Does installing a leaked update void warranty

[wichita6]

I have a couple of questions about the leaked update;

1. does installing this update void the verizon warranty? just in case I get it replaced later.
2. I am not rooted (in case I get it replaced) but want to root when/if problems get fixed. what happens if I update to leaked without using forever root? will I be able to root after the update.

Thanks

 

[CoreyOli]

You should be able to revert back if you ever really needed to...

 

[johnlgalt]

Technically, that's a gray area, however, as Corey said, you can always revert, so it is a very gray area.

Just like rooting is supposed to void your warranty, and yet we can always revert if necessary, so.....

 

[Thom]

Actually it's not technically a greay area it is legally and/or commercially a gray area.

You "should" be able to revert. Are you prepared to "stake your life" on the fact that you can always revert?

I, as you know, believe that there is a risk that you may not be able to revert. Why? It's software and software has bugs.

... Thom

 

[CoreyOli]

Actually it's not technically a greay area it is legally and/or commercially a gray area.

You "should" be able to revert. Are you prepared to "stake your life" on the fact that you can always revert?

I, as you know, believe that there is a risk that you may not be able to revert. Why? It's software and software has bugs.

... Thom

Let's not be overly dramatic... This is a cell phone / toy.. No one is staking their life... However of course there is a small risk involved always is... And as for being a legal gray area? Come on really, you make us sound like some sort of crime syndicate lol...

Again to make the op feel better dramatizations aside... I'm fairly confident that for the foreseeable future you will be able to revert if needed...

Happy rooting

 

[johnlgalt]

It is technically a gray area as well - because there is no express written considerations about leaked updates, unlike rooting, which is specifically mentioned in the legal jargon regarding procedures that void the warranty.

Since this does not require rooting in any way, the process of applying a leaked update should not constitute a necessary condition to void the warranty. However, since any future problem may in fact derive from these leaked updates, VZW may opt to not honor the warranty by applying some legal loophole.

Technically speaking, since the application of the update could have easily come from a trusted source, such as being a part of a Motorola test base in the Moto forums, an VZW would have no real way of knowing this information without requesting it from Motorola, legally I see no issue - but technically I do.

 

[Thom]

Let's not be overly dramatic... This is a cell phone / toy.. No one is staking their life... However of course there is a small risk involved always is... And as for being a legal gray area? Come on really, you make us sound like some sort of crime syndicate lol...

Again to make the op feel better dramatizations aside... I'm fairly confident that for the foreseeable future you will be able to revert if needed...

Happy rooting

One was an atempted joke ... and missed ...

The "stake your life" comment is the test to use if you are ABSOLUTLY positive it will work. The answer here (of course) is no.

The only point was the exact same point he made in another thread ... there is a risk ...

... Thom

 

[moondrius]

You can not fully get back to the current build. You can get the full /system of the current build but the radio and the kernel can not be downgraded currently. If you have a problem and get a replacement they most likely wont check the radio/kernel but you never know.

The good thing about the locked bootloader is that all of the software has been signed by Motorola so even though you should not have installed it you can always make it look like it was their fault.

 

[wichita6]

Thanks.
It was moto's fault....that I needed to install because....well, there is enough flax on the other threads

Thanks for the info!