Hi, I have the international version H815 and I want to unlock the bootloader.
Ok so my question is if you had or you have a h815 would you unlock it even if you will loose your warrenty?
I'm asking because I really want root but no sure if I'm ok with warrenty void so I wanted your opinion
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First off almost everyone wants to unlock the bootloader on these forums. Now, you can only unlock you bootloader if you have a Eastern Europian phone.
Rooting versus warranty depends on you, no-one can make that desion for you. It all depends on what you want to do with the phone.
Ive always rooted my phones and never had to send any back for warranty.. Ussually change to the next new phone that comes out before the warranty even expires... But, I guess that's just me..
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grneyez said:
First off almost everyone wants to unlock the bootloader on these forums. Now, you can only unlock you bootloader if you have a Eastern Europian phone.
Rooting versus warranty depends on you, no-one can make that desion for you. It all depends on what you want to do with the phone.
Ive always rooted my phones and never had to send any back for warranty.. Ussually change to the next new phone that comes out before the warranty even expires... But, I guess that's just me..
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Thnkx for your answer and I know it my desion, I just wanted some other thoughts about it.
In the end I'm just like you, buying the next phone before warranty even expires.
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Yes, it's expensive to keep up with new technology. Hopefully the bootloader will be allowed to be unlocked by LG. Or, one of the many talented devs get it first.
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MementoM said:
I have the unlock-able version and have not rooted or unlocked the bootloader. For me I like custom ROM and Kernels to go along with rooting otherwise stock is fine for me. I'm a very patient person so I'm happy with the phone as is.
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Man, You don't know how many people wish to be in your position just to unlock it in front of the UPS guy. However, as you say, you're doing fine with it locked. Considering that, I would wait a few weeks or a moth or even 2 just to make sure that no hardware fault or unfixable issues are present or about to happen. Again, I would unlock it and root it right away.
I'm in the same situation as you, but I live in the United States. I bought the H815 of eBay so does the warranty even apply to me?
tomh12player said:
I'm in the same situation as you, but I live in the United States. I bought the H815 of eBay so does the warranty even apply to me?
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I'm not sure but I think that the warranty does apply to you as well
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solokiller11 said:
I'm not sure but I think that the warranty does apply to you as well
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LG in the states will not service a international phone purcased thru 3rd party resellers, unless its a carrier branded phone from T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon etc.
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I also have H815 international bought from lg and i have one to one replacment warrenty for one year so i think i m gona use this locked arleast one year
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anyone knows how can i find out when is the warranty period over ?
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Is there a version of the LG Nitro that comes factory unlocked (not software unlocked)? This ebay seller: link claims that the LG Nitro he/she is selling is factory unlocked and "you can always update it and it will never lock up". If so, why is there an AT&T branding on it?
Those software unlocked ones like the rest on ebay, do they lock up again and lose root access when updated (say, to ICS)?
I believe what your seller means is that it is carrier unlocked. That really doesn't add value to the phone the way it would to, say, an iphone, though. I unlocked my nitro for less than $3.
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Malnilion said:
I believe what your seller means is that it is carrier unlocked. That really doesn't add value to the phone the way it would to, say, an iphone, though. I unlocked my nitro for less than $3.
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hey where did u unlock your nitro for $3. even i need to unlock my nitro which is getting shipped to me. pls help
I found an unlock on ebay for $3. Worked great, had my phone unlocked in minutes.
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I used this guy from Ebay:
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Less then 3 bucks and within an hour had an unlock code! Worked like a charm! =)
Just wanted to mention that regardless of your unlocking experience, once you flash your baseband/system partitions, there is a high probability it will lock it again. Beware!! keep your unlock code handy if you do.
I didn't have a problem when I restored my phone. Obviously, I had to flash my baseband when that happened, so it appears to persist. I'd keep my unlock code around regardless, though lol
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Malnilion said:
I found an unlock on ebay for $3. Worked great, had my phone unlocked in minutes.
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I'm guessing it's safe to say that this should not be considered as Unlocking the Bootloader, correct? I hope people don't confuse this with Unlocking the bootloader.
No need, our bootloader is not locked
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No need, our bootloader is not locked
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Wait, really?! I've been trying to figure out how we came to dat conclusion though?
Our bootloader is 100% beyond the shadow of a doubt unlocked. This was proven by Bytecode and his success with booting to an unsigned recovery partition AKA his CWM port.
