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[Q] Way to check whether bootloader has previously been unlocked?

Hi just bought a 2nd hand Nexus S, was wondering if there is a way to check whether the bootloader has been unlocked before (meaning warranty is void anyways). If it has, I'm happy to unlock it again, but if it hasn't I probably wouldn't. Thanks!

RLP06 said:
Hi just bought a 2nd hand Nexus S, was wondering if there is a way to check whether the bootloader has been unlocked before (meaning warranty is void anyways). If it has, I'm happy to unlock it again, but if it hasn't I probably wouldn't. Thanks!
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Your manufacturer warranty is good regardless if the boot loader is locked or not. However the warranty is non-transferable, meaning if you bought it 2nd hand you have no warranty.
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RLP06 said:
Hi just bought a 2nd hand Nexus S, was wondering if there is a way to check whether the bootloader has been unlocked before (meaning warranty is void anyways). If it has, I'm happy to unlock it again, but if it hasn't I probably wouldn't. Thanks!
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when booting up the phone, on the bottom of the google screen, right before the boot animation, theres a little unlocked padlock. if its there the bootloader is unlocked.

simms22 said:
when booting up the phone, on the bottom of the google screen, right before the boot animation, theres a little unlocked padlock. if its there the bootloader is unlocked.
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Yeah but if someone locked it back there is no way to tell. I think that's what he's asking about. So no, there is no way to tell unless the previous owner left files on the SD storage such as the superuser or other apks which would indicate the device was rooted before.

obsanity said:
Yeah but if someone locked it back there is no way to tell. I think that's what he's asking about. So no, there is no way to tell unless the previous owner left files on the SD storage such as the superuser or other apks which would indicate the device was rooted before.
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Yep, great, thanks for the answer.
Do you happen to have a link saying that unlocking the bootloader doesn't affect warranty? I can't seem to find it,, and in the cyanogenmod guide, it warns you that unlocking will void the warranty.
The phone was bought on pay as you go, so the receipt doesn't have a name on it, so assume I'd be ok on that front

RLP06 said:
Yep, great, thanks for the answer.
Do you happen to have a link saying that unlocking the bootloader doesn't affect warranty? I can't seem to find it,, and in the cyanogenmod guide, it warns you that unlocking will void the warranty.
The phone was bought on pay as you go, so the receipt doesn't have a name on it, so assume I'd be ok on that front
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No, in fact unlocking does void your warranty and it will clearly state that when you do it. But its still a fair play on your part since there is no way to prove it after you lock it.

obsanity said:
No, in fact unlocking does void your warranty and it will clearly state that when you do it. But its still a fair play on your part since there is no way to prove it after you lock it.
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Ahh, sorry, you had the same avatar as the guy who first replied and said it was valid regardless of whether it was locked or not.
I assume that Samsung can tell whether you've unlocked it or not if you relock it? or do they just penalise people who's phone breaks while it's in the unlocked status...

RLP06 said:
Ahh, sorry, you had the same avatar as the guy who first replied and said it was valid regardless of whether it was locked or not.
I assume that Samsung can tell whether you've unlocked it or not if you relock it? or do they just penalise people who's phone breaks while it's in the unlocked status...
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No Samsung can't do that lol
If they receive a phone with unlocked bootloader and a software problem they will just send it back still broken, not sure about hardware problems.
But if its 2nd hand you have NO warranty
Sent from my ice cream powered Nexus S

I think there is no way to check was bootloader unlocked before or not.
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obsanity said:
No, in fact unlocking does void your warranty and it will clearly state that when you do it. But its still a fair play on your part since there is no way to prove it after you lock it.
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Actually on the Nexus S it says "may void your warranty". When you unlock you void carrier warranty not manufacturer.
Samsung is the only one that plays fairly in the Magnuson-Moss act.
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LancerEVA06 said:
Actually on the Nexus S it says "may void your warranty". When you unlock you void carrier warranty not manufacturer.
Samsung is the only one that plays fairly in the Magnuson-Moss act.
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using Tapatalk
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and best buy...when I bought mine the mobile manager laughed when I asked if an unlocked btldr would void their warranty...he said "if you are unlocking the bootloader, you probably know how to fix any software issue....if you can brick it to the point you can't fix it yourself, we'll honor the warranty". Hell, best buy will take back any phone for any reason under the warranty....unless you can't produce it. If it's lost/stolen you're SOL But if you run it over with your car, on the other hand, you're all set

