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Sorry i think im just being a noob.
I have read and googled alot of articles on rooting and that it will void warranty. However in each case people seems to have flashed custom roms. Adding on geeks were saying that the guys at the service centers will know that you have flashed your ROM.
But what if i did not flash my ROM? Did not do anything to my ROM / Bootloader? I rooted my LG O4x the next day after i bought it and nothing else, no custom roms, no flashing (though i think avast anti theft did say something about NAND flash??).
Will it still voids my warranty?
Even if it does, would anyone knows I rooted my phone if i uses the 'Full Unroot' option in SuperSU?
On my Limited Warranty card it says this:
8. WHAT THIS WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER
(2) Defects or damages from ... ... ... improper storage ... ... unauthorised modification, unauthorised connections, unauthorised repairs, misuse, neglect, abuse, accident, alteration, improper installation ... ...
i have no regrets or whatsoever for rooting my phone. All android phones are born to be rooted imo. But regulations are still regulations and things might break when still under warranty.
Sorry for raising this question for the N-th time. I want to make things clearer.
L2Deliver said:
Sorry i think im just being a noob.
I have read and googled alot of articles on rooting and that it will void warranty. However in each case people seems to have flashed custom roms. Adding on geeks were saying that the guys at the service centers will know that you have flashed your ROM.
But what if i did not flash my ROM? Did not do anything to my ROM / Bootloader? I rooted my LG O4x the next day after i bought it and nothing else, no custom roms, no flashing (though i think avast anti theft did say something about NAND flash??).
Will it still voids my warranty?
Even if it does, would anyone knows I rooted my phone if i uses the 'Full Unroot' option in SuperSU?
On my Limited Warranty card it says this:
8. WHAT THIS WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER
(2) Defects or damages from ... ... ... improper storage ... ... unauthorised modification, unauthorised connections, unauthorised repairs, misuse, neglect, abuse, accident, alteration, improper installation ... ...
i have no regrets or whatsoever for rooting my phone. All android phones are born to be rooted imo. But regulations are still regulations and things might break when still under warranty.
Sorry for raising this question for the N-th time. I want to make things clearer.
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Yes. Rooting alone voids your warranty too. If you unroot, then no, they could not tell.
Theonew said:
Yes. Rooting alone voids your warranty too. If you unroot, then no, they could not tell.
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Great!! Thanks!!! *clicks Thanks
In my warranty card says that the warranty covers exclusively hardware. So if i root my HOX, will my warranty be void?
schwarld said:
In my warranty card says that the warranty covers exclusively hardware. So if i root my HOX, will my warranty be void?
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Yes, to be rooted you need to unlock the bootloader which will void your warranty
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if you end up having a hardware issue then they shouldn't care that it was unlocked, but its always best to relock the bootloader and run ruu before returning for warranty so they cant claim that its software.
No it does not. Even unlocking does not void your warranty. It "may" void your warranty. I can't remember hearing anyone being denied a warranty repair/replacement for rooting or unlocking in many years now.
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matt95 said:
Yes, to be rooted you need to unlock the bootloader which will void your warranty
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c5satellite2 said:
No it does not. Even unlocking does not void your warranty. It "may" void your warranty. I can't remember hearing anyone being denied a warranty repair/replacement for rooting or unlocking in many years now.
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You are correct sir, rooting your device is legal and does not void your warranty. As long as you can put the device in a stock condition there should be no issues.
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c5satellite2 said:
No it does not. Even unlocking does not void your warranty. It "may" void your warranty. I can't remember hearing anyone being denied a warranty repair/replacement for rooting or unlocking in many years now.
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Just because you haven't heard of it, doesn't mean it didn't happen.
Some folks over on the international One X forum have had their warranty claims denied if they were BL unlocked, and ever installed a custom ROM (even if they returned to stock before sending the phone for warranty service). While those that only BL unlocked, but never flashed a custom ROM seem ok.
Also, if you go through your carrier for the warranty service, your results may also vary. For instance, testimonies on here seem to point to AT&T in the US doesn't check much of anything (at least BL unlock) when doing a warranty replacement.
HTC reserves the right to void your warranty, and deny warranty service. Whether they actually will or not, is less clear.
Agree for the most part, that if you return to as close to stock as possible before sending the phone in, you are probably ok. More importantly, IMO if you want the freedom to root, unlock, etc. and use the phone how you want to, just do it. Sure there is some small risk that you will later need warranty service, and have it denied. But everything has its risk. Carpe diem!
