Hi,
I was wondering if rooting phone will voids it's warranty? I'm not sure as I never own and played with a Sony phone before.. Only Samsung.=/ thanks in advance!
yes
rooting
sim unlocking
bootloader unlocking
all count above count
You have to check your country's specific laws to find out. It is different in many regions.
For example - in the European Union rooting your phone does NOT void the warranty, as guaranteed by the European Comission.
Alright. Thanks guys
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Greetings All,
Am new to android world and was wondering if you guys can help me here.
I have a sim locked HTC hero phone from Airtel ( Indian Carrier ) I realise I can get it unlocked and use any other sim.. however, I would loose the warranty bit of the phone. Just wondering, would I be able to lock it back if something goes wrong to send it back to HTC?
Also, any Airtel hero customers here? can you please confirm if the phone lacks any features when compared to unlocked hero's? if yes, will we get the phone to be "normal" after unlocking it??
Thanks for taking your time to help.
Boomboy said:
I have a sim locked HTC hero phone from Airtel ( Indian Carrier ) I realise I can get it unlocked and use any other sim.. however, I would loose the warranty bit of the phone. Just wondering, would I be able to lock it back if something goes wrong to send it back to HTC?
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Removing the SIM lock from your phone should not invalidate your warranty, at least not here in the UK.
Regards,
Dave
EDIT: I should add that rooting and/or installing a custom ROM on your phone, would likely invalidate your warranty but this is a completely separate issue from removing the SIM lock.
foxmeister said:
Removing the SIM lock from your phone should not invalidate your warranty, at least not here in the UK.
Regards,
Dave
EDIT: I should add that rooting and/or installing a custom ROM on your phone, would likely invalidate your warranty but this is a completely separate issue from removing the SIM lock.
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Thanks for your reply. warranty becomes void here if you unlock it. Do you think we would be able to revert it to the original state if need be?
I don't know of any way of relocking a SIM lock on the Hero. You could try PM'ing ferraripassion as he may know.
You may find that you are better off using a RebelSIM (hint: Google RebelSIM) rather than unlocking your phone.
Regards,
Dave
My neo has 0% problem for more than 2 weeks.I hope there will be a 1% battery patch for neo, i know ACR have already has a patch.who can help our NEO!!!
yes me too plz any one with a patched kernel or a specific firmware
plz help us
me too
Someone help us
It's been confirmed that this is a hardware problem and the fuel-gauge chip has to be replaced! So stop waiting,relock your bootloader,flash the original firm and take it to the service.
centavar said:
It's been confirmed that this is a hardware problem and the fuel-gauge chip has to be replaced! So stop waiting,relock your bootloader,flash the original firm and take it to the service.
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I dont think SE service center will accept phones with relocked bootloader because the warranty is already void when providing IMEI code to SE to acquire unlocking code. I could be wrong.
Yeah that's true they can easily check if you ever attempted to unlock your bootloader, but then again how the hell you messed up the rooting with an unlocked bootloader.
yunle said:
I dont think SE service center will accept phones with relocked bootloader because the warranty is already void when providing IMEI code to SE to acquire unlocking code. I could be wrong.
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Indeed you are wrong,those codes are randomly generated and they have no way to check that. Also,why would you mention that you messed up rooting? Just tell them it happened during update via SEUS.
A friend of mine had the same problem and the service center charged him 30 eur for the repair of the said chip. But he was foolish enough not to relock the bootloader,not to mention he was rooted...
You are wrong my Bulgarian brother. They keep the IMEIs of all the people who attempted to get an unlock code. I'm not sure if they are giving the retailers a way to check if the device IMEI has been given an unlock code or not, but i'm 100% sure that they keep that info.
But yeah the best way will be to lock the bootloader (if unlocked), flash stock firmware and take it to a service center.
After step 14 they say that your warranty will be void. http://unlockbootloader.sonyericsson.com/instructions
Devs and experienced users also say that you can request your unlock code without worries about the warranty. Just the unlocking itself void the warranty.