Yea, "may" void warranty is always the phrasing. In the US in order for modifications you make to void your warranty they must prove that the defect you experienced was a direct result of your modification, I.e., unlocking the bootloader. Of course its easier to just return it locked and stock to avoid arguing with dolts.

DarkhShadow said:
No Samsung can't do that lol
If they receive a phone with unlocked bootloader and a software problem they will just send it back still broken, not sure about hardware problems.
But if its 2nd hand you have NO warranty
Sent from my ice cream powered Nexus S
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Warranty is transferable in the UK so 2nd hand phones can have warranty:
http://www.samsung.com/uk/support/warranty/warrantyInformation.do
Not sure about other countries though.
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rob61280 said:
Warranty is transferable in the UK so 2nd hand phones can have warranty:
http://www.samsung.com/uk/support/warranty/warrantyInformation.do
Not sure about other countries though.
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0.0 never knew that
Sent from my ice cream powered Nexus S

jesusice said:
Yea, "may" void warranty is always the phrasing. In the US in order for modifications you make to void your warranty they must prove that the defect you experienced was a direct result of your modification, I.e., unlocking the bootloader. Of course its easier to just return it locked and stock to avoid arguing with dolts.
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I've never had a problem with Samsung's warranty. I don't remember which phone it was, but the screen was completely shattered, but still worked. It would randomly reboot after it got so hot. Would reboot at the same temp, everytime. I sent it to Samsung, they replaced the mainboard and reflashed it to my IMEI. I got the phone back still with a broken screen, but it worked with no problems.

LancerEVA06 said:
I've never had a problem with Samsung's warranty. I don't remember which phone it was, but the screen was completely shattered, but still worked. It would randomly reboot after it got so hot. Would reboot at the same temp, everytime. I sent it to Samsung, they replaced the mainboard and reflashed it to my IMEI. I got the phone back still with a broken screen, but it worked with no problems.
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Likewise Samsung UK where very easy to deal with regarding my recent warranty claim, I filled out the forms on the site and they phoned me to arrange collection. I was surprised that they covered second hand devices to
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[Q] Am I in for a bad time? Refurb TF700T and unlocking

I just purchased a refurbished TF700T and keyboard dock from BuyDig for 269.99. Pretty good price. I briefly owned a TF700T before, and did notice the sluggishness out of the box, but a 1200p tablet for practically $170 is hard to beat. When I had originally owned it, I was aware of CleanROM cleaning up Asus' slow eMMC mess, but at the time given the expense of the device I wasn't willing to give up the warranty. So now that the investment is a little lower, I'm more willing.
The refurb I believe is carried out by ASUS who then sells them back to BuyDig.
The reason I'm asking if I'm in for a bad time is because I've seen reports of other refurb owners who had terrible times getting their devices to unlock, specifically with messages like "unknown" or "invalid" serial numbers when attempting to input theirs. Or they were getting network access errors when trying to communicate with the servers that were responsible for unlocking the devices.
Does anyone have any input on this or experience being in this situation?

Would also like to hear any reports of unlockable success by recent buydig purchasers.
The unlock bootloader poll is only showing that 20% of the responders have issues...but 32% is unknown.
Buydig has a 45 day return/exchange policy, so I’m thinking that I’m going to roll the dice and hope that I don’t need to try and return it.

