Thread: How to Fix Bricked / Boot Loop Kobo eReader
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Old 10-04-2018, 06:37 AM   #22
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Originally Posted by Kiwisaurus View Post
I contacted them, and said "Would manually updating / sideloading firmware void warranty?" and they said "Yes, any modification to the firmware manually would void any active warranty."

I asked them personally, of course they would know.
If you updated to a version that Kobo never released for the device, they could see. But, if you used a firmware version that Kobo did release for the, there is no way they could tell. And if you did a factory reset before they looked at it, there is absolutely no way they could tell.
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