Im trying to help a friend to debloat his Verizon droid maxx
Running 4.4.4 su6-7.3. I can go the long way to unlock it but he wants to keep warranty to upgrade his phone later.
Will kingo be able to temp root without voiding the warranty?
If so. What apps are safe to remove?
Kingo is a piece of **** concerning locked bootloaders )) See CrashXXL solution.
And yes, you can roll back to official stock with zero evidences.
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Just out of curiousity, i used superoneclick and see that you can also unroot your phone. I've also heard that rooting your phone nulls your warrenty. So im just curious, does unrooting a phone get your warranty back?
SnipeySnake said:
Just out of curiousity, i used superoneclick and see that you can also unroot your phone. I've also heard that rooting your phone nulls your warrenty. So im just curious, does unrooting a phone get your warranty back?
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Sort of. In theory no, once you root it's gone forever, but in practice once un-rooted T-Mobile or LG has absolutely no way to know that you ever had it rooted, so for all intents and purposes it does.
I searched and could not see a straight answer. I am current on version 1.73 and I have not rooted my phone. I would like to root it but scared about voiding my warranty. I have no desire to unlock the bootloader as I dont want to change roms. All I want is to have root access so I can backup my phone in case something goes wrong.
So can the phone be unrooted? Would AT&T/HTC know that I have rooted my phone and unrooted it?
If you unroot by running the ruu nobody will know you rooted.
dominican2589 said:
I searched and could not see a straight answer. I am current on version 1.73 and I have not rooted my phone. I would like to root it but scared about voiding my warranty. I have no desire to unlock the bootloader as I dont want to change roms. All I want is to have root access so I can backup my phone in case something goes wrong.
So can the phone be unrooted? Would AT&T/HTC know that I have rooted my phone and unrooted it?
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YES the only thing right now if i'm not wrong is to flash stock 1.73 RUU http://briefmobile.com/download-att-htc-one-x-stock-ruu and u can always check the thread on xda also how to do.....just plug ur phone with all the driver needed....and walla ur phone back to ATT stock
can I root my phone without voiding warranty?
and if I rootit can I unroot it and return to its original state?
thank you
jusleen said:
can I root my phone without voiding warranty?
and if I rootit can I unroot it and return to its original state?
thank you
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teoreticaly yes, you lose warranty.
but you can unroot it.
Actually technically the answer is NO. Rooting your phone should not in and of itself void your warranty, but the things you can do may and most likely will. For example lets say you root your phone and keep the stock kernel just debloat the stock ROM, and then the volume buttons stop working...unless you did hardware mods it would be under warranty. When I rooted my HTC using the HTCDev method to unlock the bootloader the disclaimer said it MAY, not that it will or does, and a few months after rooting and reading their warning I sent in my phone for warranty repair/replacement with no problems, even though my phone was documented as being rooted. Now if you hard brick your phone flashing a ROM with bad mount points that is a different story altogether.
A few years back I had a Samsung Interceptor that I had rooted and it had an issue with a physical button (Power button I believe), I brought my phone to Sprint and the rep saw it was rooted (before I sprung for Superuser Elite to hide the app). His words to me were that as long as NO hardware mods were done and the phone can be flashed back to a stock state it would still be covered under warranty. Important to note...Carriers will not service a phone with a custom recovery PERIOD, which is why I left the Sprint store and reflashed the stock image to the phone.
My advice to people who are concerned with their warranties is to know exactly how to get it back to stock...before its ever customized. The reason for this should be obvious. And don't let it leave your hands (sent out for repair, or brought to the back for testing) prior to flashing it back to stock
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Actually technically the answer is NO. Rooting your phone should not in and of itself void your warranty, but the things you can do may and most likely will. For example lets say you root your phone and keep the stock kernel just debloat the stock ROM, and then the volume buttons stop working...unless you did hardware mods it would be under warranty. When I rooted my HTC using the HTCDev method to unlock the bootloader the disclaimer said it MAY, not that it will or does, and a few months after rooting and reading their warning I sent in my phone for warranty repair/replacement with no problems, even though my phone was documented as being rooted. Now if you hard brick your phone flashing a ROM with bad mount points that is a different story altogether.
A few years back I had a Samsung Interceptor that I had rooted and it had an issue with a physical button (Power button I believe), I brought my phone to Sprint and the rep saw it was rooted (before I sprung for Superuser Elite to hide the app). His words to me were that as long as NO hardware mods were done and the phone can be flashed back to a stock state it would still be covered under warranty. Important to note...Carriers will not service a phone with a custom recovery PERIOD, which is why I left the Sprint store and reflashed the stock image to the phone.
My advice to people who are concerned with their warranties is to know exactly how to get it back to stock...before its ever customized. The reason for this should be obvious. And don't let it leave your hands (sent out for repair, or brought to the back for testing) prior to flashing it back to stock
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Then do you know how to get it back to stock after i rooted it??thanks
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Then do you know how to get it back to stock after i rooted it??thanks
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I can probably point you in the right direction...did you unlock the bootloader or not? I am seeing a few unroot methods for locked bootloaders. If you did unlock the bootloader you will need to lock it back. Also it is important to note that some bootloaders will say *relocked* after relocking them, and not *locked* if it says *relocked* they will know it has been rooted. This is NOT a problem because once again having root access does not void the warranty, but you should be aware that if it says relocked they will know it has been rooted. This link has a root/unroot tool that may help it makes no mention of a specific firmware for your model phone so it should be fine. Also this video should help with the relock procedure but not knowing the phone I would need more specific details. Firmware and method used to root/unlock bootloader if you unlocked it. One of the relock procedures can be see here
*EDIT* I did a little looking and thought you might find this of interest. About midway through there is a section about warranty claims and returns...I didn't sign up so I can't see the links there but it should help .
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!
I'm running Nougat with the latest security patches. I was just curious if there was any way to obtain root now. I used to have an N920V and had no luck ever finding a root for that. I remember a while back using the Dirtycow exploit on an unrelated phone that I thought was unrootable and I had root till I restarted my device and bricked it completely. I don't think I'm really brave enough to attempt this on my s6, but I was just wondering if there was any way in the world to completely gain root access and unlock the bootloader. I'd love to get a custom rom on this and get it running like new. Thanks for reading.