[Q] Root and Warranty - Sony Xperia L

First of all I realise there are probably a lot of topics about this, but search is temporarily unavailable apparently. My question is, how does unrooting work after you root your phone? Can you get your warranty back if, for example you just factory reset it from settings or do you need to unroot it via a program or adb, or is it even possible to restore the warranty as if it was unchanged?
Thanks.

You can always restore warrenty if only ROOT

Thanks for the answer, that's good to know.
Edit: What is the best method for the XL?

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[Q] Unroot for warranty?

Hello all,
I have searched the forums quite extensively regarding unrooting the G2x for warranty purposes. I used SuperOneClick to root my phone last week before my phone began to experience reboot issues. I do not have any custom ROMs or anything of the sort on the phone, just the basic root. I used SOC to unroot the phone but I was wondering if there was any further procedures needed to have my phone acceptable for replacement warranty. Should I do a basic factory reset?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance
If all you did was root the phone, then unroot and factory reset will be all u should do.

[Q] any chance to root without losing a warranty?

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?

[Q] Xperia Play OTA Updates

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!

[Q] Need to unroot Samsung Galaxy S4 for warranty

Need to unroot Samsung Galaxy S4 Model SGH-I337M Bell Mobility for warranty purposes.
I am a newbie to rooting and a while back I followed the thread linked below and used CF-Auto-Root method to root my phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2293800
Now I need to unroot it so I can send it in for warranty by May 5th, 1 year warranty will be up then.
I have done some looking online and think that I understand the unroot process is done by finding the stock Bell rom online then using ODIN to flash the phone. Basically the same way that the root was done using Chainfire's method only in reverse. I think using the method I did to root the phone it still has the stock recovery so is unrooting just that simple? Could someone please confirm if this is correct?
Is this all that needs to be done to unroot the phone?
Do I need to uninstall apps that require root?
Should I do a factory reset after?
Do I need to use triangle away after so that Samsung can't tell the phone had been rooted?
Thank you for any help offered, much appreciated.
root checker
bwall said:
Need to unroot Samsung Galaxy S4 Model SGH-I337M Bell Mobility for warranty purposes.
I am a newbie to rooting and a while back I followed the thread linked below and used CF-Auto-Root method to root my phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2293800
Now I need to unroot it so I can send it in for warranty by May 5th, 1 year warranty will be up then.
I have done some looking online and think that I understand the unroot process is done by finding the stock Bell rom online then using ODIN to flash the phone. Basically the same way that the root was done using Chainfire's method only in reverse. I think using the method I did to root the phone it still has the stock recovery so is unrooting just that simple? Could someone please confirm if this is correct?
Is this all that needs to be done to unroot the phone?
Do I need to uninstall apps that require root?
Should I do a factory reset after?
Do I need to use triangle away after so that Samsung can't tell the phone had been rooted?
Thank you for any help offered, much appreciated.
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Download root checker it will show u if ur device is rooted or not and make sure u have locked bootloader and no rooting apps installed :fingers-crossed:
slogger001 said:
Download root checker it will show u if ur device is rooted or not and make sure u have locked bootloader and no rooting apps installed :fingers-crossed:
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K, thanks. Just to confirm I understand correctly, I need to do the process I described above using ODIN, then download rootchecker like you described when done to confirm that the phone was successfully reflashed. Sorry for needing to be spoon fed here, totally new to this.
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bwall said:
K, thanks. Just to confirm I understand correctly, I need to do the process I described above using ODIN, then download rootchecker like you described when done to confirm that the phone was successfully reflashed. Sorry for needing to be spoon fed here, totally new to this.
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ya right

[Completed] [Q] relation of root and warranty

umm......... i had a doubt : if we're gonna root a zenfone will the ota updates come? and even if they come, this means i gonna lose my root.
so will it also mean that i have restored mah warranty? might seem silly forgive me thanks in advance!!
Hi,
Root itself will not stop you from installing ota updates. But a custom recovery will, and a custom rom will. So it depends how you root.
Yes, ota updates usually break root. But as long as the new Android version is rootable for your device... You can root again.
And yes, Rooting almost always voids warranty. But again, it depends how you root and if you can return completely stock again so there's no sign you were rooted. This is different for each device.
I can't point you to further help or an area to find help unless I know your device model number.
Good luck!

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