Broken usb port not covered due to changed boot loader
schwarld said:
In my warranty card says that the warranty covers exclusively hardware. So if i root my HOX, will my warranty be void?
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I sent in my Rogers HTC One in for repair because it wouldn't charge. HTC said its not warranty because the boot loader had been tampered with. Cost me $265 for the repair... still waiting to receive the phone back.
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my phone is rooted and my htc desire 500 dosent boot up and orange light blinks while charging i tried evrytng but none of them helped to reboot i m stuck can i claim warranty? at this case ,,as they cannot boot my htc device..
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revanth kr said:
my phone is rooted and my htc desire 500 dosent boot up and orange light blinks while charging i tried evrytng but none of them helped to reboot i m stuck can i claim warranty? at this case ,,as they cannot boot my htc device..
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No, you cannot claim warranty because the device is in this state as a result of you modifying it. HTC is not responsible for the damage that you have done to the device, they're only responsible for hardware defects from the factory.
I don't know what you've done to the device, but if you can't recover from what is probably a simple mistake on your part then you really don't have any business modifying the device in the first place. You might be able to recover from this situation but you'll need to find your device forum and ask there.
A piece of advice: do your research before messing around with your next phone. There is a certain level of knowledge required when modifying your device, and as you're finding out now, if you don't really know what you're doing things can go south pretty quickly. Take the time to educate yourself a bit better, with the proper knowledge modifying your phone is a piece of cake.
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revanth kr said:
my phone is rooted and my htc desire 500 dosent boot up and orange light blinks while charging i tried evrytng but none of them helped to reboot i m stuck can i claim warranty? at this case ,,as they cannot boot my htc device..
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timmaaa answered it quite well. Also, you are off topic and bumped a thread from over 7 months ago. This thread is about whether warranty will still cover manufacturer defects if you are bootloader unlocked.
No warranty will cover you for damage that you did by your own negligence. Screwing up the phone and trying to claim warranty repair is fraud and the exact reason why HTC locks bootloaders in the first place. Also bear in mind that HTC recorded the IMEI number of your device when you unlocked the bootloader.
i did nothing than unlocking just bootloader .. when i rebooted it failed tis is wat happened..
That still doesn't amount to a physical defect. You accepted a risk when you unlocked the bootloader on your device, a risk that something might go wrong. If you can get it to the bootloader you can relock the bootloader and run an RUU for your device. Like I said earlier though you need to find your own device forum, this is the HTC One XL forum and we don't know enough about your device to offer any real help. Basically, you're in the wrong place, find your own device forum and ask for help there.
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revanth kr said:
i did nothing than unlocking just bootloader .. when i rebooted it failed tis is wat happened..
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From the following post, you also installed custom recovery and installed a custom ROM. Which is a heck of a lot more than just unlocking the bootloader.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=51301875&postcount=1
It seems you are already lying to us (or withholding the truth) so it seems honesty is not your highest priority.
In any case, its pretty clear that your current condition is a direct result of your actions, and not any type of manufacturer defect.
Interesting. Now it's obvious he's done something silly to cause this situation. Absolutely not a valid warranty claim.
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I have purchased k900 recently and I want to root my mobile but I know it will void the warranty. So the question is how to avail the warranty? Do they really check whether the device is rooted or not? Can we just unroot the device and return back to the stock firmware and avail the warranty? I heard latest phones have some mechanism to detect whether the phone is rooted or not and even if we unroot the device they will still know that it was rooted at some point of time. Is it true?
I have already posted this thread in the lenovo k900 sub forum but realised that this question is more of a general sense.
Do anybody have something to say about it?
In some devices yes and in some no
supdup said:
I have purchased k900 recently and I want to root my mobile but I know it will void the warranty. So the question is how to avail the warranty? Do they really check whether the device is rooted or not? Can we just unroot the device and return back to the stock firmware and avail the warranty? I heard latest phones have some mechanism to detect whether the phone is rooted or not and even if we unroot the device they will still know that it was rooted at some point of time. Is it true?
I have already posted this thread in the lenovo k900 sub forum but realised that this question is more of a general sense.
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In some devices its true that they will come to know.. They come to know from the bootloader.
I m using HTC so i can tell you on that.. after rooting it shows unlocked in bootloader mode.. It can be locked again.. For that a RUU is needed which is stock rom..
