Is there something that triggers warranty cancellation in the Nexus 6 like KNOX for galaxy?
Its a Nexus google doesn't care if you root or flash. The Nexus is a Dev phone by nature so it should be fine.
Don't worry about warranty. Just unlock the bootloader, if you need to send it back just relock the bootloader after wiping the phone clean.
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Hello all,
I just come from the HTC hero and I bought the nexus one. My hero was rooted and it was nice, I ve seen tutorials to explain how to root the nexus one, but it seems it breaks the warranty. Is there a way to unroot the nexus one as we could for the htc hero?
If not, will there be a way soon guys?
Thanks for helping me, as I d lke to root the nexus one, but loosing the warranty is a big problem....do you have feedback on rooted nexus one sent to warranty?
I may be wrong, but i don't think that rooting breaks the warranty. It's unlocking the bootloader that breaks the warranty. That's two different things.
And as far as i know, it's quite easy to unroot, but it's almost impossible to relock an unlocked bootloader.
Please post in right section thanks.
mmm; ok, but can we install custom roms without unlocking the bootloader?
Nope, don't think so
You cannot install custom roms without unlocking the bootloader, and u cant unlock the bootloader without breaking the warranty. There are quite a few threads on this already, try search next time
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So it is possible to root the nexus one without unlocking the bootloader? If so how..?
To root the phone or install a custom ROM, u need to unlock ur bootloader... which also means goodbye warranty
in order to root your phone you must unlock your boot loader first. so when you unlock your boot loader to root you lost your warranty.
You guys all say "goodbye warranty" as if HTC isn't replacing/repairing rooted Nexus's... This alone has been steering many people away from rooting the N1. I know 2 people that had rooted N1's and they both got their devices replaced by HTC and that doesn't count all the people posting here that have also been successful even though they have rooted phones.
I have rooted/unlocked my bootloader. Then I found that I had the dust under the screen issue. Contacted HTC they sent a replacement. I sent the phone in, restore to stock besides the bootloader being unlocked. They received it, inspected it, and that was that. My case was closed with no questions asked.
Hi to everyone!
I just find that it's possible root our phone without unlocking the bootloader (and lost the dmr key).
What about the warrancy? If I root in this way I'll void it? or what?
Thanks in advance
Once you unlock your BL your warranty is essentially gone.
Because you can't undo the process (unless you backed up your TA partition).
Dsteppa said:
Once you unlock your BL your warranty is essentially gone.
Because you can't undo the process (unless you backed up your TA partition).
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I'm not sure I understand - the OP asked if the warranty will be voided if he roots the phone using the newer method without unlocking the bootloader. Or do you simply re-lock it later with this method and the warranty is still voided?
PuffDaddy_d said:
I'm not sure I understand - the OP asked if the warranty will be voided if he roots the phone using the newer method without unlocking the bootloader. Or do you simply re-lock it later with this method and the warranty is still voided?
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That's why I said that the warranty will only be voided if you unlock your bootloader. All other things like root etc, you can just revert and Sony will never know it.
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Hello Guys
Do you relock the bootloader after root of nexus 6?
It's probably not the best idea. Though now the "OEM unlocking" option seems to stick after a reboot on 5.1+ it's probably not as risky as it was.
Oniska said:
Hello Guys
Do you relock the bootloader after root of nexus 6?
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I'm going to go ahead and just say no. No reason to relock other than RMA or resale. Best to leave unlocked just because if you run into issues, it's much easier to recover if your bootloader is unlocked.
Never relock unless you are on a stock image
I have never relocked a bootloader, ever.
Old thread I realize, but wouldn't this be useful to keep the anti-theft feature intact while rooted? And furthermore, does it actually work? I.e. does it leave root intact after it's locked but forbid flashing new roms to circumvent anti-theft. (I own a Nexus 6P by the way, but imagine the regular 6 has an updated bootloader with the same features.)
Rakeesh_j said:
Old thread I realize, but wouldn't this be useful to keep the anti-theft feature intact while rooted? And furthermore, does it actually work? I.e. does it leave root intact after it's locked but forbid flashing new roms to circumvent anti-theft. (I own a Nexus 6P by the way, but imagine the regular 6 has an updated bootloader with the same features.)
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the problem is if your bootloader is locked, and you ho into a bootloop for amy reason, and your oem unlock option is not enabled in the developer options, then you bricked your phone. most people that lock their bootloaders, or have them locked, dont enable the oem unlick option. if thats not enabled, and youre in a bootloop, you cant flash a factory image or do anything else to fix it.
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Old thread I realize, but wouldn't this be useful to keep the anti-theft feature intact while rooted? And furthermore, does it actually work? I.e. does it leave root intact after it's locked but forbid flashing new roms to circumvent anti-theft. (I own a Nexus 6P by the way, but imagine the regular 6 has an updated bootloader with the same features.)
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If you are encrypted, the only thing a locked bootloader adds is the ability to flash a custom boot.img that can decrypt your data (which doesn't exist). It's a very hypothetical scenario. The problems with locking the bootloader are as mentioned above by @simms22
I am rooted, on a custom rom, with the developer bootloader. I haven't tripped knox. The only bad experience I have with the dev bootloader is the fingerprint scanner doesn't work.
Is it time to update to the latest bootloader? Any reason to hang onto the dev bootloader?
If I remember correctly, I think you'll end up tripping Knox if you flash back the stock bootloader.
The only reason to keep it is to not trip knox. You can flash back to stock firmware untripped as if nothing happened
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Hey, I haven't rooted anything since 2014, so consider me a newbie,
Is there a way to get only part of the root functionalities, in order to move Cerberus to the system's partition? I think it should only be a matter of privileges. That is the only functionality that I need, I don't want other root features, nor having Knox be affected.
Thanks in advance
Keep in mind rooting would void your warranty. Since it requires unlocking bootloader.
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Keep in mind rooting would void your warranty. Since it requires unlocking bootloader.
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Not if you're living in the EU. EU has strict regulations about consumer protection when it comes to unlocking bootloader or tripping KNOX in Samsung devices.