1 month ago I bought a HTC Desire from Telus on a 3 year contract and it is running Android 2.1. I'm considering rooting the phone and would appreciate some clarification on the following questions
1) Does rooting void the warranty? I do not have any additional warranty plans above the standard manufacturer warranty
2) Is there anyway to unroot the phone and return to factory condition if I have to RMA or use my warranty?
Also would like to clarify that I have no intention of unlocking (to change networks), its just rooting.
Thanks in advance
Rooting generally void your warranty unless if you get lucky with the CSR or if the phone is completely bricked so they can't easily determine if you've modified it.
As for unrooting the Telus' Desire, there hasn't been a RUU from Telus to easily bring you back to stock conditions... but there was someone on this forum that managed revert back to stock Telus rom and a fixed recovery through a rather round-a-bout way.
RenegadeNukes said:
1 month ago I bought a HTC Desire from Telus on a 3 year contract and it is running Android 2.1. I'm considering rooting the phone and would appreciate some clarification on the following questions
1) Does rooting void the warranty? I do not have any additional warranty plans above the standard manufacturer warranty
2) Is there anyway to unroot the phone and return to factory condition if I have to RMA or use my warranty?
Also would like to clarify that I have no intention of unlocking (to change networks), its just rooting.
Thanks in advance
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if telus ever does update their software to Froyo 2.2, there will likely be a RUU posted on the HTC.ca site that you can use to get back to stock for warranty purposes, but like Celmerine said as of right now there is nothing,
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Hi,
By using an open bootloader (such as CM7 or coredroid) on DHD instead of the stock, is the warranty void?
I know as of the 27th of may HTC decided to allow open bootloaders, but I have found no information on what happens to the warranty if an open bootloader is used instead of the stock.
Matt
Yes it is void after rooting. You can always unroot however in the event of needing to return it for warranty purposes.
And by the way, CM7 and CoreDroid are ROM's, not bootloaders. Bootloaders are the things that tell the phone what to do as it is starting up. ROM's are the operating systems.
Thanks for the quick reply and clearing that up
mxm879 said:
Hi,
By using an open bootloader (such as CM7 or coredroid) on DHD instead of the stock, is the warranty void?
I know as of the 27th of may HTC decided to allow open bootloaders, but I have found no information on what happens to the warranty if an open bootloader is used instead of the stock.
Matt
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Yes, no warranty after rooting. That's way they say do it at your own risk.
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flashing would be looked at as modding your device. very likely the warranty will be voided. i sent phones back rooted with custom roms for warranty by mail from calling my carrier "at&t" and got lucky. they usually just check for visual damages on device. its worth a shot for a defected voided device lol. just make sure you have cash to pay if they notice you voided your warranty
Do people even care about warranties anymore?
I rooted my Skyrocket the day I got it, and have tried numerous roms (from this site) and finally found one I like.
I had to get rid of the CIQ that AT&T decided to load on my phone, along with all the bloatware. The battery life is so much better now!
I say do it!
If you need to push it back to stock to get some warranty stuff done, I'm sure you'll figure it out.
If not, you can always try to get lucky like others...
Rooting will void your warranty, though I've never heard of a phone being checked when being returned for service. Read up on returning your phone to original along with modding. Before I did anything to my phone I made darn sure I knew how to return it to stock.
just make a backup of the entire system and then do what you want with your phone
when you want to send your phone to warranty, just restore the backup and will be ok...
I think you can't do such a backup without root, so:
1. root your phone
2. backup with titanium
if you have problems
3. restore the backup
4. unroot
5. send it back to warranty
Note: You will not void the warranty of your Sony Xperia device by flashing new firmware using this guide. In addition, you do NOT need to unlock your bootloader nor do you need root to flash your handset.
- http://www.xperiablog.net/2016/03/12/install-xperia-marshmallow-using-flashtool-and-xperifirm-guide/
Hi everyone,
A year ago I unlocked bootloader, rooted my phone and flashed a custom ROM. Is it possible to get my warranty back if I unroot it, lock the bootloader and flash a stock ROM?
Any help is appreciated!
Thank you guys.
lddangsta said:
Hi everyone,
A year ago I unlocked bootloader, rooted my phone and flashed a custom ROM. Is it possible to get my warranty back if I unroot it, lock the bootloader and flash a stock ROM?
Any help is appreciated!