From what I read the one who for sure do it is Samsung on the Note 3 (And I think other models but not sure which) they have what's called Knox 0x0 and when you root it it trips it to show Knox 0x1 and as of now I haven't seen a way to undo a tripped Knox but there are ways to root now without tripping Knox but I rooted my Note 3 and tripped Knox but don't really care Lol. But a tripped know will void warranty.
nexx2014 said:
From what I read the one who for sure do it is Samsung on the Note 3 (And I think other models but not sure which) they have what's called Knox 0x0 and when you root it it trips it to show Knox 0x1 and as of now I haven't seen a way to undo a tripped Knox but there are ways to root now without tripping Knox but I rooted my Note 3 and tripped Knox but don't really care Lol. But a tripped know will void warranty.
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Do you know whether trip knox is present in the lenovo devices, particularly in k900 model?
supdup said:
Do you know whether trip knox is present in the lenovo devices, particularly in k900 model?
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I looked around really quick but i didnt see mention of the k900 having something similar to Samsungs Knox.
supdup said:
I have purchased k900 recently and I want to root my mobile but I know it will void the warranty. So the question is how to avail the warranty? Do they really check whether the device is rooted or not? Can we just unroot the device and return back to the stock firmware and avail the warranty? I heard latest phones have some mechanism to detect whether the phone is rooted or not and even if we unroot the device they will still know that it was rooted at some point of time. Is it true?
I have already posted this thread in the lenovo k900 sub forum but realised that this question is more of a general sense.
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Yes, rooting your device can void warranty, but you would need to be very unlucky. In most cases when you return your device there may be a fault with it and you can simply relock your phone and reflash stock rom before returning device. In other caes you may have bricked your device, i.e. your device does not work at all. This has happened to me and others and when I returned it they never checked. As I said, you would have to be very unlucky for them to void your warranty.....but it is the risk you take
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supdup said:
I have purchased k900 recently and I want to root my mobile but I know it will void the warranty. So the question is how to avail the warranty? Do they really check whether the device is rooted or not? Can we just unroot the device and return back to the stock firmware and avail the warranty? I heard latest phones have some mechanism to detect whether the phone is rooted or not and even if we unroot the device they will still know that it was rooted at some point of time. Is it true?
I have already posted this thread in the lenovo k900 sub forum but realised that this question is more of a general sense.
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My suggestion is: Just do it and forget about the possibility that you are going to need your warranty. On my own experience thinking about the warranty just makes Murphy's Law to come.
nexx2014 said:
I looked around really quick but i didnt see mention of the k900 having something similar to Samsungs Knox.
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Thanks for looking arround. I guess knox is not present in my lenovo phone
Spartan Rises said:
Yes, rooting your device can void warranty, but you would need to be very unlucky. In most cases when you return your device there may be a fault with it and you can simply relock your phone and reflash stock rom before returning device. In other caes you may have bricked your device, i.e. your device does not work at all. This has happened to me and others and when I returned it they never checked. As I said, you would have to be very unlucky for them to void your warranty.....but it is the risk you take
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Thanks. I am currently searching the stock row rom of my mobile.
jpvillabona said:
My suggestion is: Just do it and forget about the possibility that you are going to need your warranty. On my own experience thinking about the warranty just makes Murphy's Law to come.
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lol, being a lawyer i would agree to that
I just found out my knox is 0x1 now. I did not root or do anything to my s6. Updated to 5.1.1 . But there is one thing I am not sure if that will triggered knox.
I set up Find my mobile and on the reactivation lock. After that I tried to boot into recovery to do a factory reset. But it shows the reactivation lock and wasn't able to boot into recovery. So I boot into my phone and turn it off. I was able to factory reset my phone again. After that I tried looking at the info, it says KNOX is 0x1. I am sure before that was 0x0 as I have checked it. Will trying to boot into recovery while reactivation lock is on trigger the knox? Hope someone have information about this. And hope other don't make the same mistake as I do if you do not want to tripped your knox.
My phone wasnt rooted on 5.0.1 and knox was 0x1.. after installing 5.1.1, mine went also to 0x1 ???
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This may actually be good news. If there's a bug in that process, then the Knox warranty bit effectively becomes void for warranty issues. Samsung itself tripping Knox would be fantastic.
Bring your S6 back to Samsung...
r3ferrei said:
This may actually be good news. If there's a bug in that process, then the Knox warranty bit effectively becomes void for warranty issues. Samsung itself tripping Knox would be fantastic.
