Rooting and warranty

[bankmaggot]

If I root my phone and I need to send it in for warranty, say replacement. Is it pretty easy to unroot the device so I can send it back?

 

[Hubertsng]

It's pretty easy, just find some tutorials. The sign of your rooting the phone will dissapear and the people will never know, unlike jailbreaking an ipod.

 

[anon(847090)]

rooting will not void your warranty but unlocking bootloader will void it. rooting can only be done by unlocking bootloader but you can lock your bootloader once you root your device.

At this point lets say you want to unroot it. all you have do is delete two files from your phone using ES explorer or some file manager.

 

[bankmaggot]

rooting will not void your warranty but unlocking bootloader will void it. rooting can only be done by unlocking bootloader but you can lock your bootloader once you root your device.

At this point lets say you want to unroot it. all you have do is delete two files from your phone using ES explorer or some file manager.

I like your suggestion. That's what I'll do.

 

[palitsyn]

rooting will not void your warranty but unlocking bootloader will void it. rooting can only be done by unlocking bootloader but you can lock your bootloader once you root your device.

At this point lets say you want to unroot it. all you have do is delete two files from your phone using ES explorer or some file manager.

That's interesting. Would you say that locking the bootloader is recommended? Any suggestions how I would do that? Thanks!

 

[SOLGarion]

It's pretty easy, just find some tutorials. The sign of your rooting the phone will dissapear and the people will never know, unlike jailbreaking an ipod.

Huh? Very easy to unjailbreak i things as well if you need warranty work and its impossible to tell it was ever jail broken. Don't know quite what you mean from your comment. Done it plenty.

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[2defmouze]

rooting will not void your warranty but unlocking bootloader will void it. rooting can only be done by unlocking bootloader but you can lock your bootloader once you root your device.

At this point lets say you want to unroot it. all you have do is delete two files from your phone using ES explorer or some file manager.

Not accurate... Unlocking and rooting makes your warranty voidable, not voided. Check the FAQ section of my unlock guide.

And as was said, you can always restore the factory images and relock it if you need warranty service due to a legitimate hardware defect and >99% of the time they will never know or care that it was unlocked.

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[Hubertsng]

Huh? Very easy to unjailbreak i things as well if you need warranty work and its impossible to tell it was ever jail broken. Don't know quite what you mean from your comment. Done it plenty.

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Meant unjailbrekaing will still have a sign that it was jailbroken and the warranty will be void.

 

[SOLGarion]

Meant unjailbrekaing will still have a sign that it was jailbroken and the warranty will be void.

Ummm, no. That's wrong. Sorry. Just is. It is entirely possible to make a jail broken iDevice unjailbroken with no signs.

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[Hubertsng]

Ummm, no. That's wrong. Sorry. Just is. It is entirely possible to make a jail broken iDevice unjailbroken with no signs.

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If so, I haven't found it. Everyone has been like oh man, if you unjailbreak your device, the apple people can find out that it has been jailbroken and they won't fix the device.

 

[2defmouze]

Lol why is jailbreaking even being debated in this thread?

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[SOLGarion]

No idea why it was brought up in the first place, just trying to stop the spread of misinformation.

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[TastelessOne]

Ummm, no. That's wrong. Sorry. Just is. It is entirely possible to make a jail broken iDevice unjailbroken with no signs.

Something else to consider. You've been assuming that your phone is in a sufficiently working condition where you can unroot it. I had a phone once that was essentially a brick with an inaccessible battery. All I could do was remove the memory card and return it. If it had been rooted I'd have been screwed.

 

[SOLGarion]

It is Halloween. You get a star for creating a zombie thread.

 

[deltatux]

What I recommend is to format the phone completely and flash the factory images back to the Nexus 4 and then lock the bootloader after all is done before sending it back in. I did that mainly because I was also running a custom ROM, but it's also recommended even if you're running stock. Just in case.

Always remember to properly format the device though. Never know what they do to these devices after they're returned.

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