I Unlock the bootloader , root my phone, install a custom recovery & install a custom rom, I won't lose my warranty at all?
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Dude! Warranty does gets void when you flash a custom recovery/rom on xiaomi devices!
abinnishihh said:
Dude! Warranty does gets void when you flash a custom recovery/rom on xiaomi devices!
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But you can reinstall the stock rom and the recovery. The only question is the bootloader Unlock.
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But you can reinstall the stock rom and the recovery. The only question is the bootloader Unlock.
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You can lock it by typing
fastboot oem lock
In the fastboot mode via cmd or flash the stock rom and select lock bootloader!
abinnishihh said:
You can lock it by typing
fastboot oem lock
In the fastboot mode via cmd or flash the stock rom and select lock bootloader!
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Ya then the problem is solved
hey today i bough p9 lite dual sim.. if i root p9 lite i will lost the warranty? like when you are root samsung devices?
Hell yeah
psycø lucïfer said:
Hell yeah
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So if I root it I will lose the warranty ? You sure ?
Yes you loose warranty. If you unroot it, you will have your warranty back.
To unroot, you must reflash the original software.
Unlocking bootloader won't affect warranty.
Johnny TDN said:
Yes you loose warranty. If you unroot it, you will have your warranty back.
To unroot, you must reflash the original software.
Unlocking bootloader won't affect warranty.
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On another forum some guys said that when u unlock the BL the Huawei has this info (that u unlock it ) and u lose your warranty. I think always when you root you phone you lose .. Huawei just have this info about your phone .. is that real ?
StonebridgeGr said:
On another forum some guys said that when u unlock the BL the Huawei has this info (that u unlock it ) and u lose your warranty. I think always when you root you phone you lose .. Huawei just have this info about your phone .. is that real ?
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In my country, if you unlock your bootloader, it won't affect warranty...because the people at the service unlock your bootloader so they can fix the stuff that you encounter.
Johnny TDN said:
In my country, if you unlock your bootloader, it won't affect warranty...because the people at the service unlock your bootloader so they can fix the stuff that you encounter.
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Which country do you live
when i asked for bootloader code, there was some mesaage with, "unlocking will void warant" .. and jeah, they can see, if you are requested bootloader code.. and jeah, waranty are lost if you change software as it wasnt intend. but flashing stock room will lock bootloader and will unroot phone, so warranty need to be back, but thats only theory. better dont try things with phone, if dont know what you are doing!
StonebridgeGr said:
Which country do you live
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Romania
Arnys said:
when i asked for bootloader code, there was some mesaage with, "unlocking will void warant" .. and jeah, they can see, if you are requested bootloader code.. and jeah, waranty are lost if you change software as it wasnt intend. but flashing stock room will lock bootloader and will unroot phone, so warranty need to be back, but thats only theory. better dont try things with phone, if dont know what you are doing!
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No I know how to root etc I had a lot of phones but it's the first time I have a Huawei phone and I didnt know if I root it they would know it .
Arnys said:
when i asked for bootloader code, there was some mesaage with, "unlocking will void warant" .. and jeah, they can see, if you are requested bootloader code.. and jeah, waranty are lost if you change software as it wasnt intend. but flashing stock room will lock bootloader and will unroot phone, so warranty need to be back, but thats only theory. better dont try things with phone, if dont know what you are doing!
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I unlock my bootloader several times.one day i sent to center service and they change my motherboard with out any problems....
Depends on country
Hipom said:
I unlock my bootloader several times.one day i sent to center service and they change my motherboard with out any problems....
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You went on a official Huawei center service?
StonebridgeGr said:
You went on a official Huawei center service?
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Yes
If you unlock the bootloader, you can easily root your phone. Did they install TWRP/CWM or any other custom recovery? Can you check it?