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I think it’s fair for a device manufacturer to say you have voided the warranty if you load a 3rd party ROM onto the device, the device manufacturer has no control over the 3rd party software, how safe it is to run etc. If the 3rd party rom bricks the device why should the supplier pick up the bill when they haven’t approved the software that did the damage?

The point is that changing the ROM allows the user to do something that will "fuck the hardware". Presumably the stock ROM doesn't allow overclocking.

Even if changing the ROM allows me to break the hardware, just by changing the ROM I don't lose my right to have the mobile repaired under free warranty. The manufacturer has to prove I managed to break the hardware only because I changed the ROM.

By the way, if you fuck up the CPU by overclocking it I guarantee they won't notice it because they will just throw the entire motherboard away. The subcontracted company that fixes your mobile (it's almost never the manufacturer) won't spend their time doing some CSI on it.

Yep, in the EU it's definitely illegal.