If rooting doesn't void my warranty, what does? - OnePlus 5 Questions & Answers

I rooted my OnePlus 5 a few days after I got it and recently found that OnePlus doesn't void your warranty for rooting. If this is true, than what does void my warranty?

The technical process of rooting or unlocking the bootloader does not void the warranty of a OnePlus device. However, we strongly suggest for you to only root or unlock the bootloader of your OnePlus device if you are confident in your understanding of the risks involved.
By accessing resources regularly unavailable to the software, you may damage your hardware during or after the procedure. Such damage is not covered under warranty. In warranty handling, we will first need to verify that any faulty behavior is unrelated to rooting / unlocking.
I think this means when you flash a different ROM or Kernel which causes a hardbrick and if you do something wrong with your device that can cause hardware issues. Experimental stuff or whatever.. But it's a good question! i like some examples too, maybe others know:silly:

screen crack, water damage and so on.

lol read the warranty that came with the phone

Recently my phone got a vertical white line appear on the screen that shows whenever the device is on, even if you are in the boot screen and not in the os yet. Hoping that me having a custom rom installed doesn't stuff me over with the rma. (this issue did not pop up due to the rom as ive had this rom installed without updating for quite a while, thinking its hardware either display or cable). Only mentioning this here as it is relevant to my situation.

nicb1 said:
Recently my phone got a vertical white line appear on the screen that shows whenever the device is on, even if you are in the boot screen and not in the os yet. Hoping that me having a custom rom installed doesn't stuff me over with the rma. (this issue did not pop up due to the rom as ive had this rom installed without updating for quite a while, thinking its hardware either display or cable). Only mentioning this here as it is relevant to my situation.
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Always flash stock before returning that is one way for you not to have an issue getting it covered.

I had to RMA my phone after 4 months. The service center replaced the motherboard and USB Port/headphone jack which were defective. I got the phone back today and there is a white line running the length of the display. When the phone is running for a while it turns into two lines and then three. There was nothing wrong with the display before the RMA.
Since the service center said they tested the phone and everything was working One Plus is trying to claim the phone was damaged in transit meaning the display problem would not be covered under warranty. So apparently any damage caused by One Plus Service Centers doing warranty repairs voids the warranty.
There are multiple complaints on the Internet of One Plus doing something similar to other customers. There are also multiple complaints from One Plus owners that the company said water damage voided their warranty even though all of the owners claim their phones never came in contact with water.

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[Q] Help reviving a broken HD2

Hello,
I fell in the not-so-rare problem of the broken microUSB female plug on the motherboard of my HD2: the phone won't charge or sync at all.
After searching around, I found that quite a few people have gone into my same trouble, because the sync plug is directly soldered on the mainboard and is also the phone part that gets most of mechanic stress during the device's lifecycle.
In a few words: seems that almost all phones will eventually break.
I tried with HTC repair but they refused to repair it both under warranty and under paid repair.
I don't want to throw away my phone after I spent 550€ for it!!! I would like to find a way to revive it!
I currently have two options:
Replace motherboard by myself or with the help of an expert technician
Buy a Powermat charger to charge the phone again
Third option could be buying a Chinese external charger I found somewhere supplied with 3 spare batteries, doing cold swap of each battery when one discharges: not a smart option.
I can't currently find a motherboard for replacement, since the only one on eBay that the seller doesn't refuse to ship to Italy is software-bricked, and I don't have the tools needed to unbrick it.
Option 2 allows me to avoid opening the phone and avoid potential disasters, but it won't allow me to sync the phone via USB. Not even to HSPL it (I love running Android dual boot sometimes when I need to run a certain program unavailable for WP6.5/7).
So, since I really need to synchronize the phone with my computer's Outlook for Calendar and Contacts, and after telling you about my current options, what do you suggest me to do?
Do you think it's possible to sync to WMDC using Bluetooth? (I read that wifi is not an option)
Or, do you know how could I unbrick a motherboard without buying expensive devices? I can travel easily around my country.
I'm open to almost any idea, thank you!!Buying a new phone at its brand-new price is not an option
what reason did HTC give for refusing to repair it?
If you didn't drop it or spill water on it how can they refuse warranty on it?
Warranty refused because they say the defect is unrepairable.
Initially, when they refused warranty repair I thought "OK, it could be wear..." but when I saw the photos of how the plug is soldered to the mobo, I found it's a design disaster!!!! Even I know that the plug accumulates so much mechanical energy during lifetime that if it's not strengthened properly that energy will make the very small solderings crash. This is also why keys are not physically embedded on the mobo!!! You know you could break the keyboard because of wear
HTC then asked me to send the phone for paid repair but again the repair lab refused for unrepairable damage!! Incredible!!!
this is bull****.
If it's "unrepairable" they need to send you a new phone...
I'd call back, that's why there's a warranty, for stuff like this.
I've been "calling back" since April... we are now in July and nothing yet happened
Also, I just found that plugging the battery again and doing a hard reset shown that the touchscreen is not working anymore!!!!
I couldn't even sell the phone for spare parts once the digitizer is broken (by the way, not even a single broken pixel ever!!)
They sent me a mail today, "we are investigating"
djechelon said:
I've been "calling back" since April... we are now in July and nothing yet happened
Also, I just found that plugging the battery again and doing a hard reset shown that the touchscreen is not working anymore!!!!
I couldn't even sell the phone for spare parts once the digitizer is broken (by the way, not even a single broken pixel ever!!)
They sent me a mail today, "we are investigating"
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Ya HTC can be so stupid about that sometimes. It's funny on Sprint they would have switched out the phone no questions asked, but with GSM they don't want to do anything for you.
whatever that means I hope they do the right thing.
djechelon said:
I've been "calling back" since April... we are now in July and nothing yet happened
Also, I just found that plugging the battery again and doing a hard reset shown that the touchscreen is not working anymore!!!!
I couldn't even sell the phone for spare parts once the digitizer is broken (by the way, not even a single broken pixel ever!!)
They sent me a mail today, "we are investigating"
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Man it sounds like HTC is giving you a load of crap, sucks to hear stories such as yours. HTC should just exchange your HD2 for you in m,y opinion.
You asked about how to get a main board debricked, I just sent you a PM with some information on that.
Oh and "we are investigating", just what is it to investigate. Your HD2 is malfunctioning because of a hardware issue and is still under warranty, they should replace it.
I like your avatar pic too it is cool.
Just to tell you what it finished like.
HTC ultimately replied me "this device won't ever be accepter for repair".
I called a lawyer for that, because I just found that when I powered the phone on, the touchscreen was gone, and I have proof that the touchscreen was still working when I gave them the phone
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[Q] Somewhat dead touchscreen?

