Just out of curiousity, i used superoneclick and see that you can also unroot your phone. I've also heard that rooting your phone nulls your warrenty. So im just curious, does unrooting a phone get your warranty back?
SnipeySnake said:
Just out of curiousity, i used superoneclick and see that you can also unroot your phone. I've also heard that rooting your phone nulls your warrenty. So im just curious, does unrooting a phone get your warranty back?
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Sort of. In theory no, once you root it's gone forever, but in practice once un-rooted T-Mobile or LG has absolutely no way to know that you ever had it rooted, so for all intents and purposes it does.
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Hello,
Is there any chance to root Sensation XE and not to lose warranty? I mean if the device will break in the future... Or there is no way to do this?
FUXAS said:
Hello,
Is there any chance to root Sensation XE and not to lose warranty? I mean if the device will break in the future... Or there is no way to do this?
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Hi,
There are ways to get temporary root HERE,but you lose everything when you reboot.
The short answer is no. Cracking your Sensation and achieving root and/or S-OFF will void your warranty.
That said, there are procedures detailed in this forum about how you can restore your phone to original settings if required.
If you are at all worried, I would do some research and ensure that there is an RUU (Rom Upgrade Utility) for your country and/or provider which can be used to revert the phone back to a stock install and review the instructions for setting the phone S-ON before proceeding.
I guess if the phone is damaged so that it can't be booted at all, then there is a reasonable chance that the warranty provider won't be able to know it's been rooted.
As with all things, this is at your own risk. If you wish to be sure your warranty will continue to cover your phone, without the possibility of argument - don't root.
If you do decide to root make sure your insurance covers you for loss and/or damage to your phone. So that you can at least get a new one if it all goes wrong and you can't return it to default.
So if i understand this right, HTC won't get notified if i root my phone with S-OFF?
I thought they could see if my phone has been rooted because my serial number would get flagged in the database.
Or is the root process described in the sticky post on how to root a Sensation not from HTC itself?
If rooted would I even need the OTA updates? Not "planning" on changing the ROM just rooting device for superuser rights. Does that still void warranty if ROM is not changed? I couldn't find anything on Rooting/Void Warranty on Verizon website..
romtang said:
If rooted would I even need the OTA updates? Not "planning" on changing the ROM just rooting device for superuser rights. Does that still void warranty if ROM is not changed? I couldn't find anything on Rooting/Void Warranty on Verizon website..
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technically, the mere rooting voided it. my opinion is, if you can hide the fact you rooted it successfully, obviously any problems cant be due to root access, considering the root should be wiped if you use the "repair" in pc companion after it says "your phone is up to date" and the rom reinstalled, so any further problems must be hardware. therefore, root must not be the stem of the problem (unless you over-clock too much with a diff kernel and burn out the cpu or something.) so my suggestion is, use "CWM-installer" or whatever it is (the app specifically states it is for xperia devices) and back up your phone now. just in case you need to use the "repair" so you can get everything back. i havent done this yet, but from what i understand, this should work with even a softbrick. just make sure you unroot BEFORE you take it to verizon if screen breaks or something. just make a backup, remove the sd, and factory reset it or use pc companion repair and say you had software problems recently and reset it to fix it, then the stupid thing had to spite you twice and break physically too! lol. anyways, best of luck!
I searched and could not see a straight answer. I am current on version 1.73 and I have not rooted my phone. I would like to root it but scared about voiding my warranty. I have no desire to unlock the bootloader as I dont want to change roms. All I want is to have root access so I can backup my phone in case something goes wrong.
So can the phone be unrooted? Would AT&T/HTC know that I have rooted my phone and unrooted it?
If you unroot by running the ruu nobody will know you rooted.
dominican2589 said:
I searched and could not see a straight answer. I am current on version 1.73 and I have not rooted my phone. I would like to root it but scared about voiding my warranty. I have no desire to unlock the bootloader as I dont want to change roms. All I want is to have root access so I can backup my phone in case something goes wrong.
So can the phone be unrooted? Would AT&T/HTC know that I have rooted my phone and unrooted it?
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YES the only thing right now if i'm not wrong is to flash stock 1.73 RUU http://briefmobile.com/download-att-htc-one-x-stock-ruu and u can always check the thread on xda also how to do.....just plug ur phone with all the driver needed....and walla ur phone back to ATT stock
can I root my phone without voiding warranty?
and if I rootit can I unroot it and return to its original state?
thank you
jusleen said:
can I root my phone without voiding warranty?
and if I rootit can I unroot it and return to its original state?
thank you
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teoreticaly yes, you lose warranty.
but you can unroot it.
