<story><title>Motorola&apos;s legal terms claim to strip owners of their right to sell their device</title><url>https://en-us.support.motorola.com/app/standalone/bootloader/unlock-your-device-a</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>Benjamin_Dobell</author><text>The no sale requirements in the &amp;quot;contract&amp;quot; is interesting. However, is the following actually legal in the US?&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; &lt;i&gt;You have only yourself to blame. Once you get the unlock code, your device is no longer covered by the Motorola warranty; in other words, please don&amp;#x27;t blame us if things go wrong, even if they appear unrelated to unlocking the bootloader.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;In Australia they can revoke the &amp;quot;Motorola warranty&amp;quot; all they want. However, &lt;i&gt;everything sold&lt;/i&gt; comes with a warranty that can&amp;#x27;t be revoked which entitles you to repair, replacement or refund for a reasonable time frame (yes it&amp;#x27;s intentionally open ended). You have to be using the item as intended, but if the company lets you unlock the device, then that&amp;#x27;s an intended use case. Even if you do &amp;quot;unlock a device&amp;quot; against a company&amp;#x27;s wishes, you&amp;#x27;re able to make warranty claims against the individual parts which are being used as intended. The company would have to demonstrate your tampering was responsible for the damage.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m aware the US does not have these same consumer rights, but can a company revoke a warranty?</text></comment>
<story><title>Motorola&apos;s legal terms claim to strip owners of their right to sell their device</title><url>https://en-us.support.motorola.com/app/standalone/bootloader/unlock-your-device-a</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>dns_snek</author><text>&amp;gt; And now a word from our lawyers. Finally, in order to unlock your device, you need to agree to important legal terms[1], which can be found on the next page. Agreeing creates a binding legal agreement, so be sure to read them carefully.&lt;p&gt;From linked terms:&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Devices that have been unlocked are for your personal use only. Once you unlock the device, you can only use it for our personal use, and may not sell or otherwise transfer the device.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en-us.support.motorola.com&amp;#x2F;ci&amp;#x2F;fattach&amp;#x2F;get&amp;#x2F;741421&amp;#x2F;1385047216&amp;#x2F;redirect&amp;#x2F;1&amp;#x2F;filename&amp;#x2F;Boot_revised.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en-us.support.motorola.com&amp;#x2F;ci&amp;#x2F;fattach&amp;#x2F;get&amp;#x2F;741421&amp;#x2F;138...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;edit: Thank you to Louis Rossmann for bringing this to our attention: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=U2k9D81fbpA&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=U2k9D81fbpA&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>