I have read on the forum about removing the fear of unlocking your TF700 and losing the warranty by buying a Square Trade warranty.Has anyone actually bricked their TF700 after unlocking it and then filed a claim with Square Trade? If so would you mind telling me and others on the forum how the process went? What did you tell them about what was wrong with your TF700. Did they replace it with a new one or a refurbished one? How long before you got your replacement? Was it the same color? And anything else you might think of that could be informative. Thanks
Curious, as well.
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Just crack the screen.
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I purchased an HTC Sensation from someone on eBay about a month and a half ago. It works great, but I'm having issues with dust under the glass on the screen. I contacted HTC and they checked on the phone, it is still under warranty. The tech at HTC told me that there would be a fairly hefty (over $100) charge if there was other than original software on the phone. I contacted the seller to ask if everything was original and he confessed that the phone is s-off and rooted. I was not told this at the time of purchase, nor did I know to ask, so I guess I'm the dumb one.
I'm at a loss. I really don't know what that all means. I don't want to do anything to ruin my phone, but I'd like to get the dust problem fixed. It's very annoying and very obvious.
I've looked on the forums here and have read posts about this, but I am far from tech savvy and it's like reading a foreign language. All I can think is that I'll ruin my phone if I try anything and then I'll be out the $400 that I paid for it. Is it even possible to get the phone back to what it was originally if I don't know what was exactly done to it by the other owner? Also, is it going to ruin my phone to have this software on it?
I'd appreciate any help or advice that you can give.
Thank you!
Jen
jengrrl said:
I purchased an HTC Sensation from someone on eBay about a month and a half ago. It works great, but I'm having issues with dust under the glass on the screen. I contacted HTC and they checked on the phone, it is still under warranty. The tech at HTC told me that there would be a fairly hefty (over $100) charge if there was other than original software on the phone. I contacted the seller to ask if everything was original and he confessed that the phone is s-off and rooted. I was not told this at the time of purchase, nor did I know to ask, so I guess I'm the dumb one.
I'm at a loss. I really don't know what that all means. I don't want to do anything to ruin my phone, but I'd like to get the dust problem fixed. It's very annoying and very obvious.
I've looked on the forums here and have read posts about this, but I am far from tech savvy and it's like reading a foreign language. All I can think is that I'll ruin my phone if I try anything and then I'll be out the $400 that I paid for it. Is it even possible to get the phone back to what it was originally if I don't know what was exactly done to it by the other owner? Also, is it going to ruin my phone to have this software on it?
I'd appreciate any help or advice that you can give.
Thank you!
Jen
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you can flash the stock tmobile rom and then s-on again for warranty returns/services. You can look here for a little more info but if you're not comfortable with the process i wouldn't suggest it.
Hi, I'm unsure where to post this or if its been posted before ive searched but did not have much luck sorry.
I'm from the UK, currently my phone i got is android based but have not rooted it, ive seen what i can do if i do root it but the warranty bit is an issue for me.
I'm wondering if there is any phone on either Tmo or 3 in the UK which if you root it does not void the warranty, or if there is a 100% chance of them not being able to see it.
I'm upgrading next year and will probably be coming back to XDA for advice on what phone to get.
Rooting your phone will void the warranty but that shouldn't stop yo you can easily restore your phone to how it use to be so they won't be able to detect anything was wrong. Just follow the guides on how to back your phone up.
Ps Welcome =D
Warranty has no bearing on your statutory rights.
In the UK warranties are pretty much worthless, the law protects you much better.
Basically if you rooted, the retailer would have to show that the fault you are having was caused by the rooting.
The manufacturer has no responsibility to you, it is all with the retailer.
So say you had a £400 phone that developed a screen fault after 13 months, Tmo might try and tell you "it is out of warranty" to whic you can reply "It's a £400 phone, the screen should last more than 13 months" and quote then the relevant sale of goods act etc.
Worst case you take them to the small claims court, win and send the bailiffs in.
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Thank for the answers.
