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Free Software Foundation Europe

Good news!! Feel free to flash / root your device📱 if you live in the EU. It won't void its 2-year warranty!
Control your phone, extend its lifespan & choose your software freely.
fsfe.org/news/2023/news-202308

@fsfe wait a minute…
Does it mean that Apple cannot either void the warranty of a jailbroken iPhone? 😋

@fsfe Now we need to stop banks from insisting that their dodgy apps can only be secure on a non-rooted phone.
(personally, I found it much more secure to do banking using a desktop machine which required me to also have access to a PIN for a second device to login rather than needing nothing but a mobile phone and four digits).

@hembrow @fsfe

I too only use my desktop for banking. That said, I have a mobile phone running LineageOS, with a password that's eight digits long (with letters, numbers, and punctuation). Regardless, I still just use the desktop for banking stuff.

@hembrow @fsfe This, please! And Netflix too. Apps shouldn't refuse to run on the OS I chose to install.

@fsfe please use alt-text or image description to make your post more inclusive.

Tough one on this image.

'Black android logo in winch with red background'?

@aberl @fsfe

@paulschoe @fsfe think that would be better than nothing because it would at least hint that there is no important information in the image

@fsfe

This makes the legality of such acts unclear. So, you can root your phone, but if you wish to keep the warranty intact without any problems, then reverse the root to the stock operating system and check if everything was undone. If the stock OS functions as it should, then you do not have an issue.

Some manufacturers, like Samsung, will permanently disable certain features when you unlock the device, even if you restore the device to stock.

@fsfe I really wanted to boost this, but it has media without alt text.

@fsfe just another thing to add to the list of downsides to Brexit.

@fsfe
> There are currently no instances of litigated cases about warranty issues when rooting, flashing, or jailbreaking smartphones in Europe, nor has there been a rule or provision on this issue. This makes the legality of such acts unclear. So, you can root your phone, but if you wish to keep the warranty intact without any problems, then reverse the root to the stock operating system and check if everything was undone. If the stock OS functions as it should, then you do not have an issue.

@fsfe The argument about the lifespan of the device does not make sense to me. Devices these days do get updates during the warranty period. If you want extended support, you no longer have warranty anyway.

@fsfe ofcourse except of samsung, huawei and apple, yeah