Yesterday I got fed up waiting for my SI to receive the update so I downloaded the ftf file and flashed it via flashtool. But knowing that it's for a different si although everything works fine including the keyboard and everything else I wanted to know what is the difference or it doesn't make any difference installing a Rom with a different SI ?
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kareemgonna said:
Yesterday I got fed up waiting for my SI to receive the update so I downloaded the ftf file and flashed it via flashtool. But knowing that it's for a different si although everything works fine including the keyboard and everything else I wanted to know what is the difference or it doesn't make any difference installing a Rom with a different SI ?
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will that void warranty ?
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will that void warranty ?
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Nope. Unless you unlock the bootloader.
loCe45 said:
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How does it matter if it voids your warranty? Your warranty doesn't any way covers hardware damages. And software damage can be repaired by flashing a wokinf ftf using flashtool.
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Yeah, but the thing is SI numbers will be different from the back of a phone with the one in service menu. And also, this rom will lack all the T-mobile crap and bloatware they usually put there
I really hope you're right and if the day comes when i have to go to my mobile operator with the warranty, they dont give me hard time because of this... But hey, i can blame myself for being inpatient and them for being di*ks
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DragonClawsAreSharp said:
How does it matter if it voids your warranty? Your warranty doesn't any way covers hardware damages. And software damage can be repaired by flashing a wokinf ftf using flashtool.
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Hardware damage does not necessarily mean that phone has to fall or hit something to get damaged. There are alot of hardware components that can go 'bad' on them own. Manufacturing defects that can happen to a whole batch of phones where for example motherboards burn out etc...
loCe45 said:
Yeah, but the thing is SI numbers will be different from the back of a phone with the one in service menu. And also, this rom will lack all the T-mobile crap and bloatware they usually put there
I really hope you're right and if the day comes when i have to go to my mobile operator with the warranty, they dont give me hard time because of this... But hey, i can blame myself for being inpatient and them for being di*ks
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I don't think that the warranty is worth keeping your bootloader locked.
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Yeah, i'll probably unlock it once when i decide to put some other (rage perhaps) kernel and OC the phone, but untill then it stays locked.
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Title says it all.
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I'm in the UK running generic global and i got the update today
How do I know what version I am running? I bought it through o2 don't know anything else about it.
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from the swipe to unlock screen.
press..
Menu back back menu
back menu menu back
it's in there..
The Generic UK update isn't out yet.. but very soon hopefully! (or so SE would have us believe!)
Ah great thanks. Knew about the secret menu but not what it was used for. I am on generic. Is there a way to change it to global and is it worth doing or should I just wait forever for the generic version to pop up? Advice appreciated
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Depends how impatient you're feeling!!.. I had absolutely no intention of rooting etc.. but got fed up of the lack of info so I followed the simple upgrade method.. rooted using the one click root app on my phone.. changed the default prop values as per the thread instructions and plugged into SEUS.. bingo.. 2.1...
Rooting the 2.1 was a bit trickier though (want to go to UK Generic when it's out)..
all i get from sony when asked is *******There are still tests which need to be carried out on generic versions to ensure they meet UK laws & regulations.*******
Surely the global version is still subject to UK laws etc if its being used in the UK. What are the advantages and disadvantages of being rooted and does it affect my warranty? Thanks for all the advice really good for a nooby discovering the world of a real OS
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Surely the global version is still subject to UK laws etc if its being used in the UK. What are the advantages and disadvantages of being rooted and does it affect my warranty? Thanks for all the advice really good for a nooby discovering the world of a real OS
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i been using the nordic version as in my sig and no issues here its deffo worth it and yes it kills ur warranty and rooting i believe gives u more control over ur device.
Im on Nordic in the UK at moment and phone needs to go back under warrenty dont know what my best options are to cover it up lol
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Im on Nordic in the UK at moment and phone needs to go back under warrenty dont know what my best options are to cover it up lol
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factory reset?? or repair with seus if possable? or claim new handset with insurence? just sum random ideas lol
DJBoxer said:
factory reset?? or repair with seus if possable? or claim new handset with insurence? just sum random ideas lol
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Factory reset will only reset current firmware. You need to get the 1.6 flash tool from the development section and install the 1.6 firmware back onto device. REMEMBER use 1.6flash tool not 2.1 flash tool.
If you need links ill try to find them, but best to pm bin4ry
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Still no update as of today, I changed my SW to Nordic, but my friend can't be arsed changing it because she's technologically unaware and she's still waiting.
