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Originally Posted by ars
Rooting it may result in voiding its guarantee, won't it?
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Well ... I am not so sure.
Germany has very strong customer protecting laws, so I do not expect that when a bezel cracks, or paint starts to peel or something they can refuse warranty repair on basis of rooting the device.
When the device dies completely, I do not think they would do a forensic analysis to find out whether it was rooted or not.
The only scenario where I can see rooting voiding warranty is when you root it and then complain that the reader started to act weird.
I believe there are German speaking forums that deal with the rooting of Tolinos. I tried to follow when the first two generations were introduced and hacked / rooted.
You might try to read how difficult and irreversible the rooting is. I am pretty sure that they did also discuss the warranty problem. There must be somebody with rooted device who tried to claim warranty.
If you buy a second-hand device, it is cheaper, and one of the [many] reasons is that you do not pay warranty. I do not know what the second-hand market in Germany looks like.