Thread: Getting new phone: N9 or N900?
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2011-10-24 , 00:42
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You are quoting me, so I'm going to bite...

Originally Posted by Estel View Post
And, somehow "brilliant" idea by Nokians - if any component in N9 turn out to be like famous "USB port broken issue", they won't need to replace anything and listen about how user want phone repaired, not other model as replacement. They will just check (unclearable, without bricking device permanently) records of flashing kernel, and answer "warranty void!".
Well, we've discussed this a bit and I now think they are doing this for stupid overclocking, which they've previously also officially mentioned that voided the warranty. Though, as a Nokian said on Twitter, so far they do not know of any N900 that was refused to be serviced because of having been overclocking, suggesting in a way that this will still be the case for the N9.

In my home country at least, a generic "your warranty is voided because you fiddled with the kernel" wouldn't stand legally. At most, you would have to assert in a court that your fiddling didn't cause whatever problem you're having. A broken USB port doesn't need much arguing.

Dunno how it will be in some outher countries. Since the N9 is not selling in many countries either way most people probably already start with a void or hard to claim warranty. That is already more of a problem currently IMHO.

Originally Posted by Estel View Post
And yes, I'm probably biased, cause even reading about such a nonsense make me somehow sick. Don't get me wrong - I'm glad people are getting closer to jailbreak it, but, honestly, I don't see point. It's like taking generic Android phone, and rebuilding everything from scratch for years (probably), just to get something working "closely" to what N900 offers now (closely, but never at the same level!).
Not "jailbreak". My entire crusade is about finding a sanctioned way to freely use the phone -- not about finding a way to "jailbreak" it and getting into a cat and mouse game. If after this crusade we still have to resort to "jailbreaks" I think I'll be getting an iPhone.

Exactly because I also think it would be a waste to dump hours into a system that would offer no benefits. My hope is that this is still not the case.
 

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