Hey guys & girls, I'm gonna make it quick:
I need to send my Gnex in.. It has some screen problems, which aren't major.. But annoying in time...
My question is, since the Gnex is taken down from the store, how long will Google/Samsung repair it?
I'm curios, because when I'll wait, I'm scared if my carrier (where I send it from) will say they don't repair the phone cause it's too old... Or is there no "too old device" .. Maybe some people with older devices have some experience..
Thank you in advance.
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Standard 1 year from purchase warranty.
I think I should mention that I'm from Germany, and bought it with a 2 year contract at o2...
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fushla said:
I think I should mention that I'm from Germany, and bought it with a 2 year contract at o2...
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Still 1 year. Unless your carrier offered insurance and you took them up on it.
Okay thank you so I got some time ^^
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Still 1 year. Unless your carrier offered insurance and you took them up on it.
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Well in many European countries (germany included apparently) you are ensured a 2 year warranty by law, which they would have to obey if they sold the product in that country, insurance or not.
So if it's within this time, the carrier, who is the seller in this case would be obligated to either repair it, give you a new product and if the product is out of production, they would have to give you something similar or better.(the time in which the product is produced and sold can not limit this)
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Well in many European countries (germany included apparently) you are ensured a 2 year warranty by law, which they would have to obey if they sold the product in that country, insurance or not.
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Hmmm.. Okay.. I need to check this, ..
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Just contact the carrier, they will know how to handle it.
Yeah, but I thought I'll get in troubles when I say "I have a defective device, but I only send it in when it's broken" ..
I know I don't have to say it that way, but even the question how they handle it would make them suspicious..
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Yeah, but I thought I'll get in troubles when I say "I have a defective device, but I only send it in when it's broken" ..
I know I don't have to say it that way, but even the question how they handle it would make them suspicious..
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Just say you're having some minor issues and want to know how long you van put off the repair since you'd be without a phone during it.
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Just say you're having some minor issues and want to know how long you van put off the repair since you'd be without a phone during it.
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Okay, I call them next week thank you sir!
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Since 24 of August of 2012 in México a new statement was published, in this statement said that any phone purchased in prepaid mode or with a contract ended can be unlocked.
I suggest to all my countrymen go to your carrier and require unlocking your phone. This must be totally free.
Great! Let's spread the info.
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eduardo_91 said:
Since 24 of August of 2012 in México a new statement was published, in this statement said that any phone purchased in prepaid mode or with a contract ended can be unlocked.
I suggest to all my countrymen go to your carrier and require unlocking your phone. This must be totally free.
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Yeah but it's only if the carrier wants to unlock it, if they say no we are ****ed :-S and the paperwork takes 7 days
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Well, but it's not illegal anymore, now it's a right for us.
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Nice contrast compared to what we currently have in the US
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In Malaysia,I think they,the telco carrier
also do sell plan package phone,for a freaking cheap price,but the phone bootloader still can be unlock because I think the workers here is still newbie and don't know things with the phone system lol
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eduardo_91 said:
Since 24 of August of 2012 in México a new statement was published, in this statement said that any phone purchased in prepaid mode or with a contract ended can be unlocked.
I suggest to all my countrymen go to your carrier and require unlocking your phone. This must be totally free.
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Do you have the reference for this statement?
saul1980 said:
Do you have the reference for this statement?
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You'd do well to investigate before asking. This isn't Google, you know.
So you want to tell me that you purchased a SXS mith a 12-24 Month contract that already ended?
fzelle said:
So you want to tell me that you purchased a SXS mith a 12-24 Month contract that already ended?
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Not my case, but in Mexico, it's pretty common for people to get them prepaid, it's hella more expensive, but it's certainly an option. And knowing the carriers in Mexico, they're probably locked in any way they can be possibly locked.
Hi I just bought an S3 from someone. However the android version is 4.1.9... I dont think its rooted either. Is it a fake? I hope not... Or is there any other way to tell?
Sounds like it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2250000
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Domoo said:
Sounds like it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2250000
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Damn Got scammed. Is there a way to root this and unlock it, like this version? If so, can you link me?
How do I unlock it
forget unlocking. i'd be contacting the seller...
Its a fake phone man , contact the seller and demand a refund. Unlocking it and stuff is impossible as these Chinese phones have no development at all , try finding a phone with similar hardware z maybe that will help. .
ah right, I have seen methods to unlock these phones though. I have a giffgaff (O2) sim and it doesnt pick up any bars, I tried my EE sim and it picked it up. I dont think my phone is unlocked, is there a way to unlock it. Iv heard of SRSRoot is that the correct method?
