If I was to (Potentially) root an o2 subsidized phone and something was to go wrong, would o2 be able to charge me for anything (apart from repair of the phone)?
What I mean is could they "sue" (for want of a better word) me?
Stu
It would invalidate the warranty if they found out (and prove) that you have altered/change something on the device that you shouldn't have.
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Hi guys,
I'm thinking to unlock my Orange S100.
This is obviously unlegal, so, my question is: Are they able to find the illegal phone, and obviously the proprietary? I mean if they have technical resource to find it , using the imei for example.
thanks
Claudio
not sure about the rules where you live but most places it's not illegal at all
Unlocking a phone is comlpetely legal.
In fact id say the process of locking it in the first place is more dubious than unlocking it.
un-BLOCKING it however, is normally illegal. This is the process fo changing the EMEI/IMEI.
unlock without fear, reclaim your own phone from the evil network lockers!
unblocking is frowned upon on these forums because of the legality, and if you discuss it I expect you will get flamed/ban etc, so a friendly warning there.
Unlocking it may however be a breach of the contract made by yourself and your carrier..
This would make it "illegal"..
There is fortunately no way for them to know, unless you tell them.
Stupid Question #9845608234665
Forgive an ignorant question, I've been looking through the FAQs and other posts, but???
What exactly is to be gained from unlocking a phone?
-andrew
by unlocking your phone you are able to use other SIMs with your phone thus using it on other providers if you wish (useful when you travel and use prepaid SIMs)
as default phones are not locked
but when you buy a phone REALLY cheap along with a
phone subscription then they are locked because if you dont
stick with their subscription they will have lost money
selling the phone under the price it cost to make it
If, like me, you bought your Desire from someone who was selling it as an unwanted (T-mobile) upgrade, you may be pleasantly surprised to see the following answer from HTC UK to my question of whether it was covered by manufacturer warranty:
--Me: "I've just bought a new HTC Desire from a private seller who had upgraded to the handset via t-mobile. The phone was new and I have since upgraded OTA to the latest official HTC ROM. I have the proof of purchse/upgrade document, but wanted to confirm that the handset is covered by the 2 year HTC warranty?"
--HTC: "The warranty is with the handset and not the person. So long as you have proof of purchase / upgrade document this will be fine.
If you have any further questions or queries then please do not hesitate to contact me.
Best regards,
HTC"
so basically, anyone with a tmobile handset can switch to the generic rom and not lose warranty?
Bandare said:
so basically, anyone with a tmobile handset can switch to the generic rom and not lose warranty?
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it seems so
yurikg said:
it seems so
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your probably right, however i think that, if you experience any problems you will have to contact HTC, not t-mob.
no, that is not what it means.
What it means is that the warranty is transferred to whoever you sell the phone to as long as you give them the original receipt/delivery document.
the support person did not read your email properly and did not notice the 'i have upgraded to the HTC ROM' part.
you try and claim it and they'll just refuse.
cez10 said:
your probably right, however i think that, if you experience any problems you will have to contact HTC, not t-mob.
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Yes - it's a manufacturer's warranty and as I'm not with T-mobile I would have to send it to HTC.
rhedgehog said:
no, that is not what it means.
What it means is that the warranty is transferred to whoever you sell the phone to as long as you give them the original receipt/delivery document.
the support person did not read your email properly and did not notice the 'i have upgraded to the HTC ROM' part.
you try and claim it and they'll just refuse.
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How do you know?
Why would changing to the HTC Rom invalidate an HTC warranty?
Does carphonewarehouse still take in phone to repair under manufacture warranty even if you didn't buy it from them??
point is, if you buy it with t-mobile firmware and change it to HTC generic, in theory you can still have it repair by HTC.
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How do you know?
Why would changing to the HTC Rom invalidate an HTC warranty?
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How do i know? cos i've been using HTC phones since 2002.
cos i've owned HTC phones since 2004
cos i've worked for shops and networks that sell HTC phones and this has always been the case.
as soon as you do anything to change the branding of the device, you have invalidated the warranty.
that's just the way it is. If you want to do these things, go ahead and do them, god knows i do it plenty, but do it knowing the full implications!
Fair enough.
My question however was asking whether I was covered by an HTC warranty even though the handset was obtained by someone else as an upgrade (the OTA update I received was an official HTC/T-mobile one and the phone rom is still branded as such)
that's ok then.
If you did the gold card thing, you're SOL.
if you just did the normal update, you're ok.
Hi,
I would like to know where can I buy a sim card unlocker. (I know I can introduce a code to unlock the device but I´ll lost waranty)
Thank you!
