There has been a bit of confusion on whether unlocking the bootloader on the new Moto X Pure will void the phone’s warranty. The official communication on the bootloader unlocking site of Motorola says that unlocking the bootloader will void the warranty unless the phone is considered a “Developer edition” phone. At least, someone from Motorola’s customer service team has clarified the issue.
The problem lies with the fact that the Moto X 2014 Pure edition was considered a “developer edition” phone, hence the warranty was not voided when you unlocked the bootloader on it. By naming convention the 2015 Moto X Pure sounds definitely like the aforementioned 2014 handset, and so people are asking if the 2015 Moto X Pure is considered a “developer edition” phone, which will then NOT void the warranty even if the owners proceed to unlock the bootloader.
A Motorola Forums manager named Matt said that the 2015 Moto X Pure is not considered by the company as a developer edition phone, and so unlocking the bootloader will void the warranty. He also added that if a “physical material failure” happened to the phone, like a bad volume rocker or a speaker failure, the warranty may still be covered as long as there are no signs of physical abuse and that the defect is not in any way software related.
Unlocking the bootloader is one of the first steps to gaining root access and tweaking your phone to accept custom ROMs and other tweaks, hence a lot of hardcore Android users tend to need to do this on their phones. Good thing that Motorola has at least given some clarity to the issue.
SOURCE: Motorola Forums
I tried it with the Moto X Pure Edition 2015. The lady said it is unlockable. Offered no assistance. Don’t worry, won’t void your warranty because they won’t even let you try.