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The Nexus One has a bootloader that can be unlocked by just sending a debug command; it's very friendly to modding. Sending that command does trip a hardware fl
by cheald 16y ago
The Nexus One has a bootloader that can be unlocked by just sending a debug command; it's very friendly to modding. Sending that command does trip a hardware flag that voids your warranty, but actually getting custom firmware onto the device is dead easy.
- nitrogen 16y agoSo reloading the original firmware doesn't reactivate the warranty?
- cheald 16y agoCorrect. Unlocking the bootloader trips a hardware flag that says "This bootloader has been unlocked", which voids the warranty. To date, nobody has been able to figure out how to un-trip that flag, though there was a brief window in which you could hack a custom ROM onto the device without unlocking it, but that was patched out with FRF91. Personally, I think that's pretty reasonable, since third-party firmwares could potentially do things to the hardware that'd cause damage, and it's silly for hardware makers to promise to fix things caused by user negligence.