Hello everyone,
A friend of mine has recently bought a Neo V and I wouldn't like to miss the opportunity to tinker a bit with it
The thing is that, as the phone is subsidized, it will come with the operator's personalization, that usually clogs the phone, and I would like to debrand it, and leave her with the latest, stock SE's rom. Furthermore, I've read that there are chances of ICS coming to this phone, if I'm not wrong, from SE, but I think it's quite unlikely that her operator takes the time to release an update. I'm not interested in sim unlocking.
So, if I understood correctly, the only way to get a generic, debranded firmware is to unlock the bootloader, and that will cause the voiding of the warranty, isn't it?
EDIT: I was not interested in rooting to get privileges, basic user is enough for my friend, but it seems that (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1133650, at least in the Arc) you can get generic roms by rooting, and that wouldn't void your warranty, is that right?
you will void warranty only if you unlock the boot-loader , nothing else will void it
rooting will not void warranty
i want to debrand my neo
what to do?
what is my option?
any tutorial?
forgive me,i'm new to android
if i debrand can i update to
oficial rom later?
I just debranded my Neo with wotanserver. Easy as pie.
One thing I just have to mention is I have Android 2.3.3 and I am aware of 2.3.4 and future 4.0, but when I try software update it just keeps telling me I already have latest software.
I don't have any sim card in phone does that affect it?
JellyKing said:
I just debranded my Neo with wotanserver. Easy as pie.
One thing I just have to mention is I have Android 2.3.3 and I am aware of 2.3.4 and future 4.0, but when I try software update it just keeps telling me I already have latest software.
I don't have any sim card in phone does that affect it?
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maybe this due to the debranding?
how can i unlock my S3 GT19300 Europe spec. locked on Tmobile (UK). What is the best method ?
Will it void my warranty.
The phone is new and NOT rooted.
Thanks
mohaziz said:
how can i unlock my S3 GT19300 Europe spec. locked on Tmobile (UK). What is the best method ?
Ask TMobile for the code .
Will it void my warranty.
No sim lock nothing to do with warranty .
See multiple posts on unlocking .
jje
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Thanks for the fast reply JJE.
I have tried contacting Tmobile for the PAC code but was told I need tobe minimum 3 months with them to get the code and pay £15.
Is there are a unlocking method for GT19300 ?
Hello everyone, I'm Santiago, from Argentina. I bought an Xperia Mt11i (Neo V) smartphone last year from argentinian phone carrier Claro (ex-CTI).
It's my first android phone and as I came to learn a bit about the system, I wanted to unlock my bootloader o I could install custom roms and kernels, as I have been playing with some cutom roms, but I can only access the ones that do not require Bootloader unlocked (i.e., I can't install CyanogenMod, MIUI v5, etc).
Checking in the SERVICE hidden menu, the status in my phone says "Bootloader Unlock Allowed=NO" (so I coudn't follow the official Sony guide to unlocking the bootloader) and I contacted my phone carrier to ask them wether they could do something about it, either by free or paying methods. They replied that bootloader is a device function, not a service provided/modified by them and that I should ask directly to Sony. As there is no Sony mobile branch in Argentina, I went to the talk.sonymobile forums to post my question in hope that someone may be able to tell me wether something can be done about this. Over there someone said that they thought it could be done (something about having done it with xperia Z), that I should ask over the xda forums, so here I am.
I searched info over the forums but didn't find any threads regarding my specific problem, which is changing the "bootloader allowed" status from NO to YES with phones bought from a telephone carrier. I've found tons and tons of info on how to unlock the bootloader, but all of them are for "bootloader allowed=yes" cases, so I thought it was worth the shot asking about this.
I should also add that my phone is in fact SIM-locked at the moment, and I have no idea wether this is a limitation for what I'm trying to do or not. Reading throughout the web I encountered several places that said that SIM-Unlocking your phone via NCK code (which I could obtain from my phone carrier) does not, indeed, unlock your bootloader, but I was wondering if it might, at least, change the status to "Unlock Allowed=YES" (this, I read, is sometimes the case).
I am eager to find a solution to this situation, so any help will be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
Santiago.
santiagoboari said:
Hello everyone, I'm Santiago, from Argentina. I bought an Xperia Mt11i (Neo V) smartphone last year from argentinian phone carrier Claro (ex-CTI).