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Alakasam said:
Still no update as of today, I changed my SW to Nordic, but my friend can't be arsed changing it because she's technologically unaware and she's still waiting.
UK Generic
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To be honest I wouldn't expect it during the middle of the night.
It will during office hours....
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How do u know if I am on branded firmware? I know I'm generic but anything other thdn that....
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How do u know if I am on branded firmware? I know I'm generic but anything other thdn that....
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Go into the service menu. It will say there. Customised means unbranded.
To get into service menu, M B B M B M M B
M - menu B - back
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What are the advantages/disadvantages to degrading? Will I lose some of the apps that I have?
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degrading?? Did you mean upgrading? If you did... then yes you will lose everything on the phone - it's like having a new phone.
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degrading?? Did you mean upgrading? If you did... then yes you will lose everything on the phone - it's like having a new phone.
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Unless you use back up and restore app availible from pc comp and if your rooted titanium back up too then you loose nothing atall...
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Ok I am on o2 pay monthly but want to keep things like Moliere. In fact only moxier. I think that's the only thing. Don't want to root till warranty is up. But do want to upgrade ASAP. Without having to wait till o2 sort themselves out. Is it possible to take all my apps etc. Backthem up debrand upgrade then reinstall apps without being rooted.
Is that possible or fantasy?
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Hi @all! In my daily LG Facebook page checking i just found something interesting: Now rooting the phone does not void the warranty! Here's the thing:
http://www.facebook.com/notes/lg-it...-di-root-attivi-in-garanzia/10150205338062585
It's in italian,but it clearly says that root doesn't avoid warranty.
Best news.
Translation:
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Not only root, but also installing a custom rom won't void the warranty (unless the damages to the phone are caused by the custom rom itself).
Wow, Life's Good indeed
I wonder if LG in other countries would adopt such a stance on rooting?
Is this applicable to lg everywhere in the world or specificly italy?
heiszakee said:
Is this applicable to lg everywhere in the world or specificly italy?
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the assholes at LG Singapore are very unprofessional...
dongimin2 said:
the assholes at LG Singapore are very unprofessional...
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Why so? I bricked my phone twice and they fixed it for me with no questions asked
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Joel Chan said:
Why so? I bricked my phone twice and they fixed it for me with no questions asked
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Really? But their service totally sucks. I had a hard time tryin to call the service centre
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Really? But their service totally sucks. I had a hard time tryin to call the service centre
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Just go down to the service centre directly
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Just go down to the service centre directly
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That was exactly what i did.
I wonder if this applies to Romania also...
A friend of mine sent to LG service ~2 years ago a Cookie with the touchscreen destroyed by water contact. They repaired it without saying anything.
for LG electonic italy only or all country ?
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for LG electonic italy only or all country ?
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I'll second that.
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I've just contacted LG Poland. According to a guy on the other side of the chat service rooting DOES void the warranty for Polish LG phones That's too bad, I was hoping to install CM7 :/
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I've just contacted LG Poland. According to a guy on the other side of the chat service rooting DOES void the warranty for Polish LG phones That's too bad, I was hoping to install CM7 :/
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It's not a problem. Go ahead and root your phone. Flash a custom ROM and you'll not regret. No chance of bricking your phone if you follow all the steps correctly. And if you root and install a custom ROM once successfully, you'll never make a mistake again.
Enjoy
Yes, same thing in Thailand. I went to LG Support Center with LG P500 totally dead (cannot be turned on, not even start) in my hand. They changed the mainboard and charge me nothing. I told them that I upgraded its firmware and it became dead. 555. Now my phone is working but the EIMI has been changed though.
Well, I don't need warranty in case I brick the phone (which is unlikely). I fear, that I
1) Root the phone and install CM
2) Phone breaks (for some random reason) and i wont be able to de-root it back due to the malfunction
3) LG Poland will deny warranty repair based on the fact the phone is rooted
It's good news~
However, is it for all country!?
I concern more about hardware not soft one(cause it seems not easy to brick P500)
any news about the -rooting does(not) void warranty- in romania?
Italian LG confirmed that that is a choise only of LG Italia so this doesn't worth on all countries, isn't a choise of LG Electronics for all countries, but every LG "state" decides for his own
Hi there, I have a doubt...
I've got the Sony Xperia LWW (wt19a), with the Locked Bootloader, if I unlock it, can I reverse the operation later?
Just in case of I don't like the new rom, and I want the smartphone go back like brand new...
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Hi there, I have a doubt...
I've got the Sony Xperia LWW (wt19a), with the Locked Bootloader, if I unlock it, can I reverse the operation later?
