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Jailbreaking Void Warranty? Just Restore, Right..?

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Sean4123

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I keep seeing all these people saying that they are worried that if they jailbreak their device, their warranty is void. Although that may be true, what is to stop anyone from just restoring their iPhone if they run into any issues that warrant a repair?

Is there something i'm missing here? I've had my iPhone 3G replaced after it went black. I was still able to restore it, and they had no idea of the jailbreak. What is everyone afraid of?
 
Thats exactly what I thought. I can't believe so many people are worried about this crap. It's like they think Apple is monitoring every single phone, and putting a check mark next to peoples names when they visit jailbreakme.com
 
Bull

Yeah it's all a scare tactic. Back when my daughter got a 3G iPhone it was jailbroken and the home button started messing up so I had to send it back to apple since it was only a month old. I just restored it and sent it in and they replaced it with no questions asked.
 
Sean4123 said:
It's like they think Apple is monitoring every single phone
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Apparently with iOS 4.1 they will! I don't remember where I saw this but supposedly AT&T, with this version, they will completely lock the phone if they found that it was unofficially unlocked
 
DJUK said:
Apparently with iOS 4.1 they will! I don't remember where I saw this but supposedly AT&T, with this version, they will completely lock the phone if they found that it was unofficially unlocked
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Well that would be impossible if the phone is unlocked and used on another carrier. How would AT&T lock a phone that is not under their service, much less even know about it.
 
DJUK said:
Apparently with iOS 4.1 they will! I don't remember where I saw this but supposedly AT&T, with this version, they will completely lock the phone if they found that it was unofficially unlocked
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That was a rumor going around when 4.0 was just about to be released. There has been no evidence to support that rumor (that I have read about).
 
DJUK said:
Apparently with iOS 4.1 they will! I don't remember where I saw this but supposedly AT&T, with this version, they will completely lock the phone if they found that it was unofficially unlocked
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I've heard this story before for 2.0 and 3.0. I'd like to see how that is even possible if I switch over to t-mobile. Also what's to stop the jailbreak community from setting up a patch initially when you jailbreak to block transmission. I would think locking it out completely would be illegal to do on a legal service.
 
Make sure is a DFU restore and not backup restore and you will be fine.

the only new feature for diagnostic included on 4.0 is a restore count, they can see how many times you have written to flash, high count may indicate jailbreaking, so they look closer to logs, if you did a DFU restore, those logs are gone, so just follow the instructions and you will be fine.
 
DJUK said:
Found the link to the story:
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile...e-information-att-locks-user-via-ota-updates/
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There is an update to this story right in the article you posted:

Editor’s Note [July 1st]: For the record, we were wrong about AT&T locking all US iPhone owners. Their OTA updates actually check the settings and make sure they are up-to-date. If the settings are not updated, the internet will be disabled. You can only regain access when you upgrade to the latest carrier update. Read more about it here.

We apologize for the error in our part, our source has apologized for it as well. We will be covering more leaks as they come out and will double check them before posting.
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Just a rumor that the "source" has now retracted

And as most of us know, carrier updates (so far) have had zero effect on jailbroken status
 
I remember that. It was said to be from an Apple employee. The mysterious insider talked about how employees aren't going to upgrade to the iPhone 4 due to crazy Apple tactics of monitoring all phones, etc.

This source said it was going to happen with 4.0 but as we know it didn't.

Oops! I didn't see the link. That's what I was talking about. :)
 
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