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ah right, I have seen methods to unlock these phones though. I have a giffgaff (O2) sim and it doesnt pick up any bars, I tried my EE sim and it picked it up. I dont think my phone is unlocked, is there a way to unlock it. Iv heard of SRSRoot is that the correct method?
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Rooting and unlocking are two different things SRSRoot will probably root it but it won't unlock it.
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Get your money back, if you paid with paypal contact the seller first and if he refuses do a charge back. Knock off phone's hardware is almost always terrible, which is why the price is so low. Even if you manage to root and install a custom ROM it will never be the same experience as having the actual S3 :\. Sorry to hear all this man.
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Rooting and unlocking are two different things SRSRoot will probably root it but it won't unlock it.
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Okay I tried SRSRoot but it didn't work
Hi all,
Sorry if the following is a really dumb question - I am new to the forum and new to tinkering with android phones. I find it really hard to understand the jargon being used on here so there is a good chance my question has been answered and I don't know it. Also a lot of the discussion seems to be about rooted phones and mine is not rooted so I don't know where to start.
Yesterday my unrooted Note 2 froze on the start up screen and will only switch off when the battery is removed. I tried recovery mode for clearing the cache and then wiping user data and niether have made any difference. I just get a cascade of red "E: failed to mount" messages.
I guess this is either a bug in the firmware or the internal storage is fried. I can send it off for repair and be without my phone for 3 weeks but I though I should try to reinstall the firmware.
My question is "will trying this invalidate my warranty?". Specifically should I try the following webpage
theunlockr.com/2013/04/06/how-to-unroot-the-samsung-galaxy-note-2-gt-n7100/
Obviously the last thing I want to do is invalidate my warranty when I am about to need it the most.
I am on Orange in the UK if that helps.
Using odin to install a official Samsung firmware (you'll probably need the Orange one), should not invalidate you're warranty.
Probably the best place for you to head is the firmware section of sammobile, type in your model and find the firmware for your country and carrier.
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madpete said:
Using odin to install a official Samsung firmware (you'll probably need the Orange one), should not invalidate you're warranty.
Probably the best place for you to head is the firmware section of sammobile, type in your model and find the firmware for your country and carrier.
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Thanks for the help and again sorry for the dumb question. I just don't want to take any risks at this point because whatever I do I may not get the chance to undo.
I can't find anything specific to my carrier (UK Orange) is it enough to use another one from the same country. Perhaps this is what the unspecified one is (BTU). Does it matter?
BTU is the generic uk unbranded firmware...did you're phone have specific Orange branded firmware before it crashed?
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BTU is the generic uk unbranded firmware...did you're phone have specific Orange branded firmware before it crashed?
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Ah if its just branding I'm not bothered about it. For what its worth I don't think there was any branding. Cheers for all your help madpete :good:
Not a problem, hopefully reflashing the firmware will sort it out for you.
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Not a problem, hopefully reflashing the firmware will sort it out for you.
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Sadly it didn't. The flashing completed as normal but at the end the phone was the same. I suppose its the warranty route for me.
So back to 100% stock did nada? Try one more time for ****s and giggles but then its off to manufacturers warranty la-la land
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So back to 100% stock did nada? Try one more time for ****s and giggles but then its off to manufacturers warranty la-la land
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You reckon? Sure I'll give it a go can't hurt (assuming I do nothing stupid of course).
At this stage one more try can't hurt
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At this stage one more try can't hurt
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Can you tell me how you sent it off? Using what, and when they said you will get it back? Also did you have to pay for shipping too?
I'm on O2 and mines having issues + It needs to be sent off.
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Not a problem, hopefully reflashing the firmware will sort it out for you.
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Sent my phone off last week but saw something a bit worrying about my attempt at repair. There is a custom ROM counter right? That counts the attempts at flashing the ROM. Will what I did change the counter? I didn't reset it before sending off so am I going to have a problem?
Omen123 said:
Can you tell me how you sent it off? Using what, and when they said you will get it back? Also did you have to pay for shipping too?
I'm on O2 and mines having issues + It needs to be sent off.
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I got the phone from phones 4U so I just handed it to them to send off. If I had dealt with it with Samsung directly they would have either sent over a courier or they would have send me an envelope to send it it. If O2 gave you the phone you can call them or perhaps walk into one of their shops to get it repaired under warranty ... or you can call the Samsung service center. I think either will do.