Just in case of I don't like the new rom, and I want the smartphone go back like brand new...
Thanks in advance...
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Yh you can
Watch This :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVIUN...feature=relmfu
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By3K said:
Hi there, I have a doubt...
I've got the Sony Xperia LWW (wt19a), with the Locked Bootloader, if I unlock it, can I reverse the operation later?
Just in case of I don't like the new rom, and I want the smartphone go back like brand new...
Thanks in advance...
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You can revert back, but your bootloader wont be locked again. It wl be 'relocked'... and if you go to service center and they miss that point then u wl b lucky to claim warranty. Else, welcome back to xda
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Revert Bootloader Unlock
hjhita979 said:
Yh you can
Watch This :Youtube url
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"Video Doesn't Exist" :/
Arun Av said:
You can revert back, but your bootloader wont be locked again. It wl be 'relocked'... and if you go to service center and they miss that point then u wl b lucky to claim warranty. Else, welcome back to xda
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mmm ok, I'm thinking to unlock it, because I like to test roms searching the best for this model...
I just hope my phone doesn't die in the try hehe.. :laugh:
Thanks for the quick answer!!
So dont want to be this bad but:
in varrancy is written that it can avoid you warrancy. What does this mean? For example if you have unlocked, changed kernel and rom and broke your camera in lww warrancy still exist. But it always depends of service.
What I know? They have paid more for repaired phone that send back to you
What else can I say? I had phone, broke screen ( hardware, my fault ). I talked with guy and he toke it in my provider saloon and sent. They repaired. What this mean? I think that they are repairing whatever they will get.
But they are only my checks. So now about bootloader. It gives a lot of possibilites and I think it is worth as our phones are cheap. And trust me have my phone about year and no issue. Installed a lot of kernels, roms and tweaks but works like a charm. I can say you that it could die only in unlocking bootloader. Later depends of your reading faqs and tuts. And dont panic when will be doing this. I almost fixed when unlocking but tried again with calm and all did good.
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If Im wrong with the thread so I think all had been explained and thread can be close.If answers satifie you please change title of your first post to solved
actually it depends on the store,
if they decide to check on the bootloader by sony's site (some imei info would be there if unlocked officially)
then they may say that the warranty is void
or if they dont check it in detail, they may repair it under warranty,
I haven't used the device in a while and don't even remember the procedures I used to unlock/root the device.
I was hoping someone could give me a quicky tutorial on flashing stock recovery and system so that I can claim warranty.
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aaron.a said:
I haven't used the device in a while and don't even remember the procedures I used to unlock/root the device.
I was hoping someone could give me a quicky tutorial on flashing stock recovery and system so that I can claim warranty.
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I may be mistaken, but I think some may wish to know the reason of your warranty claim. I have seem others get turned down on help due to fraudulant reasons for warranty claim.
So the only help you would get from me is read. It hasnt been that long that you have unlearned that part of the process.
Sorry my friend.
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aaron.a said:
I haven't used the device in a while and don't even remember the procedures I used to unlock/root the device.
I was hoping someone could give me a quicky tutorial on flashing stock recovery and system so that I can claim warranty.
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On a pc open kies and select firmware upgrade and initialization. Type model number in ALL CAPS, then serial number.
440bro said:
On a pc open kies and select firmware upgrade and initialization. Type model number in ALL CAPS, then serial number.
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ezmode. Thanks bro
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captemo said:
fraudulant reasons for warranty claim.
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That's really pessimistic.. Dude the hardware is aged. Main issue is bad USB connection. Running kies may become an issue. We'll see.
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That's really pessimistic.. Dude the hardware is aged. Main issue is bad USB connection. Running kies may become an issue. We'll see.
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U have to admit, some people have wanted to do a warranty claim for some really irresponsible reasons. We all nullify our warranty once we take that step.
No bad feelings here. You probably didnt even have to state a warranty issue.
Imo
Good luck
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Guys, i want to install CM11 in my Galaxy SIII (GT-i9300) but i have affraid that in the future the phone may breaks and i need the warranty to repair it. So how much time do you think that i should wait before doing modifications to my phone. I bought my Galaxy SIII In the end of march 28 of march i think.
Please give me answers. I'm tired of this touchwizz crap being slow -.-
eskorpiao112 said:
Guys, i want to install CM11 in my Galaxy SIII (GT-i9300) but i have affraid that in the future the phone may breaks and i need the warranty to repair it. So how much time do you think that i should wait before doing modifications to my phone. I bought my Galaxy SIII In the end of march 28 of march i think.