As far as im concerned its impossible without a code and without voiding your warrenty. There might be something but im still a n00b with unlocking so maybe another samsung device will have an app for it like the s2/3.
Sent from the phone of Gamers
It's codes-only on Samsung devices. Even if you pull the code from the phone itself like with the S1, S2 etc. you still need to manually input the code.
The only thing I can think of that resembles a hardware unlocker is the XTC Clip, which is for HTC devices only. Perhaps a JTAG box like a Riff will do it? You'd need to read up.
SIM unlocking generally doesn't void a handset warranty, flashing ROMs and Recoveries however, does
I don't know where your from OP, but if you're from anywhere in the EU, your phone carrier is legally obliged by EU law to allow you unlock your phone from their network.
There may be a certain length of time from when you purchased the phone/started the phone contract (here in Ireland I think it's 90 days, at least for PAYG phones).
You just have to ring up your carriers customer support and they should give you the unlock code (and possibly how to enter the code), once you've verified you're the owner of the phone/contract.
Hope this helps
Hi guys,
2 weeks ago problems were started to appear with my HOX screen.
One little burn black pixel in the top right screen.
And a orange color sign in the button left corner of the screen. (gets worse as my device getting hotter)
I called HTC customer service in UK,
They told me that since im from Israel there is no official lab of HTC here, so I need to ship my device to Greece.
The thing is that my HOX is hacked and RELOCKED, i changed roms etc...and I told it to the guy in the customer service.
just to check if it still fine (after all thats a hardware problem and not software)
He told me its cancel the warranty and they cant fix the screen for me... only if ill add something like 400-600 euro for they to change the proccesor.
Its really sucks!
I paid so much for a high-end device and I need to have this issue's?!
why samsung s3 dosent need to face those kinds of problems? (not to mention that samsung have a offical lab in Israel and they dont need to send it to Greece!)
Anyway another israeli friend told me that he also was in the same situation like I, and he send hes device without telling hes device was jail break. They fix it!
Apparently its not HTC themself in greece, he got latter with the device after they fix and everything was written there in greek and a name of a company was something diffrent.
nothing about HTC.
So i guess they just fixing without really cheak if the phone was hacked. Maybe they dont care.
its just another company that works with HTC.
The thing is I already told the guy in the customer service that the phone is hacked and I gave him my IMEI nummber.
It means that there is no way back? they know not that my specific phone is hacked in their computers?
Or can I call again as ''another customer'' tell them my problems is the screen without mention the jailbreak, and send my phone anyway to Greece.
What do you guys think?
I am already with stock rom and the phone is RELOCKED.
I'll make it short for you.
If you can talk to the retailer you might have yourself a chance. Given that you are in Israel. Scratch that.
The 2nd option and the best one is s-offing your device than changing your phone's state as "LOCKED". Anyway, this isn't possible because there is no public way to achieve this. So, either your have to wait or forget this option. By the way, I don't know when we might get s-off or even if it possible (software wise).
Here now we get to the 3rd option:
First, no a customer service can't and won't be able to invalid your warranty just by talking to him/her.
Second, it will depends on the person who checks your phone in HTC. If he/she is lazy or an easy good natured person. He or she will fix it. DONE. For your information, if they connected your phone to a computer and the boot loader is "RELOCKED" they have an app which will indicate your phone as ROOTED/WARRANTY VOID. Also, I think HTC charges money if you wants to return your phone back to you (in case of warranty is voided).
You might be wondering why HTC asked a lot of money, they need to change your motherboard to lock it(Stupid HTC policy to be honest & they can lock it by other means).
Last option you have, is to find a good service center whom will replace only the screen for you. This will cost you less than what HTC will ask for.
note: I am ignoring the sgs3 part.
Good Luck
There is an oficial lab and importer in Israel. Google for Touch Group. They are located in Hertslia pituah
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I still remember what AT&T did with the Galaxy S4 MF3 update, which encrypted the bootloader and made it impossible (though Knox) to recover. If you took that OTA, you lost control of your phone forever. This was why the very first thing I did with my M8 was to switch over to the HTC Developer Edition, even though I am otherwise satisfied with stock. I trust HTC to not screw people who bought their phones directly a lot more than I trust AT&T to not screw their customers. It's also why I didn't balk at all at paying $25 for Sunshine S-off - I considered that a cheap price to pay for assurance.
I'm assuming anything is possible, and either way I have zero intention of putting an OS image that AT&T has any update authority over on my phone, but I'm curious to know if something similar could happen to the M8.