How To Root HTC One With Locked Boot Loader

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How to root HTC One

HTC one is the smart phone of the year 2013 and company did excellently well in making the device a success and there is no doubt in that. Phone has everything which you deserve from any flagship device. It has aluminium body that gives you a premium feel in hand which Samsung’s Galaxy S series failed to give. It has one of the fastest processor of the year. Another feature which makes this device stand out is 4 Ultra Pixel camera which gives insane performance in low light conditions. There are front stereo speakers named boom speakers which give out incredible quality of sound. In the end new Sense 5 UI is just awesome.

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But there are many people who can’t use phone as it is they root, flash and do hell lot of stuff so for those people we have a simple and easy method to root their HTC One. Follow the steps below to root your HTC One:

Read this also: Ways to increase battery of your Android device after rooting.

Unlock Boot loader of your device

You need to unlock the boot loader of your device in order to root it. For that head over to HTC Dev site . It is a compulsory step.

TWRP Recovery

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Transfer recovery

Transfer TWRP to the folder where you kept ADB and fastboot then, rename TWRP extension to .img

Go to Command Prompt

Go to Command Prompt of your system by typing cmd in start Menu and go to folder where you kept the above files.

Use button combination

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Boot in fastboot with the help of power and volume down combination. Navigate to Fastboot option using Volume buttons and select with the help of power button. After all this connect your device to PC.

Flash TWRP

If you want to know which launcher is best to install after root then use this guide

In command prompt write fastboot flash recovery.img and this command will flash TWRP then restart your phone.

Flash SuperUser

Now flash SuperUser on your device with the help of recovery mode. You can download SuperUser from here. )

Last Step

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With the help of Volume down + Power button combinations enter in to Boot loader. Go to recovery option and select it. Tap on install button and select SuperUser file. After installation restart your device. Now you device is rooted. So what apps did you install first after rooting your device? You can follow this guide to see what things to do after rooting. Also if you have some personal stuff which you want to hide from other the Hide it Pro does the best job.

Warning: Rooting and flashing your device can cause damage. So all risk is on yours. We have no responsibility to any damage as you are doing all this in our complete senses.