Please give me answers. I'm tired of this touchwizz crap being slow -.-
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I think if you are confident enough to do the modifications you should do it, what can happen is a soft brick which can be fixed with Odin. Hardware bricks are rare. Though you should decide for yourself, the only thing I'm telling you is that there's no point to wait as long as you want to do it and you know what you're doing. If you need help you can ask me anytime
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I think if you are confident enough to do the modifications you should do it, what can happen is a soft brick which can be fixed with Odin. Hardware bricks are rare. Though you should decide for yourself, the only thing I'm telling you is that there's no point to wait as long as you want to do it and you know what you're doing. If you need help you can ask me anytime
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I have affraid of problems on hardware, like screen or touch that doesn't work or motherboard burned (sudden death problems for example)
Sudden death shouldn't be a problem with newer firmwares, but other hardware issues are relatively rare, so I'd go ahead my phone stayed stock for approximately 6 - 7 hours.
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Sudden death shouldn't be a problem with newer firmwares, but other hardware issues are relatively rare, so I'd go ahead my phone stayed stock for approximately 6 - 7 hours.
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And your phone never had a problem with hardware?
No never. I had a SanDisk SD card fail on me, but that was replaced under warranty but nothing Samsung related.
But it's your warranty so bear in mind that they may reject any claim, although in the UK the fact that you've modified software does not give them the right to decline a hardware claim.
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No never. I had a SanDisk SD card fail on me, but that was replaced under warranty but nothing Samsung related.
But it's your warranty so bear in mind that they may reject any claim, although in the UK the fact that you've modified software does not give them the right to decline a hardware claim.
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I am portuguese and i live in portugal. And i have affraid of losing the warrant and my phone brokes and i don't have warranty
eskorpiao112 said:
I am portuguese and i live in portugal. And i have affraid of losing the warrant and my phone brokes and i don't have warranty
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I don't think you should be that afraid of doing it. The chance of a fail is very low and the sudden death syndrome has been fixed long time ago. If you really want it, give it a shot... Personally I've never had any hardware related problems while flashing ROMs
And also the European buyer protection law is on your side
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I don't think you should be that afraid of doing it. The chance of a fail is very low and the sudden death syndrome has been fixed long time ago. If you really want it, give it a shot... Personally I've never had any hardware related problems while flashing ROMs
And also the European buyer protection law is on your side
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So you trust in that cyanogenmod installer?
eskorpiao112 said:
So you trust in that cyanogenmod installer?
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Actually I've never used it. I did the zip way xD
if you need help with that I can help you.
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Actually I've never used it. I did the zip way xD
if you need help with that I can help you.
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Thanks dude. I will think about doing that. I have many things to think and i have affraid of doing that :/
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Thanks dude. I will think about doing that. I have many things to think and i have affraid of doing that :/
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Just take your time in thinking... One can never think too much xD
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Just take your time in thinking... One can never think too much xD
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Ahah dude. I will wait more time for doing changes.
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Ahah dude. I will wait more time for doing changes.
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Sure, let me know what you decide
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Sure, let me know what you decide
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Okay dude. Thanks for the help!
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Actually I've never used it. I did the zip way xD
if you need help with that I can help you.
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I'm with you there, if you do it by hand you should have a better idea of what is going on, and imho if you don't have the time to learn what's involved then you should query whether you really want to go down the custom root
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I'm with you there, if you do it by hand you should have a better idea of what is going on, and imho if you don't have the time to learn what's involved then you should query whether you really want to go down the custom root
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I usually install custom roms on my phones but this phone was expensive and i dont want to lose the warranty
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I usually install custom roms on my phones but this phone was expensive and i dont want to lose the warranty
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Then don't do it, although I went custom route from day 1 I was using stock based roms until recently, this is the first Android device I actually felt comfortable using stock even if it was a little flabby.
Stick a launcher on and look around here there is a lot you can do without even rooting your device, there really is no hurry to do anything.
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Then don't do it, although I went custom route from day 1 I was using stock based roms until recently, this is the first Android device I actually felt comfortable using stock even if it was a little flabby.
Stick a launcher on and look around here there is a lot you can do without even rooting your device, there really is no hurry to do anything.
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Yes. And with the update cancelled i will wait for some update.
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when u are ready to root and flash custom rom, flash a custom recovery like cwm too. NANDROID BACK UP straight away after flashing custom recovery. The cyanogenmod installer is safe to use. I have personally used it and it was smooth. Back up ur efs too. If u dun know wat is efs, go read on it. Good luck rooting and flashing. It is safe unless u dun follow instructions or read carefully.