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.
<br><br>--Paul<br><br>P.S. Just realized your e-mail address. Now I feel special ;)<br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/2/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Eero Tamminen</b> <<a href="mailto:eero.tamminen@nokia.com">
eero.tamminen@nokia.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hi,<br><br>ext Paul Klapperich wrote:<br>> It shouldn't void the warranty because it doesn't physically/permanently
<br>> damage the device. I can reflash to factory conditions and it works as<br>> advertised again. I could see Nokia refusing to help (ie phone support)<br>> if I've customized the software too much, but I would also expect them
<br>> to point me to the Windows flasher "upgrade" utility and tell me to<br>> update and see if the issue goes away. It's like Palm telling everyone<br>> to do a Hard Reset over the phone, but they'll still replace a unit for
<br>> free if the Wifi radio is bad.<br><br>Thanks, that sounds right. :-)<br><br>Sorry about giving a scare, English (lawyerese) is not my native tongue.<br>What's the correct term that I should have used instead of "void" for
<br>the kind of a warranty limitation I was thinking about below?<br><br><br> - Eero<br><br>><br>> --Paul<br>><br>> On 2/2/07, *Eero Tamminen* <<a href="mailto:eero.tamminen@nokia.com">eero.tamminen@nokia.com
</a><br>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:eero.tamminen@nokia.com">eero.tamminen@nokia.com</a>>> wrote:<br>><br>> Hi,<br>><br>> Some more private thoughts, please take them with a ton of salt...<br>
><br>> ext Scott G Kelly wrote:<br>> > Eero Tamminen wrote:<br>> > <trimmed...><br>> >> If you accidentally remove something you would still need (which<br>> is not
<br>> >> in the Maemo repositories), you will need to reflash the device to<br>> >> get it back though. And I guess removing or adding packages voids<br>> >> your warrantly (because those configurations are not tested).
<br>> ><br>> > Huh? Removing or adding software _voids your warranty_?<br>><br>> I'm definitely not a lawyer and don't know anything about this, but<br>> doesn't warranty mean that the device works about as advertised?
<br>><br>> If you remove software from it, it doesn't anymore work as advertised.<br>> If you've e.g. yourself removed all functionality for playing music,<br>> you wouldn't be legally entitled to be compensated that the device
<br>> cannot play music anymore, right?<br>><br>> Sounds common sense to me. :-)<br>><br>><br>> > Am I naive, or does this surprise (or shock) others as well?<br>><br>> Also, the application installer states following:
<br>> If the software is not obtained from Nokia, Nokia is unable to<br>> guarantee that the software will not harm your device and<br>> installation will be at your own risk. Continue anyway?
<br>><br>> I think that in theory some software (or absense of it) is able either<br>> to harm even your device HW or work against legal regulations in some<br>> very exceptional circumstances. So depending on what you do there
<br>> might<br>> be some contention about the warranty in this case too.<br>><br>><br>> What wikipedia has to say about warranty:<br>> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warranty">
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