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You do not loose your warranty by tripping Knox, not in the EU anyway
godutch said:
You do not loose your warranty by tripping Knox, not in the EU anyway
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Any proof? Installing Root or Custom Rom can and will void warranty, as does tripping Knox which requires you to root, in and out of the EU and you will not beat Samsung if you try to contest it as it's set in stone. Modifications to the software or the hardware on a phone will void warranty whether you want to believe it or not.
As to the topic, yes, of course you did nothing to your phone, we believe you
Jonathan-H said:
Any proof? Installing Root or Custom Rom can and will void warranty, as does tripping Knox which requires you to root, in and out of the EU and you will not beat Samsung if you try to contest it as it's set in stone. Modifications to the software or the hardware on a phone will void warranty whether you want to believe it or not.
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I'm in the US so I can't speak from first-hand; but Europe has different laws about warranty void and manufacturer servicing. KNOX has no bearing on whether your phone is warranty void or not in EU, or so says everyone from Europe from the past 2 years since KNOX was released.
Also, 5.1.1 on T-Mobile S6 KNOX is still 0x000, so it might help to post which carrier update is flipping KNOX because it might not be a Samsung issue but more a carrier issue.
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As to the topic, yes, of course you did nothing to your phone, we believe you
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There are actually people that occupy these forums without modifying their phones... shocker. Not everyone pokes their phone internals.
I have brought my phone back to samsung service center. I mentioned to the technician that the KNOX is triggered. He says that doesn't matter. My phone still in FULL WARRANTY. I was having all sorts of problem with my phone like auto shut down, hang, vibrates all of a sudden( like apps are getting error) ..
When I bring it in, they said will try to flash the rom for me, but after 5min waiting, they came out and said it was a hardware problem. I think it's getting a motherboard replacement. Will need a couple days.
PS: BTW, I'm from Malaysia.
Also in reply to Jonathan H "As to the topic, yes, of course you did nothing to your phone, we believe you"
Yes, I haven't tried any root . Else there wasn't any point creating this topic for discussion.
godutch said:
You do not loose your warranty by tripping Knox, not in the EU anyway
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I dont care warranty.. however i want to be able to use S Pay
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AskinSavascisi said:
I dont care warranty.. however i want to be able to use S Pay
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Until S Pay even exists all this BS about S Pay and Knox is just that BS. If you have absolute proof that S pay is affected, then please show the evidence. Otherwise its all hypothetical gobbledygook. Blogs and stuff posted by individuals that have no real clue. The service doesn't even exist yet. Just like Tripping knox voiding warranties at least in the US. I have had my warranty fully accepted after rooting and tripping knox. Seems like there's more old wives tales stuff being stated on XDA now adays then the actual truth. My 2c......
I had my board changed btw, now my knox is 0x0 . It's a newer board manufactured in May too. It's all good now.
Will it and how will it be possible to remove the branding of any service right from the start without voiding any warranty? Sorry if this is still unknown or basically the same for every Android phone...
Not clear on what you're asking. Do you mean remove the boot logo and pre-installed apps for a particular carrier? Both of those will require you to flash a different ROM or parts of a ROM.
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Not clear on what you're asking. Do you mean remove the boot logo and pre-installed apps for a particular carrier? Both of those will require you to flash a different ROM or parts of a ROM.
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Yeah like in Germany installing a DBT on a phone shipped with ATO (which is quite a common situation in Germany). Are there any ways?
Not until more people get then in hands and we see if we can root and flash them.
The we will know
I am sorry to tell you although I was asking you but I found out that you seem to not be right. Several threads are about this subject (well not concerning S8+ but any other Samsung Galaxy) and if you flash another official ROM via Odin it (OF COURSE as they say) does not void your warranty and does not trip the KNOX counter. If you know anything else to pay attention to in this subject, well, feel free to enlighten me :good:
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I am sorry to tell you although I was asking you but I found out that you seem to not be right. Several threads are about this subject (well not concerning S8+ but any other Samsung Galaxy) and if you flash another official ROM via Odin it (OF COURSE as they say) does not void your warranty and does not trip the KNOX counter. If you know anything else to pay attention to in this subject, well, feel free to enlighten me :good:
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That would be flashing a different ROM as I stated in the first answer...
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That would be flashing a different ROM as I stated in the first answer...
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Yes excuse me I wasn't referring to you but you do agree with me on the warranty not being voided?