Hello,
I'm returning my phone tomorrow to a repair center for my display problem. However I can't seem to find a flashable STOCK (EU) ROM (.zip). Only the .exe which can't be flashed. I don't really want to unroot my phone because the risk of bricking, but an standard ROM would be kinda helping.
Any idea's?
Thanks.
EDIT: should this be in Q&A? Little to fast with clicking, sorry.
Sending in your phone with s-off would render your warranty useless. Unless of course it's a third party shop, which I don't think you need a stock rom?
Nevermind, i completly put it back to stock with S-ON. Thanks for the heads up, this is a better idea.
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Alright I know that when you flash your phone it voids the warranty, but if you were to lets say flash back to your service providers ROM before returning it would they be able to tell?
I've just bought the Captivate a few days ago but I plan on returning it to Rogers due to the horrible battery life. I'm never at home and need my phone a lot so having a bad battery life isn't an option for me.
The thing is I flashed a custom 2.2 ROM last night. I plan on returning it tomorrow, but I've realized that I voided the warranty. I've downloaded the stock Rogers ROM and can flash it before I go but will they still know some how?
So basically I'm wondering if I'm screwed or not.
Thanks in advanced
Hypercore said:
Alright I know that when you flash your phone it voids the warranty, but if you were to lets say flash back to your service providers ROM before returning it would they be able to tell?
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I seriously doubt it, however since you're on rogers you'll need to get rid of that at&t logo upon startup when you flash back to stock so good luck.
Also the 2.2 roms encrypt some of the files in the /efs directory, if rogers digs deep enough and find that out they might figure out that you flashed a rom. Unless you backed it up and restored it... however i doubt you did.
Returned one with no trouble after flashing back to stock at&t. As long as you can get it to look like stock on boot I doubt you will have any trouble, regardless of efs files being altered
Hey guys!
My Mum has a Desire S, and is, to put it bluntly, rather unhappy with the stock performance so, I've been thinking about flashing a CM7/ICS based rom on it.
If it were my phone, I'd have no problems doing it straight out, but she's worried about returning it under warranty with a custom rom (which is fair enough).
Anyway, I was wondering if there is something like RSD lite (For motorola), or ODIN (for samsung) which allows you to flash back to a clean, out of the factory state?
Yes you can return to stock "most of the time" but there are cases were the phone refuses to play nice....
A quick bit of Googling would give you the answer.
All methods mainly come down to installing a RUU to get back to stock, some other steps are needed, but they differ to how you archived s-off etc..
Nothing of that sort, but there's a pretty easy way to do it. I did it for my friend a month ago.
FIRST, s-off your device using revolutionary and get 4ext recovery. (there are detailed guides on this)
Then, take a nandroid backup of the stock ROM in recovery mode. Whenever you want to return to stock, restore this backup
Hey, I have a question about TempRooting my phone. I dont want to root my phone because i dont want to void my warranty. But, I want to do a few things with my software that require root access. For example, I want to install a CRT animation on my phone which, of course, required root access. Basically what my question is, is if I temproot my phone and modify a few things like installing CRT animation, will it void my warranty? I know TempRooting will not void the warranty, but Im curious as to if installing a CRT animation will void the warranty. Also, if I do it, will i still be able to receive the OTA updates via wifi? Thanks guys
Temptooting Voids your warranty, Dunno where you heard that it doesn't.
Mod it. Thats all I have to say
Using this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1591601 will put you back to stock COMPLETELY. Tmobile can't tell. I got a HD2 with windows mobile on it and flashed android on it. Yea, a completely different OS. Found some hardware issues (was a refurbished phone) restored back to stock using a similar technique and sent it back to Tmo. They have never contacted me or ever asked me about it. My friend also had text messaging problems on his Exhibit. We rooted and flashed CWM and a new rom to see if it fixed and ended up restoring back to stock and getting a different phone. There is also a way to edit the flash counter though I do not know where to find one for our phone atm.
so basically if I temproot my phone, mod the hell out of it, im good to go? and if i ever need to take it in to Tmobile or if i want to upgrade to 4.0 when the OTA comes out, i just follow that guide and everythings all good? and your sure that its legit and it works? i dont really trust one-click programs
You are always taking a risk if you root. Period. But I have sent rooted phones in to be returned without issue and if you return to stock as described in the post you will be able to get the update.
Hey, I just read a post on XDA describing why its okay to root your device, according to the Magnuson-Moss Warranty act. It says that a company has to prove that you broke your phone by rooting it if there is a problem with it, and its under warranty. Is it really true?
