Updating your firmware on Vodafone can potentially void your warranty
If you want to upset several of your account holders the best way to do it is to hold them back from something that people on other services can freely have. There are of course two sides of every story, this instance is no different.
Android in many carriers eyes is a cash cow. Users are standing in line to purchase the new handsets because of the new flashy operating system. The problem is that with the growth of the mobile market carriers are having a hard time keeping up with the massive growth in required resources. To help manage this carriers typically have their own “approved” versions of firmware for each device on their network. By doing so they can limit the impact an open firmware might have on their network. Wrong or right they have every legal right to do this. Sure, you might have to wait out a firmware update but this is the price you pay for a locked phone.
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Samsung Galaxy S official firmware update can void your Vodafone warrantyRead more at www.unwiredview.com
Being a Vodafone customer sometimes sucks. After delaying the Android 2.2 Froyo update for the HTC Desire (the update should finally arrive today), Vodafone UK is now doing another thing that upsets some users.
Talking about a recent Galaxy S firmware update, the carrier says, on its official forum, that “any firmware that hasn’t been released by us does invalidate the warranty directly with Vodafone.”