The only way to find out is to try it! If one thing is consistent in this unlock mess it's that it's totally inconsistent.
Works like a charm for some, others can't unlock at all. And it does not seem to have anything to do with new/refurb/repaired under warranty

berndblb said:
The only way to find out is to try it! If one thing is consistent in this unlock mess it's that it's totally inconsistent.
Works like a charm for some, others can't unlock at all. And it does not seem to have anything to do with new/refurb/repaired under warranty
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thanks. I just received my refurb today. is it possible to try out the unlook tool to see if it is going to work for a specific device without actually voiding the warranty?
I'd like to wait at least a week or so to see if any major hardware issues pop up. so far, tablet looks to be in working order but some more time before going all in would be nice.

ginhead said:
thanks. I just received my refurb today. is it possible to try out the unlook tool to see if it is going to work for a specific device without actually voiding the warranty?
I'd like to wait at least a week or so to see if any major hardware issues pop up. so far, tablet looks to be in working order but some more time before going all in would be nice.
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No, you click the button, it either works, and your warrent is voided, or it doesn't work.
Or another option is to contact Asus, and ship it to them, and have them unlock it for you.

bluewr said:
Or another option is to contact Asus, and ship it to them, and have them unlock it for you.
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LOL! Never heard of that option! If you have first hand experience I would love to hear about it!
I think it's rather the other way around: You ship it to them unlocked for an unrelated problem and it comes back permanently locked.... Asus does not support unlocking.

berndblb said:
LOL! Never heard of that option! If you have first hand experience I would love to hear about it!
I think it's rather the other way around: You ship it to them unlocked for an unrelated problem and it comes back permanently locked.... Asus does not support unlocking.
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No, I had problem unlocking it, and gave it to the local Asus refurb place, and had them unlock it for me, took them a week to finally unlock it though.

bluewr said:
No, you click the button, it either works, and your warrent is voided, or it doesn't work.
Or another option is to contact Asus, and ship it to them, and have them unlock it for you.
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thanks for posting that. I'll probably wait a week or so then give it a try.
overall, I’m pretty happy with it so far. There is some lag – noticeable in Chrome – but definitely useable. Hopefully, I can get a custom/optimized rom running on this shortly.
Really liking the display so far. Native blu-ray files look great.

Moto G..Root it already.

Guys who fear that rooting will void warranty..
But what makes u think that the Service center guys will look if the bootloader is unlocked or not
Lots of people give phones with CM and other custom ROMs flashed to the SC...and that too with a custom recovery...i think which may be needed by the SC guys for software update,wipe etc etc
i myself gave my rooted phone for replacement.. though reverted back to stock rom
If u guys think why dont i go ahead myself..i only reason im afraid of is ..if they have a particular QC test app or something before RMA procedure..which may auto generate the result such as
Camera - check
Speaker - check
Vibration - check
Bootloader - fail - not eligible for warranty
and they strictly reject warranty for the phone because of that..
guys experienced with the warranty procedure for Motorola phones please reply

I rooted mine. I don't usually have hardware problems. So... whatever

I've rooted mine, just keep in mind that you can't unlock the bootloader without getting an authorization code from Motorola. By requesting this code you accept the warranty loss.
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Motorola requires you to run "fastboot oem get_unlock_data". This data is used to calculate or read the unlock code from their database. Those lines should also be more than enough to blacklist your phone from warranty.
Bootloader status codes

I think I'll wait for a while this time a least four to five months..
Sent from THE motog

I've rooted previous phones, and I thought I'd root this one too... but it's so close to what I want, and I don't want to screw it up (especially battery life).

leppo said:
I've rooted previous phones, and I thought I'd root this one too... but it's so close to what I want, and I don't want to screw it up (especially battery life).
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How can you screw up battery life with a root?

James Randi said:
How can you screw up battery life with a root?
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I guess I automatically associate rooting with flashing a different rom. But yes, it's different.

Its a $200 phone and rooting is pretty much a necessity to fully take advantage of your hardware. Flashing ROMs isn't as much of a big deal anymore but rooting is where all the fun comes from IMO. If there's no issues with it after a month or so, just do it.

