Rooting the One

[KateTheAwesome]

Has anybody here rooted their HTC One and can say a little more about how it works, what troubles you had, what changed for you etc.

I didn't really find a lot of resources about rooting the HTC One so far. Understandable as it's rather new

(I don't have the phone yet btw, I'm just asking out of curiocity because I'd like to root mine)
Thanks in advance xx

 

[maerlim]

There are several threads at XDA for rooting the phone. The general steps are to register at htcdev.com, download the fastboot files, unlock your bootloader (THIS WILL PERFORM A FACTORY RESET), then flash a custom recovery via fastboot command, then root the phone via custom recovery.

[Tutorial] Root, Unlock, Recovery and flashing a Custom ROM - xda-developers
[TOOL] HTC One (M7) All-In-One Toolkit V1.0 [3-9-2013] [PERM ROOT][Noob-Proof] - xda-developers

 

[smooth3006]

yeah but im curious if the bootloader can be unlocked on the at&t variant upon release?

 

[maerlim]

Well as soon as somebody gets one we'll find out. But I'm guessing it'll be unlocked one way or another.

 

[KateTheAwesome]

There are several threads at XDA for rooting the phone. The general steps are to register at htcdev.com, download the fastboot files, unlock your bootloader (THIS WILL PERFORM A FACTORY RESET), then flash a custom recovery via fastboot command, then root the phone via custom recovery.

That sounds rather final. Will that void the guarantee?

Sent from my Nexus 7

 

[maerlim]

In general, rooting voids your warranty. There are exceptions. And there are usually ways to go back to stock before you send it in for warranty.

 

[KateTheAwesome]

In general, rooting voids your warranty. There are exceptions. And there are usually ways to go back to stock before you send it in for warranty.

Ah okay. Well the Nexus 7 rooting process seemed so streamlined and straight forward that I thought Google would actually officially support this But thanks.

 

[maerlim]

Ah okay. Well the Nexus 7 rooting process seemed so streamlined and straight forward that I thought Google would actually officially support this But thanks.

The HTC One is supported by HTC, not Google. There's a big difference between a Nexus phone and everything else.