My Flash LED went pop

[Guest premgyani]

Hi All, My Flash LED has stopped working and I need to return the phone under warranty. HTC has told me that warranty is void when the bootloader has been used so I need to 'un-use' it. I have read a lit of articles telling me that fastbooting a Nexus is a one way process.

Is there really no solution ?

Can I motivate someone to create a solution using hard cash ? :-)

Prem

[Guest Paraglider]

The only thing you can do is to flash all stock rom, but the unlocked bootloader and the open lock remains.

Till now you can't relock the bootloader.

[Guest Nesousx]

I have read that some HTC representatives will fix your phone even if it is unlocked... It is really on a case by case, depending on your mood, HTC rep mood, and feelings, etc.

Can still give it a try...

[Guest kenniy]

out of curiosity..why did the LED go pop.. you know?? if its as a result of using the N1 Torch, so I can uninstall it right away..lol

[Guest xkonni]

out of curiosity..why did the LED go pop.. you know?? if its as a result of using the N1 Torch, so I can uninstall it right away..lol

i'd like to know that too...

[Guest Paul]

Seriously, can the hardware's warranty be void because you unlocked it? In the UK / Europe at least, I'd very VERY surprised if they can legally do that.

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[Guest xkonni]

Seriously, can the hardware's warranty be void because you unlocked it? In the UK / Europe at least, I'd very VERY surprised if they can legally do that.

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well in that case, it might.

this issue could be caused by unlocking, or the resulting ability to stress the hardware.

in other cases i read that htc didnt bother much if the phone was unlocked or not.

[Guest Stewart T]

Seriously, can the hardware's warranty be void because you unlocked it? In the UK / Europe at least, I'd very VERY surprised if they can legally do that.

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I've just got my Nexus One back from HTC after it wouldn't charge (Turns out the battery was faulty) and the bootloader was unlocked and running the custom recovery.

I told them this on the phone and they said as long as it's a hardware fault they will fix it. Try ringing again and hopefully you get someone with a little more knowledge to get your phone fixed or replaced.

Also because I had it for less than 2 weeks they said they can either send someone to repair it or have UPS pick it up and they send me a brand new one. So I got a new Nexus One ;)

[Guest DistortedLoop]

Seriously, can the hardware's warranty be void because you unlocked it? In the UK / Europe at least, I'd very VERY surprised if they can legally do that.

well in that case, it might.

this issue could be caused by unlocking, or the resulting ability to stress the hardware.

That's the way the law in California works. User modifications cannot void a warranty unless the user modifications are the cause of the failure. The law's most commonly applied historically to cars for illustration purposes: if you installed custom tires, the warranty covering the A/C going bad couldn't be voided because tires don't affect A/C.

Where xkonni's correct is that if installing N1 Torch taxes the LED beyond its design and burns it out early, the user modification did indeed cause the problem and the warranty could be legally voided, whereas modifying the A/C system components could.

This is an advantage to iPhone hacking - as long as you don't brick your device, you can always put it back to virgin state via iTunes and flashing an Apple approved OS image. That of course is about the only advantage to iPhone hacking. ;)

[Guest xkonni]

This is an advantage to iPhone hacking - as long as you don't brick your device, you can always put it back to virgin state via iTunes and flashing an Apple approved OS image. That of course is about the only advantage to iPhone hacking. :D

i'm sure in near future some smart hacker will find a way to relock the bootloader ;)