So my awesome Venue Pro with an already sketchy battery is giving me trouble.
It has only happened lately. I'll turn on the phone from standby in order to, well, use the phone. But 95% of the time, the screen will within a split second go black, showing nothing on it. Funny thing is, every key works and illuminates and you can even interact with the touchscreen as I noticed it made sounds previously when I just started moving my finger along the screen, same with powering it back on when it likes to actually show what's on the screen and it'll be on a totally different app or screen itself.
Because I bought it on eBay, Dell, very ignorantly, is refusing to even deal with me in regards to warranty despite the phone being manufactured this year, so I'm hooped for sending it in at all for repairs.
If the touchscreen technically "works", then what could be the problem?
Thanks for your help, guys.
You might want to google something like "dell ownership transfer." Seems to me there was a way to transfer the original warranty term to another person. If you can get in contact with your ebay seller, he may be able to help you out.
Short of replacement, I say the first thing you should try is opening it up and making sure all the cables are connected internally.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1297315
The next step will either be re-flashing the original stock 7.0.7004 rom in hopes that it's a software problem (unlikely if you ask me,) or ordering another DVP off ebay and swapping parts until you have diagnosed the problem.
That's the issue- My eBay dealer didn't actually buy the phone himself. He took them as a donation for his not-for-profit business so the proof of ownership is pretty much MIA.
I'm starting to believe the backlight is failing or something close to that. Possibly due to the slider being used? Not any more often than someone else would use it, though. I looked at the disassembly guide and it's something nearly impossible with my lack of tools or understanding.
I'm pretty much hooped then?
Wow, shady. I bet he took advantage of and offer like this and then just sold the phone for profit.
http://forums.techsoup.org/cs/commu...ected-with-donated-smartphones-from-dell.aspx
I can't think of any other ideas personally. Selling it off for parts seems to me like the best course. If you decide to do this, you should wipe your phone with a soft reset as you normally would when selling this phone (in settings > about > more > reset my phone.) If what you're experiencing is a software problem (which, again, I very much doubt) this might fix it. If not, your personal data is gone, and you're ready to sell it.
You may want to let the other forum members weigh in on this, but I don't think there's going to be an easy fix that doesn't involve disassembly.
I have attempted a reset + restore and whatnot, so most likely it would be a disassembly issue then.
The issue with me taking it apart would be that I'd probably do more damage that way lol.

Half of screen showing static, carrier refused to repair. Can I fix it myself?

