Hi all,
I have an Australian HOX and I am thinking it might be time to root and try out some custom ROM loving. Will this void my warranty in Au? Should I wait for S-Off to cover myself if I or the software bork the phone?
Thanks guys!
It should void your warranty as you need to register for the unlock code.
Better to wait for S-off if you are worried about warranty.
That said, this forum contains lots of posts about hardware problems some people have had with their phones. If you have had your phone for a while and given it a decent workout, and don't have those problems, then chances are fairly high you won't need to worry about using the warranty - unless you brick of course
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Will I void my warranty by rooting my phone?
If so are there ways to enhance the phone without voiding the warranty? Like any custom roms that don't require the phone to be rooted?
To flash a ROM you need root. Root voids warranty. You can always revert as if you "never rooted" in case you need to take your phone in.
THere is no way they can void your warranty over the air? If not it sounds like my only danger is bricking the phone.
Not exactly sure what you mean by that; like if you root they somehow can tell "wirelessly" that you have, thus voiding. Not that I have heard. There was something like that with the iPhone I believe hearing, maybe not though. Or something they were working on, meaning not released.
And in terms of bricking your phone, that is supposed to be incredibly hard. Am sure someone has done it somewhere but you should be fine.
People say it again and again but it's worth repeating; read read read and read again. Then proceed.
Thnx for the replies.
Yes yes, tampering with the hardware of a device voids the warranty. But does it actually make a difference? Cant you just unroot your device, and send it back into the store for a brand new one (if something breaks, etc etc)? I feel kind of stupid asking this question but i honestly dont understand the difference between the two. Answer please?
Depends, I'm not sure if you can unroot the Evo. My Moment I could unroot. If the phone doesn't start up, then you're okay.
The first Evo (rooted) I bought fell in the toilet, the right side of the screen stopped working, all I did was uninstall Superuser and any rooted apps via ADB and they never suspected a thing.
You could still boot into recovery though but they never tried I guess
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Yes yes, tampering with the hardware of a device voids the warranty. But does it actually make a difference? Cant you just unroot your device, and send it back into the store for a brand new one (if something breaks, etc etc)? I feel kind of stupid asking this question but i honestly dont understand the difference between the two. Answer please?
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Yes, you can just Unroot but just make sure to flash the S-ON zip first. They are big to say it voids your warranty, but I don't think they really go through phones all that much to check for evidence of rooting. But, don't take advantage of this being an option. It gets old seeing all the people on here who brick their phones because they don't know what they are doing then just returning it for replacement because they didn't read something closely enough. These antics only hurt all of us in the end, just more excuses for Sprint to jack it to us on insurance etc.
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Nah its not me with the problems, my phone is perfectly fine. I was just wondering because one of my friends wants me to root their phone and such, but they're kind of hesitant because of the whole waranty being voided thing. With the S-On zip though, this unroots the enitre phone back to stock? I forgot to mention this before but the phone that would possibly need unrooting is an Evo purchased a couple weeks ago.
The if you used unrevoked, the s-on tool sets your nand security back to s-on, and then running a ruu with reflash all stock software. Doing these two things will completely unroot you and make the phone eligible for warranty stuff.
Got it. Thanks a bunch.
yea when we root its all software crap and so with software its easily taken on and off just gotta know what your doing. As for as hardware mods if you take your phone apart that voids the warranty .
Hi all, I've done a fair bit of searching and reading up but not sure I can find definitive answers to whether there are any downsides to rooting my One X.
I am thinking similar to tethered jailbreaks in the iOS world, where if you run out of juice you have to cable up to get it to boot up etc.
I would like to root, so I have the freedom to use a few of the tweaks and mods on xda (such as the tweak to change the default - read too high - auto brightness levels), not sure I will actually replace my entire rom at this stage, just root so I can use some of these minor tweaks.
so, is there anything that I need to genuinely consider before making the leap, some specific questions that spring to mind are;
1. Can I always easily revert it ?
2. Read some posts where people are struggling to charge once it hits 0% ? Is this an actual problem if I just root ? I do not want to brick a phone or have to prize open the case to take batteries out etc
3. If I chose to replace ROM's in the future, are there actual apps that more or less backup all your apps and settings so you can just reload that one app after a new ROM is installed, restore a backup and I am good to go, or do you have to manually setup everything from scratch again ?
Thanks for any advice you guys can offer.
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The only downside to rooting is you get hooked on flashing. It's very easy to get back to stock. As long as you have proper RUU for your region that goes with your CID and all is fine.
At present, the only rooting method involves unlocking the bootloader. It can be locked again. But it's 'relocked' rather than 'locked'. So your warranty is still void in some cases.
I'm waiting for root method which doesn't require an unlocked bootloader. Or non HTCDEV Unlocked bootloader and S-OFF before I do mine, but that's just me
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So your warranty is still void in some cases
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HTC will only refuse your warranty if you balls up your phone as a result of flashing roms. Everything else such as hardware defects will leave the warranty in tact.
Hi yall
Soon I will recive my One X... And I want to root it, and flash a custom rom... What is the correct procedure to get the warranty back on this handset??
BR
Ratata82 said:
Hi yall
Soon I will recive my One X... And I want to root it, and flash a custom rom... What is the correct procedure to get the warranty back on this handset??
BR
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Root your phone first and then talk about warranty mate..The best thing for you is to wait for an S-OFF exploit if you worried about the warranty.
Read this thread for a better understanding before you go ahead with things
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1603905
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/HTC_One_X
Nothing.
Your warranty is unaffected regardless of whether or not you root. The only condition under which your warranty is invalid is if your custom software causes a hardware failure (An insane overclock for example).
The idea that HTC can completely invalidate your warranty just for unlocking the bootloader is a myth that many people believe.
So i havent rooted yet (so many reasons to root god dammit!) but i also want to keep the warranty or at least for hardware issues, that my arise during my warranty period. I dont plan on installing roms mostly just rooting stock for some root features that i like. let's say i ran into an issue, can i unroot and restore my warranty?
Loodakid said:
So i havent rooted yet (so many reasons to root god dammit!) but i also want to keep the warranty or at least for hardware issues, that my arise during my warranty period. I dont plan on installing roms mostly just rooting stock for some root features that i like. let's say i ran into an issue, can i unroot and restore my warranty?
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You can unroot and relock the bootloader, but it will always show that it has previously been unlocked. It's then really up to HTC what they do should you claim under warranty (in theory they should still cover hardware faults, but there have been threads from users who've still been charged because they'd flashed other ROMs, so I wouldn't say it's guaranteed).
ahh ok, well i'll bump this to get more opinions on the matter but still Thanks
hopscotchjunkie said:
You can unroot and relock the bootloader, but it will always show that it has previously been unlocked. It's then really up to HTC what they do should you claim under warranty (in theory they should still cover hardware faults, but there have been threads from users who've still been charged because they'd flashed other ROMs, so I wouldn't say it's guaranteed).
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I believe if your phone goes back with "illegal" software they will replace your motherboard and what ever else and charge you but if its relocked all stock and the fault was without doubt not.caused by the user warranty should remain.
Interesting how they refer to custom firmware as illegal.
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what about flashing other roms, then when returning, flashing stock rom and relocking?