Does unlocking bootloader and/or flashing custom recovery, rom void the warranty? As far as I remember, it did not, atleast for Xiaomi but what's the current status?
Nothing to worry about warranty, you can unlock bootloader and flash whatever you want.
kakatorres1999 said:
Does unlocking bootloader and/or flashing custom recovery, rom void the warranty? As far as I remember, it did not, atleast for Xiaomi but what's the current status?
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no it doesn't void your warranty..
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As the topic says, what does the unlocking of the bootloader do and why do you have to do it? Also does unlocking the bootloader void the warranty?
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All your answers are here:
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile...-bootloader-on-android-phones-complete-guide/
And yes, unlocking the bootloader voids your warranty. But on Nexus is really easy to relock it with fastboot oem lock command.
DeuXGod said:
All your answers are here:
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile...-bootloader-on-android-phones-complete-guide/
And yes, unlocking the bootloader voids your warranty. But on Nexus is really easy to relock it with fastboot oem lock command.
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Personally, this confuses me more than before. I understand the concept of a bootloader, but not that a customer rom cannot be loaded without it being unlocked. I'm using an ATT Galaxy S5, which as I understand cannot be unlocked. However, my device is rooted and has a custom rom loaded (Dynamic KAT 4.0 NI2 build).
So what exactly does unlocking the bootloading gain over simply rooting and loading a custom rom such as I have done?
Thanks!
Edit: Crap, just realized this is a really old thread. I'll search further...
Different devices have different methods of rooting, the nexus s is one that you need to unlock the bootloader first, then you can root and/or flash a custom ROM, recovery, kernel, etc
Yes some phone don't need you to unlock bootloader and yes some bootloaders can't be unlocked so you're question is device specific in the sense that every device is different
So where are we at as far as an alternate way to unlock boot loader?is it that its still being worked on or if another method does arise it will still void warranty??
Is there a way to just root your phone without unlocking your boot loader? I just want to simply root and install some apps that require root but that is it.
Thanks...
falcon26 said:
Is there a way to just root your phone without unlocking your boot loader? I just want to simply root and install some apps that require root but that is it.
Thanks...
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I'm pretty sure that you need to unlock your bootloader first.
Not sure if you can unlock - root - relock ??
I think this is not possible yet without unlocking the bootloader.
johnhux7 said:
I'm pretty sure that you need to unlock your bootloader first.
Not sure if you can unlock - root - relock ??
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Once you unlock and relock your bootloader, its status will be relocked, so your warranty is void anyways.
So I have to unlock the boot loader first. Dam I assume that is on the difficult side of things as well...
takichiman said:
Once you unlock and relock your bootloader, its status will be relocked, so your warranty is void anyways.
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If you want the status to show "locked" and not relocked to get your warranty back, you can use the downgrade package from nougat to marshmallow and flash stock B131.
I managed to relock my bootloader using this method : my fastboot screen says "locked" (and not "relocked")
Axelguitt said:
If you want the status to show "locked" and not relocked to get your warranty back, you can use the downgrade package from nougat to marshmallow and flash stock B131.
I managed to relock my bootloader using this method : my fastboot screen says "locked" (and not "relocked")
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Anyone could confirm it?
falcon26 said:
Is there a way to just root your phone without unlocking your boot loader? I just want to simply root and install some apps that require root but that is it.
Thanks...
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Wait for kingroot method. No need to unlocking bootloader to root, people do it because its only one way to have root on honor 8 now - by flashing supersu in twrp, and twrp/modified recovery you can flash only if you unlocked your bootloader first.
WYPIERDAALAAC said:
Anyone could confirm it?
Wait for kingroot method. No need to unlocking bootloader to root, people do it because its only one way to have root on honor 8 now - by flashing supersu in twrp, and twrp/modified recovery you can flash only if you unlocked your bootloader first.
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I confirm.
I want to root my honor 8 L04 but I was wondering if it will void my warranty.
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Thinh
Yes it does and the current method for rooting is kinda sketchy at this time. I'm waiting untill the lineage ROM is done and hopefully by then we will have a better rooting method.
droidboy29 said:
Yes it does and the current method for rooting is kinda sketchy at this time. I'm waiting untill the lineage ROM is done and hopefully by then we will have a better rooting method.
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Ok thanks for the reply!
Is it possible to relock bootloader after unlock? I've read a lot of opposing opinions about this :/
Madden91 said:
Is it possible to relock bootloader after unlock? I've read a lot of opposing opinions about this :/
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Yes you can relock the bootloader, however it will say relocked bootloader and not locked bootloader like it originally said so you can still see that the bootloader had been unlocked at some point.
Madden91 said:
Is it possible to relock bootloader after unlock? I've read a lot of opposing opinions about this :/
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To get the status "locked" back you have to downgrade to emui 4.1
droidboy29 said:
Yes you can relock the bootloader, however it will say relocked bootloader and not locked bootloader like it originally said so you can still see that the bootloader had been unlocked at some point.
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I have one question, if I had unlocked bootloader, installed TWRP and rooted my phone, then unrooted it, reverted to stock recovery and relocked bootloader, can I still receive OTA updates?
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Yes it does and the current method for rooting is kinda sketchy at this time. I'm waiting untill the lineage ROM is done and hopefully by then we will have a better rooting method.
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no its not , the latest version of twrp posted in the dev section fix's all the issues before
now its as simple as Unlock / Flash TWRP / Flash the version of supersu in the twrp post / Profit !
Hi, can any one suggest, if warranty is void and can i get rid of this tampered status
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flashed stock ruu
dryspuri said:
flashed stock ruu
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Flashing RUU doesn't remove bootloader unlock i guess, that's why you still get the warning.
Your warranty will not be voided. Flashing RUU has never removed the tamper flag. This will have to wait for S-off, and that is if someone figures out "masking" the tamper flags.
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velimircek said:
My apologies to OP, title mislead me to think you just flashed stock RUU and you didn't have unlocked bootloader..
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Actually you are right, i flashed stock ruu and dont have unlocked bootloader, still there is tampered flag, which i dont understand, and worried about the warranty
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What RUU did you flash?