I agree with you cjm, about returning it if the genius doesn't care. That's fine, it's on Apple at that point. But trying to pretend like you never did such a thing is spineless and wrong, that's what I don't think we should be advocating here!
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Consequences of Jail Breaking iPod Touch 2g
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Why, the jailbreak does not affect hardware, so, if my home button stops working, and I'm jailbroken I shouldn't be able to get a new iPod touch? Thats dumb
It might seem dumb, but those are the terms you agreed to when you registered the iPod. Don't like it, don't buy the iPod!
It's not Apple's fault you failed to keep your end of the warantee agreement!
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Yep, and that's too bad. It is illegal (although, one wonders if apple fixes an iPod that is clearly jailbroken, if that counts as tacit consent).
I think it does. Once could be dismissed as employee error, but with so many anecdotes about Apple's geniuses replacing / repairing obviously jailbroken apps, if you got enough affidavits from people who managed to return a still jailbroken ipod/iphone for repair, you could make a case that Apple has set a precedent that jailbroken devices are, in fact, still under warranty for hardware defects.
I hadn't thought about the employee error POV. I think a good lawyer would be able to make an argument that apple loses the right to sue for that particular device because they clearly saw it was jailbroken and did not do anything about it.