Hi there,
A couple of weeks ago, my Note 4 began to act up. Every so often the right hand side of the screen would freeze up and eventually show static.
These pictures aren't mine, but they show the exact issue: http://imgur.com/a/LqoeA
Anyway, I decided to go to my phone carrier (EE) to get it repaired as it was still in warranty. They agreed that this would be covered and sent it to their repair center. The repair center then contacted me and told me that the fault was due to water damage (which is impossible as my Note has never touched water) and sent it back, refusing to fix it. When I got it back, it was in a complete state. They had broken the LCD and Digitizer to the point where the screen wouldn't even turn on anymore, and it was hanging out by the ribbon cables (The home button and flex cables for the soft keys were also extremely loose).
Because of this, I decided that I'd have a go at fixing it myself. I went online and bought a new LCD + Digitizer. I've just fit it and now whilst the screen powers on again, I've come full circle as the static issue still is present.
Is there any more I can do or is there no way of getting this fixed without professional aid? I'm unable to send it in for repairs because the repair center obviously are unwilling to work on it, and even if they were now, I wouldn't trust them as they inflicted even more damage to the phone and sent it back to me in a worse state. I've already sank £100 on a replacement part, so I'm not to keen on paying for repairs either (I could put the money towards a new phone instead).
The help is much appreciated! Thanks!

Internal LCD broken

Hello guys,
I've had the Samsung S7 Edge since august, have always cared for it (i.e. never dropped it, etc.) when all of a sudden, while I was playing Sky Force Reloaded and charging (with fast charge) when I closed the game and turned the screen off, and back on, it was crazy. The image would be flashing white and this flashing changed with the luminosity (when was full luminosity was fine). I also had AOD, and there were no problems there, the screen worked fine. This was until I restarted the phone (though it was a software problem). After the reboot the problem got worse, and I could notice different brightnesses on different parts of the screen, when I could stabilize the image, using full luminosity (and having the setting fixed. As soon as I clicked automatic brightness, It would go mad even with full luminosity).
Having the phone for such a short time, I went to the samsung responsible repair place in my city (there is no official samsung here), because they work with samsung and evaluate the warranty and fix if the defect is on them.
Well, they told me the screen was broken (there was not a single scratch on the outside, which means that only the internal LCD broke somehow), and told me It was misuse.
My question is... How is it possible to break the internal lcd without a fall, without a scratch on the outside and having it to work on some software settings? Because I don't trust this repair shop, or their technicians (they have several bad reviews involving screen defects... they always assume broken screen), and the screen replacement is not really cheap.
Thanks in advance.
I had a similar issue with mine. It was a pink line across the screen from top to bottom. I contacted Samsung via the Samsung+ app and they had me send the phone to them and they replaced the screen free of charge.
Hardware faults can happen at any time, no matter if you drop stuff or not.
Does your screen flash also in Download Mode? AOD display?
Anyway, your responsible repair place is a sh*thole... "misuse" lol.
If you're not rooted Samsung will give you a warranty repair, at least here they'd do it here at my local Samsung repair center.

Ghost touchscreen

Hi to everyone.
From 1 week my Mi9T has a ghost touchscreen.
How can i resolve it?
What do you mean by ghost touchscreen?
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What do you mean by ghost touchscreen?
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Screen responds to 'touches' you didn't actually make - like, there is a ghost touching your screen
oh, well i dont know how to fix that sorry. But maybe you touched the edge of the screen accidentally?
i have the same problem for about a week now! did you find any fixes?
me too
Me to. I have tried every possible solution. Eventually whole screen has been replaced on warranty.
No guys i dont find any solution. And now? How we can resolve it?
Pasquale91fg said:
No guys i dont find any solution. And now? How we can resolve it?
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replacing the display is the only solution
i have the same problem, ghost touches in the upper side, near clock.. specially when phone is hot or i press the top of the phone
Im so angry ??? bc we have this phone not usable!!
It's a hardware failure. Faulty display. If you suffer from "ghost touches" you should back up the data you want to keep, and return your Device to where you have bought it from as it might still fall under warranty (depends op what the cause is, and where you live). This can also get worse over time making the screen partially unusable (which was in my case). contact the seller, or contact customer service from Xiaomi.
I suffered ghost touches at the beginning of December (owned the Device for at least a month). Tried every software options i found around internet that could resolve it, but it was to no avail. I proceeded to unlocking the bootloader, install TWRP, flash a custom rom... For a couple of days i was fine. After those few days the top part of the screen (the part with the status bar) rendered unusable, on custom rom and stock miui. Tested it and it seemed that the area increased and also decreased from now and then, which is strange. After contacting my seller they agreed on sending it back including screenshot and the tests i ran. 1 day after they received my device they contacted me to say that it cannot be fixed (or at least they didn't seem to bother as the phone's pricerange is low) and i am receiving a complete new one (this was in the weekend btw). After that weekend on monday i received the new one and it's running better then ever, even the fingerprint is much faster.
Now just as a warning, I don't say you still have warranty. i live in the Netherlands where unlocking, rooting and all that does not void warranty, and returning a product is very easy to do. But in other parts of the world the companies can screw you over so you'll have to check that.
For those who are asking what is it, juste have a look at mine in dev mode to show the touch : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZApYI9otJI
This happens to me only when I'm charging the phone, still annoying, , I think it's something to do with the voltage and could be fixed with a software update.

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