why im not going unlock my phone through htc (voids warranty)

[soundguy667]

Funny that you guys still have phones that are locked, networks in south africa have just about given up on the idea, the only phones that are still locked are blackberry and iphone. It's a futile practice everyone does the unlock thing so why even bother?

 

[the2ndflood]

Is Rooting really worth it though? I'm still learning about the AndroidOS, so I don't know all that much yet. But is Rooting a phone really worth losing the warranty? What are some things that Rooting can do, that a stock phone can't? And what hacks standout as being worth risking bricking your phone just for a chance to use them?


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[Marty1781]

Whether its "worth it" depends on the individual and how much they value the benefits that rooting enables. Simply rooting the phone will allow you to do things like block ads, create a mobile wireless hotspot for free, and create nandroid backups (the equivalent of making an "image" backup of a PC - backs up everything). Also, rooting will allow you to use/try custom ROMs, which can be significantly faster/cleaner/more powerful than the stock ROM. The only way to really brick your phone is when doing an update to the radios, rooting your phone will not brick it.

 

[Marty1781]

Funny that you guys still have phones that are locked, networks in south africa have just about given up on the idea, the only phones that are still locked are blackberry and iphone. It's a futile practice everyone does the unlock thing so why even bother?

I believe the unlocking process you are referring to is one that will allow you to use the phone on any network you choose. This thread is discussing the process of rooting, which is not the same thing.

 

[takenover42]

Dude you can always relock your phone... if you unlocked it theres always a way to relock it.

Go to your CMD > type "cd \rootevo3dnew" then once in hboot go to fastboot plug in your usb and go back to your CMD and type "fastboot oem lock" that should relock your phone

 

[onesie13]

i thought rooting it the HTC method leaves a watermark which even if you relock it, it's still there

 

[the2ndflood]

I spoke to a Sprint Rep yesterday and she told me that the company no longer voids a phones warrenty if the phone has been Rooted. She said Rooted phones can cause different problems that the reps just don't know enough about to support all requests for help on, but that Sprint views the phone as being the customers and that the person gets to use it in the way that they want to. So at least from this one Rep, Rooting isn't going to void your warrenty anymore. This is with Sprint though, I don't know how the other carriers view this issue.