Hello XDA,
I'm a big fan of flashing custom roms. But when i want to unlock my bootloader. Motorola says that it will void my warranty. But the rule in Europe, is that if you flash or root your device you will not lose warranty. What should i do?
Thanks in advance.
ha966 said:
Hello XDA,
I'm a big fan of flashing custom roms. But when i want to unlock my bootloader. Motorola says that it will void my warranty. But the rule in Europe, is that if you flash or root your device you will not lose warranty. What should i do?
Thanks in advance.
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In Europe, if you root a device or you unlock the bl/flash a custom rom the warranty is void. I'm italian, these are the rules.
ha966 said:
Hello XDA,
I'm a big fan of flashing custom roms. But when i want to unlock my bootloader. Motorola says that it will void my warranty. But the rule in Europe, is that if you flash or root your device you will not lose warranty. What should i do?
Thanks in advance.
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For rooting, unlocked bootloader is required and for unlocking the bootloader, the unlock key is required which has to be asked from Motorola. The moment you ask for this key from Motorola, your warranty us void.
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The rule is actually if you send in your device because it broke of overclocking or any root feature, then they won't issue warranty.
If they can't prove the bootloader unlock broke your device they still have to repair under the warranty of your device.
TommyDN said:
The rule is actually if you send in your device because it broke of overclocking or any root feature, then they won't issue warranty.
If they can't prove the bootloader unlock broke your device they still have to repair under the warranty of your device.
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During unlocking bootloader, we ask for unlock code from them.
And it's written in the rules that the moment you ask for unlock code, the warranty is void.
Read this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=62843640
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Don't do it
Do it Do it...
I unlocked on first day and ruined my partition table-- formatted system in fat32 or so then flashed back IND firmware to fix it.
It is fun and fun only comes when u wanna take the risk.
I'm going to unlock and root mine eventually, I miss too many of the bells and whistles of a custom ROM. However, I'm going to leave it a bit as I've only just bought the phone and I want any issues to present themselves before I lose my warranty.
Dont do it because then he have no warranty then
In Holland and Germany (and i believe most countries in Europe) the first 6 months the retailer have to prove you bricked your device by unlocking/rooting your smartphone.After 6 months you must prove your device is not bricked by unlocking/rooting your smartphone. Htc and Samsung already changed their warranty policy because of this EU rule after losing a few cases from customers claiming their warranty back.
I found http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2574104this thread of an old gen moto g where people found a way to root their phone without unlocking the bootloader. Would this be possible on a g4 and would it void your warranty?
Rooting will void warranty even after unroot
On newer Moto phones, the only way to root is to unlock the bootloader.
I know this is a beginner question but if I unlock the bootloader and then relock it, do I lost my warranty?
And if I just unlock it (and not relock it again) do I lost my warranty?
If you live in Europe you have 24 months warranty. Unlock is allowed.
Masmopar said:
If you live in Europe you have 24 months warranty. Unlock is allowed.
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I live in Portugal. I have 2 years of warranty.
In the European Union bootloader unlocking is NOT void the warranty! Here we have a law that allows users to unlock and install own software on any hardware devices without void the warranty.
Don't believe on Huawei's UK support if they says warranty is void, that's not true.
In Hicare, When I tap on online assistance ( Huawei Portugal they say that if I unlock my bootloader I will lose my warranty.
Can you tell me where is that rule about unlocking your bootloader will not void your waranty?
Don't worry, your warranty will be covered by your store or mobile carrier where you bought the phone.
Just see your Huawei warranty card and warranty from the store/mobile carrier - there is nothing written that the warranty is void if you unlock the bootloader because if it's written, it will be illegal in EU ;p
I can say that I've replaced 2 tablets and 1 phone without problems after unlocking and then bricked ;p
But please don't kill your phone
Aalesund said:
Don't worry, your warranty will be covered by your store or mobile carrier where you bought the phone.
Just see your Huawei warranty card and warranty from the store/mobile carrier - there is nothing written that the warranty is void if you unlock the bootloader because if it's written, it will be illegal in EU ;p
I can say that I've replaced 2 tablets and 1 phone without problems after unlocking and then bricked ;p
But please don't kill your phone
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I already bricked once. The Vodafone fixed it for free.
But I would like to see that write in a site. (But I trust 101% in you).
The majority of my obsession for unlocking my bootloader its because I want to change my region... I am WAS-LX1AC02, (C02 is for Vodafone phones) and I want to pass to WAS-LX1AC432 (C432 generic European). I want all of this because I want android 8.
I wanted to know if my 1 year flipkart protect warranty will also be void on unlocking bootloader .
If anyone knows i could really use ur help.
yashbajpai13 said:
I wanted to know if my 1 year flipkart protect warranty will also be void on unlocking bootloader .
If anyone knows i could really use ur help.
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AFAIK only EU allows guarantee on UL Bootloader. So if you UL Bootloader through official tool you cannot relock BL and chances are that you are pretty much screwed. Unofficial UL supports relocking but it is not 100% guaranteed.
Bottom line: If you are sending the device to service centre ensure Locked Bootloader. Unless they are too stupid or lazy to care.