Having said that, I completely agree that if you want a truly open phone, you can't expect a warranty as well, that would be having your cake and eating it. Wh

Having said that, I completely agree that if you want a truly open phone, you can't expect a warranty as well, that would be having your cake and eating it. Why not? I can order a server from Dell/HP/Lenovo with or without an OS and it's fully warrantied. The TSR won't say, "you installed OpenBSD and now one of your RAM chips is defective? Tough luck!" Exactly what is in the software that a wipe and restore won't be able to rule out a software problem?