XDA,
I successfully rooted my brand new 2.20 AT&T HTC One X, flashed CM10 rom and TWRP 2.2.3 custom recovery. Everything was going great; much love to the community and djrbliss. Here's my issue: Yesterday my phone went flying, hit the ground BLAM! and shattered the screen. I've therefore voided my warranty and it looks like theres no way out of this $600 accident. Panic mode....
But, I have a plan: I have premium accidental damage coverage. But in order for me to be elegible for a complete phone replacement I need to revert to the stock ROM, lock my bootloader, eliminate the custom recovery, and finally reset the flash counter with a USB jig. I need it to appear as though I havent changed a thing. Heres my question for you all: Is it possible to revert my phone completely? If I am successful, will AT&T notice? What steps should I take?
Any tips would be great. I'll keep you all updated on what develops.
-T
if the phone powers on and such you should be able to relock bootloader and run the ruu. thats all you really need to do for insurance claim. you cant remove the relocked bootloader message without s-off, but it shouldn't matter since your claiming physical damage.
Having a custom rom/bootloader shouldn't affect a physical warranty claim, but from the things I hear about AT&T I wouldn't be surprised
area51avenger said:
Having a custom rom/bootloader shouldn't affect a physical warranty claim, but from the things I hear about AT&T I wouldn't be surprised
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Looked into it, turns out at&t will charge $200 for a physical damage claim IF they decide its under warranty... Sucks. Looks like ill be buying and replacing the digitizer/lcd myself...
tom0779 said:
XDA,
I successfully rooted my brand new 2.20 AT&T HTC One X, flashed CM10 rom and TWRP 2.2.3 custom recovery. Everything was going great; much love to the community and djrbliss. Here's my issue: Yesterday my phone went flying, hit the ground BLAM! and shattered the screen. I've therefore voided my warranty and it looks like theres no way out of this $600 accident. Panic mode....
But, I have a plan: I have premium accidental damage coverage. But in order for me to be elegible for a complete phone replacement I need to revert to the stock ROM, lock my bootloader, eliminate the custom recovery, and finally reset the flash counter with a USB jig. I need it to appear as though I havent changed a thing. Heres my question for you all: Is it possible to revert my phone completely? If I am successful, will AT&T notice? What steps should I take?
Any tips would be great. I'll keep you all updated on what develops.
-T
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No way to completely take it back to stock. It will always say "RELOCKED". But to get to that point, you need to relock your phone and run the RUU. AT&T shouldn't care or check honestly.
Hey all,
I recently sold my phone running CM 10 on eBay and the buyer said the phone is for her son, so she didn't know what software he wants on it....I figure I would be best off just sending it to them stock (stock firmware, unrooted, locked bootloader).
Is there anyway I can do this besides using Odin? I'm currently using a Mac, so anything method that I can use on OS X would be great, but if not, I can just get hold of a PC and do it via Odin if necessary
Heimdall would be your solution. It's a cross platform Odin alternative and there are native versions for PC, Mac, and Linux. The XDA thread is here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=755265
It uses the same tar files that Odin would. As far as the software, I would run a stock unrooted TW for the kid personally. That way his mom can't come back and harass you about something he did because you left him with dangerous software. If he roots it and then breaks it, it's his own fault. Just tell her you left it on a stock version with no inherent risk involved, but just incase he needs to know (have her not tell the kid) the bootloader is already unlocked.
I would do stock rooted. Rooted is always a plus and may get you a few more dollars for it. Then people could choose their own ROM if they so desire. I know I desire just being stock rooted
shredder47 said:
Hey all,
I recently sold my phone running CM 10 on eBay and the buyer said the phone is for her son, so she didn't know what software he wants on it....I figure I would be best off just sending it to them stock (stock firmware, unrooted, locked bootloader).
Is there anyway I can do this besides using Odin? I'm currently using a Mac, so anything method that I can use on OS X would be great, but if not, I can just get hold of a PC and do it via Odin if necessary
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Make it Stock, locked! incase they dont like the way the phone run, they can always blame you for modding and make you take it back! and it acts as a negative point in Dispute even though you mention it!
I ended up just Odin'ing it back to stock! Thanks guys
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I ended up just Odin'ing it back to stock! Thanks guys
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Definitely a good call... I do that with every phone I sell.
The way I see it is that if they're not intelligent / motivated / tech savvy enough to root and load something custom on their own then they'll probably have a hell of a time navigating the random problems you'd encounter running anything other than stock.