Does Jailbreaking void your warranty?

Gilbert89 · 12 Jun 2012 at 19:50

As the thread title asks If I Jailbreak my iPhone will this void my warranty? I have read many mixed opinions online is it true If I restore the iPhone Apple are not able to see If the phone has ever been jailbroken? If I were to Jailbreak im running iOS 5.1.1 would I have to downgrade etc or is this the current version which is able to be jailbroke If so could anyone give me a link to the most current one.

(Also roughly how long does it take to jailbreak?)

Could this thread me moved into Software? my mistake.

Belloni · 12 Jun 2012 at 20:18

No it doesn't.

http://greenpois0n.com/ go on that, download and install, simples.

Gilbert89 · 12 Jun 2012 at 20:38

Is their anywhere official that say's it does not void warranty?

oli356 · 12 Jun 2012 at 21:28

I dont know but I always restore before I go to apple store so I'm not jail broken as it is against their 'whatever it's called'. I would say it does void it, but restore and no trace of it.

Gilbert89 · 12 Jun 2012 at 21:46

I see, Great. Thanks for the responses.

Dark Kyon · 12 Jun 2012 at 21:47

I thought it does. If u go in the apple Store with a jail broken device, they can refuse to serve you.

HAz · 12 Jun 2012 at 23:04

I believe it does

Dark Kyon · 12 Jun 2012 at 23:44

but you can always restore and a get your warranty back ;D

eidolon · 13 Jun 2012 at 08:19

Dark Kyon said:
I thought it does. If u go in the apple Store with a jail broken device, they can refuse to serve you.

I've seen that happen. I was in there and a guy next to me had his perfectly legitimate fault dismissed because he'd jailbroken. Seems like it's a bit of a get out clause for Apple, as soon as they see Cydia they tell you that jailbreaking caused whatever problem you have.

Gilbert89 · 13 Jun 2012 at 09:09

Well I have done it for minor tweaks so hopefully will not have any problems, and I spoke to a mate he just restored and it was fine to take to Apple.

Dokinator · 13 Jun 2012 at 09:34

I am 99% sure it does as you are technically overwriting apples own firmware and if you have issues with that, it is not apples problem as you chose to install somthing else which apples support does not cover.

If this was allowed, apple would give you the option to do this which they clearly do not.

Dark Kyon · 13 Jun 2012 at 14:31

eidolon said:
I've seen that happen. I was in there and a guy next to me had his perfectly legitimate fault dismissed because he'd jailbroken. Seems like it's a bit of a get out clause for Apple, as soon as they see Cydia they tell you that jailbreaking caused whatever problem you have.

Yup, oh the power of Apple. I jailbroke my old 3G a year old and when the wifi started to play up, restored it and went to Apple. The lady couldnt see the differences but had to play a fee to get it replaced as it was out of warranty. I kindly declined

Marky · 13 Jun 2012 at 14:32

I don't think they'll work on it while it's jailbroken. But you can easily just restore your phone and then send it to them.

Jimmy1983 · 13 Jun 2012 at 16:05

Marky said:
I don't think they'll work on it while it's jailbroken. But you can easily just restore your phone and then send it to them.

This

Dark Kyon · 13 Jun 2012 at 16:26

The reason really is that, do you need to jail break?

a lot of the initial reason why people jail break is the addition "features" but with the new IOS tackling those issues, do you need to?

Marky · 13 Jun 2012 at 16:28

Dark Kyon said:
The reason really is that, do you need to jail break?

a lot of the initial reason why people jail break is the addition "features" but with the new IOS tackling those issues, do you need to?

Jailbreaking still offers more features that aren't in the current release as well as iOS 6. From the top of my head, the most popular feature that still isn't in iOS is SBSettings.

Dark Kyon · 13 Jun 2012 at 16:34

Marky said:
Jailbreaking still offers more features that aren't in the current release as well as iOS 6. From the top of my head, the most popular feature that still isn't in iOS is SBSettings.

Very true. I must admit, SBS settings is very handy. What i notices is my phone restarting randomly for no reason. :S

Marky · 13 Jun 2012 at 17:52

Dark Kyon said:
Very true. I must admit, SBS settings is very handy. What i notices is my phone restarting randomly for no reason. :S

Ooo that's a bit weird - was that since you installed SBSettings?

Amp34 · 13 Jun 2012 at 18:06

They may refuse but that may not mean they are not forced to honour it...? For example of a hardware fault occurred that could not possibly have been caused by software (such as something falling off) then future for purpose comes into it, even if apple decide it is not under warranty. Apple EULA does not override UK/EU law. I'm guessing it may get a bit trickier if there is the possibility of the software causing an issue (say overheating or batter dead) but in reality the onus would probably be on them to prove a bit of modified software caused it, especially if it was a common issue.

Any thoughts on the above?

Gilbert89 · 13 Jun 2012 at 18:16

I made a backup yesterday say in 2 months time id like to revert back will iTunes save the previous restore or could I even restore the iPhone using a backup of my jailbreak and since I wouldn't be running the jailbreak software it would restore normally?