Well, except for those of us unfortunate individuals who rely on Verizon's rural reach. I've got the Verizon Moto G xt1028, and it's not unlockable. At least, not yet. So those of us who bought the xt1028 are waiting and hoping for a different root method. Or different unlock method. Or both, really. Alas, we're forced to run fully stock until then. I'd so love to put GravityBox and a few other root apps.

At first I bought the 8 GB Variant and unlocked it, rooted it installed a custom ROM and I didn't like it because it didn't have so much space,
so what I did was flash everything Stock back again and lock the bootloader and I traded it against a 16 GB Variant and payed an extra 30€.
Now, I don't really care about rooting and custom roms anymore, I use the Stock Firmware from Motorola, latest of course so I get all official OTAs and all Motorola Apps, they probably know how to make everything for their phone so I'll just use it as it is.

In most cases they'll just look for the splash screen to say the warning message but we all got the logo.bin flashed. Worst case scenario they'll check through fastboot.
On Moto G XT1033

In Europe you warranties don't get void due to locked Bootloaders? Its true in all case?

jaspreet997 said:
In Europe you warranties don't get void due to locked Bootloaders? Its true in all case?
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You mean unlocked ^^
If you flash software which will could cause a hardbrick or any other hardware failure then, for my knowledge, your warranty might be gone.
The reseller can only refuse warranty if he can proove that damage is caused by rooting, flashing etc.
Law expects that an failure in between six months must be from the beginning.
But after six months you have to proove that this failure was there from the beginning. This can be very tricky.
Only unlocking bootloader or rooting will not void your warranty in the EU. At least not the one which is given by law.
But the manufacturer warranty, which is an additional service of the company, can be voided.
You can read more in this german article which i have translated using microsoft translator.
Francehoaq said:
If warranty is not available then what should i do? thinking..... should i root or not
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Nobody can answer that for you. There are advantages and disadvantages doing this.

mokkami said:
You mean unlocked ^^
If you flash software which will could cause a hardbrick or any other hardware failure then, for my knowledge, your warranty might be gone.
The reseller can only refuse warranty if he can proove that damage is caused by rooting, flashing etc.
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True, unlocking the bootloader will not void your warranty. Damaging your phone while trying root it, 'may' void your warranty if the seller/manufacturer can tell, and can prove you caused the damage
mokkami said:
Law expects that an failure in between six months must be from the beginning.
But after six months you have to proove that this failure was there from the beginning. This can be very tricky.
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Thought I should clarify this. If a problem occurs with the phone in the first 6 months, the responsibility lies with the manufacturer to
a) Repair
b) Replace
c) Refund
d) Prove the problem does not exist.
If a fault occurs AFTER 6 months, but before the end of the manufacturer warranty. The manufacturer must:
a) Repair
b) Replace
c) Refund
BUT the manufacturer is within their rights to ask the customer to 'Prove' the fault exists and that they did not cause the fault through misuse etc. Usually this would require an engineer or technician report. In reality sellers will almost never do this.
Note: In the UK (and maybe rest of europe) the sale of good acts requires items last for a reasonable amount of time (not just the warranty period) this is I believe 6 years.
SO technically you could claim for repair even up to 6 years, however the responsibility will be with the consumer to prove the fault was in design and manufacture and I 'believe' that it occurred in the first 12 months since purchase. (Very hard for a consumer to prove this)..
mokkami said:
Only unlocking bootloader or rooting will not void your warranty in the EU. At least not the one which is given by law.
But the manufacturer warranty, which is an additional service of the company, can be voided.
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Not sure what you mean by 'warranty given by law' vs 'manufacture warranty'. The manufacturer is required to give a limited 12 month warranty on all goods as per the sale of goods act. A lot of manufactures will give an 'Additional' warranty, or a warranty that covers a longer period as standard. Samsung & HTC = 2 years, for example. SO, although they only require to give you 1 year, once you have bought the device, with teh 2 year warranty, you have entered a contract and they must honour the full 2 years...

