How to Root HTC One M8

How to Root HTC One M8

HTC, fresh from making the best-looking phone of 2013, has managed to make the HTC One (M8), a phone crammed full of power and great features while improving the design that won it so many accolades.The poor naming aside, the One (M8) is a phone that takes the superb DNA of last year's device, improves it in nearly every area and then packs it full of all the latest technology and still finds space to pack in a microSD card slot

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The Prerequisites:

Before getting started, you need to get a few of the basic necessities out of the way first. Make sure you check off all of the following before moving on to the first step.

1. Make sure your phone is at least 60% charged.
2. Register for an account at HTCdev.
3. Enable USB debugging in your phone's Developer options.
4. Un-check "Fast boot" on your phone by going to Settings -> Battery Manager.
5. Install ADB and Fastboot on your computer.
6. Make sure to back up all of your app data using either ADB or HTC Sync, because you will be wiping your phone.
7. Install the HTC One M8 drivers on your computer (if you have HTC Sync installed, then you already have them).

Unfortunately, Verizon thought it best to keep you from unlocking your bootloader, so you'd have to use a different method to gain root access to your device.

How to Unlock Your Bootloader:

After you've met all of the prereqs above, it's time to unlock your bootloader. This must be done prior to rooting, as mentioned above.

Step 1: Enter Fastboot Mode

Place your device into fastboot mode by plugging in your HTC One to your computer, then powering it down by holding both the Power and Volume Down buttons until you see the screen below.

Step 2: Locate Your Identifier Token

Once the screen above appears, open up a terminal (command prompt) on your computer. To get the right Unlock Code for your HTC One, you first need to get your device's specific Identifier Token, so type the following into your terminal window, followed by the Enter/Return key.

• fastboot oem get_identifier_token

Step 3: Copy the Token

Now copy the code you get, but do not include the first (bootloader) portions.

Step 4: Log into HTCdev

Go to HTCdev and log in to your account.

Step 5: Get Your Code Emailed to You

Select Unlock Bootloader and then Get Started.

From the drop-down menu, select HTC One (M8) (or just HTC One for the older M7 model, if that's what you're unlocking), then click on Begin Unlock Bootloader.

Agree to the terms and conditions and click Proceed to Unlock. On the next page, scroll all the way down and click on Proceed to Step 5.

Now paste the identifier token you copied in Step 3 into its corresponding box near the bottom (called My Device Identifier Token) and click Submit.

Step 6: Download the Unlock Code

The Unlock Code will be emailed to you, so once you receive the email, download the attachment and place it on your Desktop.

Step 7: Initiate the Unlock Code

Back in the terminal prompt, type the following.

• fastboot flash unlocktoken Desktop/Unlock_code.bin

Change Desktop/Unlock_code.bin to the location of your code.

Step 8: Confirm on Your HTC One

Your phone will now prompt you to unlock your bootloader, so using theVolume Up button, select Yes and confirm your unlock with the Powerbutton.

Your phone will now reboot and your bootloader will be unlocked!

After the reboot, you will need to set up your device again as if it were new. After getting set up, make sure to re-enable USB debugging and plug it back into your computer.

How to Install TWRP Recovery & SuperSU

Now it's time to instill root privileges on our device, and to do that, we have to install both a custom recovery (in this case, TWRP) and SuperSU.

Step 9: Download SuperSU

Start by grabbing SuperSU from Chainfire directly on your phone, or download and place the file in your device's "Download" directory.

Step 10: Enter Fastboot Mode

Just like we did back in Step 1, place your device into fastboot mode.

Step 11: Download TWRP

Now download the appropriate TWRP recovery file for your particular wireless carrier and edition below.

• If you have an AT&T, T-Mobile, Developer, or International edition HTC One, go to this page to download the TWRP recovery.img file.
• If you have a Sprint HTC One, go to this page to download the TWRP recovery.img file.

Step 12: Flash Your Recovery

Now let's flash your downloaded TWRP file to your HTC One. Type one of the following commands into your terminal window, depending on which file you downloaded above.

For the AT&T, T-Mobile, Developer, or International editions, type:

• fastboot flash recovery Desktop/openrecovery-twrp-2.7.0.2-m8.img

For the Sprint edition, type:

• fastboot flash recovery Desktop/openrecovery-twrp-2.7.0.2-m8_whl.img

Step 13: Erase the Cache

Once you get the Success message from ADB, type fastboot erase cache to prevent any boot loops.

Step 14: Boot into Recovery

Back on your HTC One, highlight Bootloader (using your Volume keys) and hit the Power button to confirm. In bootloader mode, select Recovery and hit the Power button again to boot into recovery mode. Your device will now reboot into TWRP.

Step 15: Install SuperSU in Recovery & Reboot

Tap the Install option and select the SuperSU .zip you downloaded earlier, then swipe along the bottom bar to install.

After the install finishes, go ahead and hit Reboot System.

Congratulations, you have successfully Rooted Your HTC One M8

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