Xaccers, never knew that, thanks a lot. Now I will definitely root on my next phone. Glad I asked now I know the information.
Thanks again.
Sorry for posting in the wrong forum lufc
rooting is awesome! and of course you can return it back to stock to send in >.<
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Warranty has no bearing on your statutory rights.
In the UK warranties are pretty much worthless, the law protects you much better.
Basically if you rooted, the retailer would have to show that the fault you are having was caused by the rooting.
The manufacturer has no responsibility to you, it is all with the retailer.
So say you had a £400 phone that developed a screen fault after 13 months, Tmo might try and tell you "it is out of warranty" to whic you can reply "It's a £400 phone, the screen should last more than 13 months" and quote then the relevant sale of goods act etc.
Worst case you take them to the small claims court, win and send the bailiffs in.
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This is great news for me! I have been searching for this info for a while & now I will root my device without fear.
Good to see some UK based users here, there don't seem to be many in my device forum.
Happy days
I've got a Galaxy S2 and it's insured through protect your bubble.
I've recently updated my phone to Android 4.0.3 and now I am looking to "root" the phone. I've been reading up on how to etc... and it comes with some downfalls should the rooting go wrong.
So I've contacted my insurance, asked if they allow rooting of phones. They first came back and said "what does rooting mean" ... knew it wasn't going to be allowed as soon as they came back to that and indeed after a few conversations it's not allowed.. My thoughts on this would be, it's my phone, I paid for it therefore I should be able to do anything to it. It's like buying a brand new PC, upgrading window's, overclocking the CPU etc... and if anything happened to that then you would be covered.
Basically my question is, has anyone rooted their phone and needed to make a claim on the insurance? If so, did the insurance company fix/replace the phone? Also, is there any insurer out there that will cover your phone if it's rooted?
Cheers
Si
My phone's rooted and someone at one the phone stores near me who officially repair Samsungs and Nokias said it's no longer covered by warranty. But if anything should happen to it, can't you just unroot it (if possible) and take it for a repair? I'm not too sure
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If it covers broken phones, break it so they will never know it is rooted!!
U can usually unroot & return to stock... depending on what breaks, of course
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I somewhat had an issue with this. I bricked my old droid charge while flashing in odin. I mean complete hard brick. I took it to the verizon store, they had no clue it was rooted and wanted to send it to the insurance so they could look at it then send me a replacement. Now I instead just bought a galaxy nexus. Since they mentioned that if the phone was in fact found to be hacked the insurance would charge us full retail price of the phone and not send us a replacement. I'm not saying the people at verizon are stupid, but they definitely didn't check as thoroughly as a insurance company would. I'm almost sure they would have discovered that phone had been tampered with. Now if you have hacked your phone and need to send it back in and can not unroot it or lock the boot loader or whatever, you might be screwed and would just be better to buy a new phone.
I recently bricked my Asus infinity tf700 and after many hours of figuring out if its currently possible to fix it I have still not found a possible way around the particular error I am getting. After I did a RMA to Asus they informed me that it is out of warranty and I am currently waiting for my tablet to return.
The question I have is kind of a shady one and not at all honest, and probably illegal. Would it be possible to walk into a retailer like bestbuy and purchase a new infinity tablet with cash, take that tablet home, put the bricked tablet in the box, and return that to the store either saying the tablet was dead when I bought it or that I did not want it anymore for some reason. Very bad I know, but would something like this work? This is all just theoretically speaking of course and I honestly could not bring myself to do something like this.
XDA is not in the business of helping people rip of businesses.
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I've been reading on this forum here that having to buy a SquareTrade warranty basically increases the cost of ownership for this device simply because they deem it a necessity to have the protection. Well, there is going to be a 40% Black Friday special for warranties on Square Trade.
http://slickdeals.net/f/5416814-Bla...e-Warranty-via-Facebook-Code-eMailed-on-11-16
Just follow that link and read the directions. Enjoy!
From what square trade told me, once your manufacturer warranty is void so is your square trade. I for one am still hesitant on this. I have my 40% coupon as well I'm waiting to use
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