Thank you guys.
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Are you sure it is still on warranty? If you have rooted the device year ago then most likely the warranty period is already over.
In case you still have warranty proof you may take a risk to flash everything back to stock and bring to a service. If it will appear as hardware problem the case might be accepted as warranty (I've seen some posts telling this). And of course this might depend on the particular service center policies.
kvestas said:
Are you sure it is still on warranty? If you have rooted the device year ago then most likely the warranty period is already over.
In case you still have warranty proof you may take a risk to flash everything back to stock and bring to a service. If it will appear as hardware problem the case might be accepted as warranty (I've seen some posts telling this). And of course this might depend on the particular service center policies.
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Yes it is still on warranty and it is probably a hardware problem.
Tbh I have no idea, I imagine if you can relock it and unroot it and install the original RUU it might be fine. The one thing that would concern me is if the HTC boot screen still had the red writing on it...
If you buy a new phone now, can you root it? can you put a rom on it?
awskier08 said:
If you buy a new phone now, can you root it? can you put a rom on it?
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Yes you cant but will void the warranty
joej191 said:
Yes you cant but will void the warranty
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yes you can't?
that doesn't make sense. is that a typo?
I know that it will void my warranty.
Two things:
1) Complete instructions on how to root and mod your phone are here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-galaxy-s6/general/how-to-to-100-stock-root-t3075448
2) Sprint stores do not, in my experience, care is you have tripped Knox. If you need to have a warranty repair, use Odin to restore stock (which is in the instructions above) and they will honor the warranty.
There are numerous articles, including here on XDA, on how rooting does NOT void your warranty. I have sold rooted phones back to Sprint. Of course I wiped and restored back to stock because I was not going to share my private data (which is just common sense.)
But to your question, yes you can root and there are some really good ROMs. Renegade is the slickest out now. You lose Samsung Pay (and Android pay if you stay rooted) but you have a great phone.
koop1955 said:
Two things:
1) Complete instructions on how to root and mod your phone are here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-galaxy-s6/general/how-to-to-100-stock-root-t3075448
2) Sprint stores do not, in my experience, care is you have tripped Knox. If you need to have a warranty repair, use Odin to restore stock (which is in the instructions above) and they will honor the warranty.
There are numerous articles, including here on XDA, on how rooting does NOT void your warranty. I have sold rooted phones back to Sprint. Of course I wiped and restored back to stock because I was not going to share my private data (which is just common sense.)
But to your question, yes you can root and there are some really good ROMs. Renegade is the slickest out now. You lose Samsung Pay (and Android pay if you stay rooted) but you have a great phone.
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I have Verizon now and they don't have any way to unlock the boot loader yet. thinking about switching before my 14 days are up.
I remember from my old Samsung rooting days that Samsung phones had a tamper flag, so even if you restored to stock they would know that you rooted/how many times etc. Does the razer phone have a similar thing? Reason I ask is I have been used to OnePlus phones where it doesn't void your warranty to root and now I have the razer phone (loving it too!) - don't mind rooting it if I can flash stock and lock bootloader and no one knows the difference (for warranty etc!)
manor7777 said:
I remember from my old Samsung rooting days that Samsung phones had a tamper flag, so even if you restored to stock they would know that you rooted/how many times etc. Does the razer phone have a similar thing? Reason I ask is I have been used to OnePlus phones where it doesn't void your warranty to root and now I have the razer phone (loving it too!) - don't mind rooting it if I can flash stock and lock bootloader and no one knows the difference (for warranty etc!)
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As far as I can tell, no. I originally had my phone rooted and running Magisk and I reverted back to stock and relocked the bootloader to do an RMA because my screen had developed a group of dead pixels. They accepted the RMA and sent me a replacement device after I put it back to stock.
For real? Dam
ThatGuy94 said:
As far as I can tell, no. I originally had my phone rooted and running Magisk and I reverted back to stock and relocked the bootloader to do an RMA because my screen had developed a group of dead pixels. They accepted the RMA and sent me a replacement device after I put it back to stock.
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Ah awesome. You in the UK? Got my phone with 3 and Debranded it to get the 8.1 update earlier - I have the insurance for it anyway so no matter what I do to it, it should be covered really - Also sorry for the slow reply... Busy busy! Now to wait for some ROMs to show up, or a Magisk image I can flash that's 8.1 compatible!