Razr Maxx users you might wanna read this!!

[LordAndroid]

I just come across this and I had no idea kinda pissed off now: http://phandroid.com/2012/08/27/roo...and-droid-razrmaxx-ice-cream-sandwich-builds/

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[leroybrute]

Saw this a few days ago. Kind of sucks. Verizon says its moto's idea and Motorola says Verizon asked for the add-on. Who knows. I doubt Verizon will enforce it to hard.

 

[LordAndroid]

Saw this a few days ago. Kind of sucks. Verizon says its moto's idea and Motorola says Verizon asked for the add-on. Who knows. I doubt Verizon will enforce it to hard.

I was running the .215 leak on my original Maxx and I reverted back to .211 I'm wondering if that's going to affect me now once I send it to vzw for a replacement. I was unrooted.

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[carracerz14]

Rooting doesn't void your warranty anyway unless Verizon can prove that rooting caused whatever problem you had to send your phone in for. There are laws saying so.

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[LordAndroid]

Rooting doesn't void your warranty anyway unless Verizon can prove that rooting caused whatever problem you had to send your phone in for. There are laws saying so.

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Kinda hard to go up against big red and expect a winning outcome lol

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[Ry]

Rooting doesn't void your warranty anyway unless Verizon can prove that rooting caused whatever problem you had to send your phone in for. There are laws saying so.

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Are you referring to the "jail breaking is legal" ruling?

It's legal to jailbreak or root. Manufacturers don't have to honor any warranties though.

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[B. Diddy]

I have mixed feelings about this. One of the awesome things about Android is the ability to root pretty much any phone so you can trick it out even more than usual (which I've never done, but still, it's great to have the option). On the other hand, you can seriously mess up or brick your phone if you don't know what you're doing, and sometimes even if you do know what you're doing. If the warranty states that rooting the phone may void the warranty, it seems reasonable from a business standpoint for the phone manufacturer to know if it was rooted at any point, and if that may have contributed to the phone not working correctly any more.

 

[carracerz14]

Are you referring to the "jail breaking is legal" ruling?

It's legal to jailbreak or root. Manufacturers don't have to honor any warranties though.

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Magnuson?Moss Warranty Act.
They have to prove that by rooting you caused whatever problem that needed a warranty replacement.
Example: if you previously rooted your phone, and then the sound stop coming from the speaker they would have to prove that by rooting your phone you caused the sound to stop working. Which is almost impossible.
Don't worry about the warranty thing. I have sent back one rooted and unlocked galaxy nexus, and 2 rooted razr maxx and have had no issues.

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[carracerz14]

I have mixed feelings about this. One of the awesome things about Android is the ability to root pretty much any phone so you can trick it out even more than usual (which I've never done, but still, it's great to have the option). On the other hand, you can seriously mess up or brick your phone if you don't know what you're doing, and sometimes even if you do know what you're doing. If the warranty states that rooting the phone may void the warranty, it seems reasonable from a business standpoint for the phone manufacturer to know if it was rooted at any point, and if that may have contributed to the phone not working correctly any more.

And 99 percent of the time there is a way to recover from a brick. I personally have never seen a case where it's impossible to recover from a brick. Those who don't know what they are doing, and act like they do are the ones who send their phones back for replacement when they brick, and they're the reason we all have to deal with this bull**** now

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[RHChan84]

It's stupid. Thats like you buying a computer without Admin rights. I think all Android phones should come rooted.

Rooting doesn't give you anything more then SU access, that's it. It's what the users do that bricks the phones. And you can brick a phone without root so I don't see how this "feature" does anything.

 

[carracerz14]

Exactly. Verizon is gonna have a hard time enforcing this one if they even decide to

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[B. Diddy]

Well, could just be a diagnostic tool. If someone brings in a bricked Maxx and tech support manages to get it into recovery, it may be helpful for them to know if it was ever rooted (since the owner probably wouldn't admit it out of fear that the warranty would be voided). Maybe it would help them figure out the problem more easily.

 

[LordAndroid]

Regardless of the outcome VZW will follow its protocol and if they can get away with determining software was altered its just a faster way for them to turn there back on the subscriber.

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[carracerz14]

Motorola a warranty even says that if you attempt to root, unlock bootloader or anything else like that and in the process damage to your phone is caused then the warranty is void. But it doesn't say that just by rooting it would void your warranty

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[bradenfontaine]

Not worried. There are tools out there to bring the razr back from the edge. And when you throw it against a '93 Chevy Blazer you have insurance to cover your a$$. So just don't got overclocking your CPU and frying your phone.

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[carracerz14]

Except there is no way to reset the root counter yet

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[RHChan84]

Give it time, someone will be able to figure out that counter.

 

[ciniob]

Look, this is cat and mouse. Put up a 6 foot fence and we find a 7 foot ladder.

My guess is someone will exploit a weakness and provide a fix.

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[jeffrok]

Haven't rooted, don't intend to.. Doesn't affect me, but it IS pretty dumb. However, there ARE some pretty dumb rooters out there, too.

 

[anon(94115)]

And 99 percent of the time there is a way to recover from a brick. I personally have never seen a case where it's impossible to recover from a brick. Those who don't know what they are doing, and act like they do are the ones who send their phones back for replacement when they brick, and they're the reason we all have to deal with this bull**** now

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So far I have only seen 3 unrecoverable bricks here and on XDA, 2 of them were unintentional experimental builds on dev phones. The other was a very experienced user on here and his son knocked the phone off the computer, which came disconnected from the computer while flashing via odin. Instabrick