I think I would just say "Nokia may refuse to support such configurations"
as when I think of warranty I really think of hardware and not software,
whereas support covers both. Some clarifying will likely be needed however
you say it, though.
--Paul
P.S. Just realized your e-mail address. Now I feel special ;)
On 2/2/07, Eero Tamminen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi,
ext Paul Klapperich wrote:
> It shouldn't void the warranty because it doesn't physically/permanently
> damage the device. I can reflash to factory conditions and it works as
> advertised again. I could see Nokia refusing to help (ie phone support)
> if I've customized the software too much, but I would also expect them
> to point me to the Windows flasher "upgrade" utility and tell me to
> update and see if the issue goes away. It's like Palm telling everyone
> to do a Hard Reset over the phone, but they'll still replace a unit for
> free if the Wifi radio is bad.
Thanks, that sounds right. :-)
Sorry about giving a scare, English (lawyerese) is not my native tongue.
What's the correct term that I should have used instead of "void" for
the kind of a warranty limitation I was thinking about below?
- Eero
>
> --Paul
>
> On 2/2/07, *Eero Tamminen* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Some more private thoughts, please take them with a ton of salt...
>
> ext Scott G Kelly wrote:
> > Eero Tamminen wrote:
> > <trimmed...>
> >> If you accidentally remove something you would still need (which
> is not
> >> in the Maemo repositories), you will need to reflash the device
to
> >> get it back though. And I guess removing or adding packages
voids
> >> your warrantly (because those configurations are not tested).
> >
> > Huh? Removing or adding software _voids your warranty_?
>
> I'm definitely not a lawyer and don't know anything about this, but
> doesn't warranty mean that the device works about as advertised?
>
> If you remove software from it, it doesn't anymore work as
advertised.
> If you've e.g. yourself removed all functionality for playing music,
> you wouldn't be legally entitled to be compensated that the device
> cannot play music anymore, right?
>
> Sounds common sense to me. :-)
>
>
> > Am I naive, or does this surprise (or shock) others as well?
>
> Also, the application installer states following:
> If the software is not obtained from Nokia, Nokia is unable to
> guarantee that the software will not harm your device and
> installation will be at your own risk. Continue anyway?
>
> I think that in theory some software (or absense of it) is able
either
> to harm even your device HW or work against legal regulations in
some
> very exceptional circumstances. So depending on what you do there
> might
> be some contention about the warranty in this case too.
>
>
> What wikipedia has to say about warranty:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warranty
>
>
> - Eero
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