Actually the first 6months is called workmanship warranty. Its unconditional warranty as long as there no blatant damage to the device. If you have tempered with it, then you go into the standard warranty clauses. Which it is then up to the manufacturer to decide weather they will repair it for you. Sometimes at a discounted price when it is in fact your fault. But if you have blatantly damaged your device, you wont be eligible for a warranty. If its software related though, they could give you the benefit of the doubt.
On Moto G XT1033

I got my phone Touch Screen all broken, unlucked the bootloader, rooted, try a little the cm11, and then, a sent it to repair.
Got a new phone even with the warranty avoided.
Just return your phone the original system, you wont have any problem!
From Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil!

carpasouza said:
I got my phone Touch Screen all broken, unlucked the bootloader, rooted, try a little the cm11, and then, a sent it to repair.
Got a new phone even with the warranty avoided.
Just return your phone the original system, you wont have any problem!
From Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil!
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Yes same will be the case for India to I guess..
Even I had rooted my previous phone and sent for warranty.. Of was a different manufacturer though.. Different policies..
Sent from THE motog

[quote name="Piyush Rawal" post=54210331]I have. I relocked bootloader and sent it to service center and they either didn't check or ignored bootloader status being 2, however, they fixed it under warranty.[/QUOTE]
Time to root I guess..
Tap-a-talked from the MOTOG

This is my story : I bought a soft bricked moto g xt1032 the bootloader shows device locked status 0. I've tried many methods to bring it to life without luck. I've got the unlock code from the earlier owner. In the next few days my friend who works in a t mobile service will try to recover the phone if he fails I'll send the phone to RMA. Will see what happens

Tomorrow is finally the day I guess
Tap-a-talked from the MOTOG

Questions about RMA

So I just discovered cracks on the corners of my tablet as well as the headphone port. I spoke to nvidia and they are going to send me another 1 but I have a question. I'm am rooted and unlocked bootloader, do I need to relock the bootloader? Is it even possible? What should I do?

Jaybenosa said:
So I just discovered cracks on the corners of my tablet as well as the headphone port. I spoke to nvidia and they are going to send me another 1 but I have a question. I'm am rooted and unlocked bootloader, do I need to relock the bootloader? Is it even possible? What should I do?
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As far i read (Don't ask me where, can't remember. But some others has reported it too) root your device is not gonna prevent nVidia to RMA your defective tablet. Now, speaking about unlocking the bootloader is another history. They say you'll void your warranty by unlocking it, but they teach you how to do it just in case you want to go back to a previous version of your OS because the current one doesn't like you. It has to be proved that the damages on hardware were caused by your fault trying to install custom roms which stress your device; with that in mind you should be safe because the cracked edges are a well know problem, they probably will not even watch your tablet. As i saiud before, they said somewhere that cracked tablets or defective ones with hardware issues are gonna be replaced even with the bootloader unlocked.
Please let us know how it was at the end for knowledge base.

The Cracked Edges thread on NVidia forum says they will RMA "No questions asked".
And that means unlocked rooted tablets are fine.
Mine was unlocked and rooted and no issues. They know it has cracked edges and that is what they are replacing. It's not like the tablet is unable to boot.
I would factory reset the device before sending it back. I did. If you really want to, you can relock the bootloader, but they really don't seem to care.

I had an unlocked one RMA'ed for cracks. It looks like you won't instantly loose your warranty, just that if they think you broke it after unlocking you probably won't be getting the warranty replacement. Most of the time manufacturers will instantly kill your warranty and even track which devices get unlocked just to make sure they lose warranty. So being cautious is a good idea, but it doesn't look like nvidia is as unreasonable as most of the others.

Is there a way to relock the bootloader just to be safe?
Thanks for all the replies!