It's my first android phone and as I came to learn a bit about the system, I wanted to unlock my bootloader o I could install custom roms and kernels, as I have been playing with some cutom roms, but I can only access the ones that do not require Bootloader unlocked (i.e., I can't install CyanogenMod, MIUI v5, etc).
Checking in the SERVICE hidden menu, the status in my phone says "Bootloader Unlock Allowed=NO" (so I coudn't follow the official Sony guide to unlocking the bootloader) and I contacted my phone carrier to ask them wether they could do something about it, either by free or paying methods. They replied that bootloader is a device function, not a service provided/modified by them and that I should ask directly to Sony. As there is no Sony mobile branch in Argentina, I went to the talk.sonymobile forums to post my question in hope that someone may be able to tell me wether something can be done about this. Over there someone said that they thought it could be done (something about having done it with xperia Z), that I should ask over the xda forums, so here I am.
I searched info over the forums but didn't find any threads regarding my specific problem, which is changing the "bootloader allowed" status from NO to YES with phones bought from a telephone carrier. I've found tons and tons of info on how to unlock the bootloader, but all of them are for "bootloader allowed=yes" cases, so I thought it was worth the shot asking about this.
I should also add that my phone is in fact SIM-locked at the moment, and I have no idea wether this is a limitation for what I'm trying to do or not. Reading throughout the web I encountered several places that said that SIM-Unlocking your phone via NCK code (which I could obtain from my phone carrier) does not, indeed, unlock your bootloader, but I was wondering if it might, at least, change the status to "Unlock Allowed=YES" (this, I read, is sometimes the case).
I am eager to find a solution to this situation, so any help will be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
Santiago.
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Sorry mate, but as far as I'm informed, You can't unlock bootloader in Your NEO V.
zadrozny91 said:
Sorry mate, but as far as I'm informed, You can't unlock bootloader in Your NEO V.
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Well that's too bad, I was really hoping I would be able to somehow.
After calling Customer Service a lot, I'm now waiting for a direct reply from my phone carrier about the subject. Over at the sony forums they told me that Sony couldn't unlock it because of legal issues with the phone carrier, as the phone carrier is usually the one that demands to have a locked bootloader. I'm still hoping, however, that there'll be some sort of workaround and that either Sony or my phone carrier will give me some sort of solution. It's been done before, apparently, with Movistar in Spain. Apparently Sony was able to unlock the bootloader for those that bought an Xperia 2011 phone with Movistar Spain that had "Bootloader Unlock Allowed : NO". I can't post a link that thread yet, as I'm still new here at xda, but I'm quoting what it says over there: "In a nutshell "The Solution Sony proposses is, for those of you with a code-unlocked terminal, to contact Sony at [email protected], with your email, imei and unlocking code".
I know it's a particular case with Movistar Spain, but I'm still trying to get some info on wether something similar can be accomplished between my phone carrier and Sony.
Thanks for your reply, and I'm still hoping someone over here can tell me something about all of this.
It's your phone carrier mate, they locked up the phone. Call them everyday until they remove the sim-lock on your phone..
For me Linus Torvalds is the greatest man on earth
bitoyz13 said:
It's your phone carrier mate, they locked up the phone. Call them everyday until they remove the sim-lock on your phone..
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Well that seems to be the case, even though they are playing dumb and saying they are not the reason for locking the bootloader and that I should contact Sony and have them solve the problem for me....
I think I'm about to go into war with these guys. I kinda get why they lock the bootloader, what I won't forgive is being lied to like this. It's outrageous.
I'll check this post periodically though, maybe there's one of those miraculous solutions that I can try in the meantime.
Thanks for replying anyways.
Sadly even if your bootloader is unlocked you won't get to install the custom kernels
As your fastboot would still be SIM locked
And that can't be undone by Sony ofcourse
--You've to unlock fastboot
--Unlocking bootloader is no big deal -you'll have to pay few bucks and use wotanserver or s2 tool
There's a guide on using Testpoint (unofficial) unlocking in Neo V development section
Hope this clears out your issues more clearly
Sent from my MT11i using xda premium
my phone had the same problem and i briked my phone and then repaired it with preset.ta file and then used s1tool to unlock it and it is unlocked now
you can also use plasma tool for free unlock(i tried it also and it worked)