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23-08-2014 12:22 PM
23-08-2014 12:57 PM
When you buy a device it comes with a Warranty and Warranty conditions. When you buy the device you are automatically agreeing to those Warranty conditions.
So if a Manufacturer states in their Warranty that changing the Firmware or Rooting will void the Warranty, you have agreed to those terms.
That has always been my understanding but I am happy to be proved wrong.
You write an interesting post but it is certainly no guarantee that Vodafone or a Manufacturer will back down and repair a device without a Courts intervention.
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23-08-2014 01:31 PM
Hi It has been tested in law and it is the statutory warranty that matters not the one they add on. So having just asked my legal eagle again it is spot on. You may have a problem if you overclock and burn the cpu for example,but i dont think any one would try and challenge that. So its the warranty they give which you void Not the statutory warranty. Hence the this does not effect your statutory rights statement.
23-08-2014 01:49 PM
That isn't the view that either networks or manufacturers take and I suspect their legal eagles cost a lot more than yours. Usually what seems to be right isn't how the law works.
23-08-2014 02:50 PM - edited 23-08-2014 03:10 PM
They are not bigger than EU law. There view is just that a view. The law is the law.Check sale of goods act and fit for purpose. So you are saying if touch screen stops working and you are rooted the warranty is void. I can tell you for 100% that they have to replace it. If you brick trying to root then no they do not have an obligation. Alot of people should know more about the sale of goods act. There legal teams are no better than any others. If they were that good why did they lose a case not so long ago. Google it and you will see. Sorry but this info is 100% correct. Read the sale of goods act and it is there in black and white. They can not change the statute law on warranty for sale of goods act. They can there own warranty they add on but in all honesty you dont need that one. The sale of goods one is all you need. FACT
23-08-2014 03:48 PM
23-08-2014 03:52 PM
23-08-2014 04:31 PM - edited 23-08-2014 04:42 PM
I am afraid it does its called fit for purpose. A case already won on it. Unlocking and rooting will not cause your button to drop out or touch screen to not work etc. That is why HTC have worded it the way they have. MAY void
. They would lose in court. As I say case already won Google it and you shall see. Can anybody show me the so called law on contract mobile phones that your statutory rights do not apply. I will wait a nd comment then when I see that statement. Please post a link saying it does not apply.
My link that sale of goods and fit for purpose http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/article-2057937/Your-rights-mobile-phone-breaks-contract.ht...
Please lets see anything that states otherwise in the EU
23-08-2014 04:41 PM
23-08-2014 05:41 PM
Yes uk case please post were they can override EU warranty law or knock yourself out looking nothing at all I can find that will override it I am afraid. So again please post proof THANKS