Jaybenosa said:
Is there a way to relock the bootloader just to be safe?
Thanks for all the replies!
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Yes. Just get into the fastoobt/bootloader and type fastboot oem lock and you're done. But as far i know there is a flag displayed on your screen which says "You void your warranty" blah blah blah blah...

[Q] Should I unlock my moto g bootloader...

So I was just thinking of unlocking my Moto g and rooting it. Is it possible to get warranty after locking my Moto and unrooting it...?

motocon said:
So I was just thinking of unlocking my Moto g and rooting it. Is it possible to get warranty after locking my Moto and unrooting it...?
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I have heard some from Europe say that they can get warranty even after unlocking. I don't know about that but I know that here in the US, once its unlocked you're out of luck. My 2nd Gen was unlocked but I got a warranty replacement 2 times because I purchased it from a retail store and got their extended warranty. It was worth every penny and I would have done the same thing with the G3 except the store wasn't selling them.

It will still show it was unlocked at one time even if you relock it. Your warranty will be voided for all software issues, but you can still claim warranty for hardware issues like a bad speaker, or broken power button.

bobbyphoenix said:
It will still show it was unlocked at one time even if you relock it. Your warranty will be voided for all software issues, but you can still claim warranty for hardware issues like a bad speaker, or broken power button.
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Yes and no because it depends on whether a problem can somehow be traced to software and that is entirely up to Motorola. I always go on the theory that its probably my useless piece of plastic if it breaks.
BTW to the OP, you don't actually have to unlock it to void the warranty. Once you request the unlock code, Motorola considers it unlocked, whether you go through with it or not.

Whether you actually unlock or not, I do strongly recommend going into Developer Options and enable OEM Unlocking, unless there is some security or other reason not to do it in your case... it might not mean much now, but if you have an issue later where you phone will not boot, at least you CAN unlock if you need to. If you do not have then option enabled, unlocking is impossible.
Enabling OEM Unlocking does not unlock the device or have any effect on your warranty, but does allow the bootloader to be unlocked at a later time if needed. Since Lollipop this is an extra security measure added to phones that are unlockable.

If you've bought the phone from Best Buy & bought their protection plan, you can unlock the bootloader & root all you want; they only care about hardware modifications.

acejavelin said:
Whether you actually unlock or not, I do strongly recommend going into Developer Options and enable OEM Unlocking, unless there is some security or other reason not to do it in your case... it might not mean much now, but if you have an issue later where you phone will not boot, at least you CAN unlock if you need to. If you do not have then option enabled, unlocking is impossible.
Enabling OEM Unlocking does not unlock the device or have any effect on your warranty, but does allow the bootloader to be unlocked at a later time if needed. Since Lollipop this is an extra security measure added to phones that are unlockable.
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Thanks. Let's see whether they provide me warranty or not.

sticktornado said:
If you've bought the phone from Best Buy & bought their protection plan, you can unlock the bootloader & root all you want; they only care about hardware modifications.
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That's great means you don't have to worry about any problem caused expect hardware modification which you will not do... I guess. If you buy from best buy. But I bought it from Flipkart.

Tel864 said:
Yes and no because it depends on whether a problem can somehow be traced to software and that is entirely up to Motorola. I always go on the theory that its probably my useless piece of plastic if it breaks.
BTW to the OP, you don't actually have to unlock it to void the warranty. Once you request the unlock code, Motorola considers it unlocked, whether you go through with it or not.
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That's bad news your warranty is void whether you unlock bootloader or not simply requesting doesn't mean one has unlocked it.

Arcade said:
That's bad news your warranty is void whether you unlock bootloader or not simply requesting doesn't mean one has unlocked it.
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I believe in asking the code Motorola already considers unlocked.

Jeconias Santos said:
I believe in asking the code Motorola already considers unlocked.
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I too think so...

