HTC to Unlock Bootloaders on Future Android Phones
Wonder how warranties will come into play now
Thw evil controlling ass carriers probably won't allow this.
Jayshmay said:
Stupid qustion for you. Does having an unlocked bootloader make rooting easier?
Thw evil controlling ass carriers probably won't allow this.
Jay,
If the bootloader is locked, you cannot root. If you cannot root, you cannot burn a custom ROM like Bionix or CM7.
The carriers are open to an unlocked bootloader because if you send in a device on warrant replacement and they discover you have a rooted that will violate your warranty.
Thankfully SuperOneClick offers a one-click unroot if anything happens to your device.
Realistically, there is no way modifications to the software can possibly harm the hardware, and most warranty claims are due to malfunctioning hardware.
If you need to file a warranty claim, it is generally easy to restore to factory defaults (and if it should turn out that the problem is related to the root, then restoring factory defaults will fix it anyway, making the warranty claim moot).
T Bone said:
Realistically, there is no way modifications to the software can possibly harm the hardware
so over clocking your phone can't damage the hardware?
....well, that's news to me.
As long as HTC makes it clear they aren't responsible for anything bad that happens when someone utilizes the bootloader, they shouldn't have to change their warranty at all.
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