Actually technically the answer is NO. Rooting your phone should not in and of itself void your warranty, but the things you can do may and most likely will. For example lets say you root your phone and keep the stock kernel just debloat the stock ROM, and then the volume buttons stop working...unless you did hardware mods it would be under warranty. When I rooted my HTC using the HTCDev method to unlock the bootloader the disclaimer said it MAY, not that it will or does, and a few months after rooting and reading their warning I sent in my phone for warranty repair/replacement with no problems, even though my phone was documented as being rooted. Now if you hard brick your phone flashing a ROM with bad mount points that is a different story altogether.
A few years back I had a Samsung Interceptor that I had rooted and it had an issue with a physical button (Power button I believe), I brought my phone to Sprint and the rep saw it was rooted (before I sprung for Superuser Elite to hide the app). His words to me were that as long as NO hardware mods were done and the phone can be flashed back to a stock state it would still be covered under warranty. Important to note...Carriers will not service a phone with a custom recovery PERIOD, which is why I left the Sprint store and reflashed the stock image to the phone.
My advice to people who are concerned with their warranties is to know exactly how to get it back to stock...before its ever customized. The reason for this should be obvious. And don't let it leave your hands (sent out for repair, or brought to the back for testing) prior to flashing it back to stock
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ItzCrooK2UxD said:
Actually technically the answer is NO. Rooting your phone should not in and of itself void your warranty, but the things you can do may and most likely will. For example lets say you root your phone and keep the stock kernel just debloat the stock ROM, and then the volume buttons stop working...unless you did hardware mods it would be under warranty. When I rooted my HTC using the HTCDev method to unlock the bootloader the disclaimer said it MAY, not that it will or does, and a few months after rooting and reading their warning I sent in my phone for warranty repair/replacement with no problems, even though my phone was documented as being rooted. Now if you hard brick your phone flashing a ROM with bad mount points that is a different story altogether.
A few years back I had a Samsung Interceptor that I had rooted and it had an issue with a physical button (Power button I believe), I brought my phone to Sprint and the rep saw it was rooted (before I sprung for Superuser Elite to hide the app). His words to me were that as long as NO hardware mods were done and the phone can be flashed back to a stock state it would still be covered under warranty. Important to note...Carriers will not service a phone with a custom recovery PERIOD, which is why I left the Sprint store and reflashed the stock image to the phone.
My advice to people who are concerned with their warranties is to know exactly how to get it back to stock...before its ever customized. The reason for this should be obvious. And don't let it leave your hands (sent out for repair, or brought to the back for testing) prior to flashing it back to stock
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Then do you know how to get it back to stock after i rooted it??thanks
jusleen said:
Then do you know how to get it back to stock after i rooted it??thanks
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I can probably point you in the right direction...did you unlock the bootloader or not? I am seeing a few unroot methods for locked bootloaders. If you did unlock the bootloader you will need to lock it back. Also it is important to note that some bootloaders will say *relocked* after relocking them, and not *locked* if it says *relocked* they will know it has been rooted. This is NOT a problem because once again having root access does not void the warranty, but you should be aware that if it says relocked they will know it has been rooted. This link has a root/unroot tool that may help it makes no mention of a specific firmware for your model phone so it should be fine. Also this video should help with the relock procedure but not knowing the phone I would need more specific details. Firmware and method used to root/unlock bootloader if you unlocked it. One of the relock procedures can be see here
*EDIT* I did a little looking and thought you might find this of interest. About midway through there is a section about warranty claims and returns...I didn't sign up so I can't see the links there but it should help .
Hi there, I was wondering if it's possible to root the HTC One (international model, i live in Sweden) without voiding warranty? I just want to root it (superuser), I don't intend to flash the kernel or anything like that.
Thanks
Wisoo said:
Hi there, I was wondering if it's possible to root the HTC One (international model, i live in Sweden) without voiding warranty? I just want to root it (superuser), I don't intend to flash the kernel or anything like that.
Thanks
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When you root you'll lose warranty but you can usually return to stock somehow and get the warranty back. As for the guide that should be easy enough to find with a quick search.
So if it breaks it's easy to make it "legit" again? So that i can get it repaired?
Wisoo said:
So if it breaks it's easy to make it "legit" again? So that i can get it repaired?
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If your phone breaks, you can flash back to stock ROM and return it for repair