Arcade said:
Thanks. Let's see whether they provide me warranty or not.
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Sorry, but they will not... if you filled out the form on Motorola's website to unlock and accepted it, your warranty is void, it doesn't matter whether you actually unlocked or not, relocked, or leave it unlocked, your warranty is gone even if it is obviously a hardware defect from the manufacturer that has no relation to it being unlocked. Sorry, but you agreed to it, and Motorola will hold you to it.
Now, if you bough the Moto Protect insurance or have a third party warranty/insurance, maybe... Check your TaC.
That being said, if you try to get warranty work done, I would be interested in your results, although I expect I know what they would be, it would be nice to hear one slip through, because up to this point on all Moto products (except the Nexus) simply agreeing to the terms and conditions off the unlock voids your warranty instantly.

@Arcade if you are currently in India. service center guys doesn't check if ur bootloader is unlocked or not. u have to give them ur phone after reflashing stock and locking bootloader. and you'll get ur warranty. this method worked for my Sony phone in India.

creative21 said:
@Arcade if you are currently in India. service center guys doesn't check if ur bootloader is unlocked or not. u have to give them ur phone after reflashing stock and locking bootloader. and you'll get ur warranty. this method worked for my Sony phone in India.
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Yes, I live in India.
But till now not faced any of issue. If faced then lets see what they have to say.
I too think that they would not check it. ?

I was just about to post a thread about similar question.
I went all through the steps to unlock bootloader except for the final step but I did click to accept and where it says it will void warranty.
My question was going to be if I have unlocked the bootloader does the regular warranty and/or extended warranty cover issues like, dead pixels, cracked screens, speakers and or buttons not working everything aside from hardware issues?
I dont see why they wouldnt be covered since majority of the time those issues wouldnt be caused by rooting and putting different roms on it.
Just wondering here and if someone had actual experience with this. Also would they tell you prior to sending it in through a RMA or after you send it in and boot it up?

pl4life52 said:
I was just about to post a thread about similar question.
I went all through the steps to unlock bootloader except for the final step but I did click to accept and where it says it will void warranty.
My question was going to be if I have unlocked the bootloader does the regular warranty and/or extended warranty cover issues like, dead pixels, cracked screens, speakers and or buttons not working everything aside from hardware issues?
I dont see why they wouldnt be covered since majority of the time those issues wouldnt be caused by rooting and putting different roms on it.
Just wondering here and if someone had actual experience with this. Also would they tell you prior to sending it in through a RMA or after you send it in and boot it up?
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Regular warranty, nope... doesn't matter what the problem is, that is gone forever once you clicked accept.
The "extended warranty" is actually an insurance plan, you pay a deductible for replacement... unless it specifically states that modifying (or similar verbiage) your device voids the insurance plan, then it should still work., but I have not seen those T&C.

So if i root my phone and my screen cracks, the warranty wont cover it?

pl4life52 said:
So if i root my phone and my screen cracks, the warranty wont cover it?
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Correct... sort of, unlocking the bootloader with Motorola (the only current way) will completely void your warranty,rooting or flashing a ROM is not relevant, it is spelled out quite clearly. Void in this case means you do not have a warranty anymore, so there is no warranty to get it fixed/replaced.
Actually, it doesn't matter if you unlock or not, if you accept the T&C on the website your warranty is gone... doesn't matter if you actually do it or not.

acejavelin said:
Correct... sort of, unlocking the bootloader with Motorola (the only current way) will completely void your warranty,rooting or flashing a ROM is not relevant, it is spelled out quite clearly. Void in this case means you do not have a warranty anymore, so there is no warranty to get it fixed/replaced.
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Alright good to know. Yeah its pretty clear in it stating warranty is void but wanted to see if physical issues were under that void. Now how do they check this prior to sending in the phone or after the phone is received by them?

pl4life52 said:
Alright good to know. Yeah its pretty clear in it stating warranty is void but wanted to see if physical issues were under that void. Now how do they check this prior to sending in the phone or after the phone is received by them?
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Your IMEI number is on file from when you unlocked, there is nothing to "check" per se, as soon as you request an RMA or warranty replacement and put in your IMEI or serial number, they already know.