Any chance of non-Sony phones being officially supported in the future ?!

[peterleinchen]

So on what does this view base on?

Reading those stuff below does not sound ‘relaxed’ to me (and it is not first mentioning of this behaviour):

Claiming warranty on Xperia 10, should I reflash Android, lock the bootloader?

Well… The repair center in the Netherlands denied repair of the phone, and kindly passed the phone number for Sony if you don’t agree with the denial of the repair. Even writing emails pointing out to the EU law does not help. I even asked what the cost would be if I would like to pay for the repair (mainboard replacement) and they even denied this because when it is not within the warranty Sony does not allow then to repair the phone. So they basically say you wanted this and even if our produ…

Claiming warranty on Xperia 10, should I reflash Android, lock the bootloader?

I accidentally dropped my Xperia 10 II and the screen broke. Contractor (Sweden) says that a screen replacement would cost just over half the cost of a new phone but since I’ve unlocked the bootloader they would need to replace the motherboard and that in it self is more expensive than a new phone. They also claim that my insurance will not cover this since the fault (unlocking bootloader) was caused by me. If had not unlocked the bootloader and the phone was actually beyond repair, my insuran…

Claiming warranty on Xperia 10, should I reflash Android, lock the bootloader?

I also asked the contractor “Is it possible to replace battery without replacing motherboard on a rooted Sony phone?” (Maybe a bit unclear since I did not explicitly state that this was a hypothetical question?) Got an answer this morning (translated from Swedish by me): "Hello again. We are unfortunately not allowed to do that as an authorized Sony workshop. As the device is rooted we are in fact not allowed to handle it at all."

despite (Switzerland)

Claiming warranty on Xperia 10, should I reflash Android, lock the bootloader?

Funny, I have the opposite experience in Switzerland: I had a busted micro-USB socket on my Xperia X phone (so I couldn’t easily connect to flashtool and return it to factory state. In fact I couldn’t even charge it). Warranty-repair subcontracting company explained that they don’t give a damn what’s installed on the phone: they will always wipe the phone, flash the factory image and relock the boatloader as part of their standard repair procedure (to cover troubles which are of software orig…