Bought 2nd hand HTC One, is it rooted?

[jamietb]

Hi there,
I just got a second hand Black HTC One which was on a Telstra plan in Australia. (came from iPhone so new to Android)
On trying to upgrade from 4.2 when the phone was restarted I ended up on a Team Win Recovery Project screen and the only way I could get out of that was to select the reset option. I also found SuperSU application on the phone. Is this phone rooted? Is it flashed? Am I risking bricking the unit by trying to upgrade it?

I have spent a lot of time on Google and it seems my options are to either find a RUU from Telstra to go back to Telstra stock model or find a way to install a 4.4 version on a rooted phone. I have already wiped it a few times today mucking around so I'd rather sort it out ASAP and then be able to use it without constantly losing all my data.

Also a few of the Youtube clips were a little outdated and the links didn't work in the comments.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! I'm not an expert at rooting, but I know that you can install an app like Root Checker to see if the device is in fact rooted.

 

[jamietb]

Thanks for that, it has root access according to that app.
What is my best move if I want to upgrade to KitKat?

 

[benny3]

Hi there,
I just got a second hand Black HTC One which was on a Telstra plan in Australia. (came from iPhone so new to Android)
On trying to upgrade from 4.2 when the phone was restarted I ended up on a Team Win Recovery Project screen and the only way I could get out of that was to select the reset option. I also found SuperSU application on the phone. Is this phone rooted? Is it flashed? Am I risking bricking the unit by trying to upgrade it?

I have spent a lot of time on Google and it seems my options are to either find a RUU from Telstra to go back to Telstra stock model or find a way to install a 4.4 version on a rooted phone. I have already wiped it a few times today mucking around so I'd rather sort it out ASAP and then be able to use it without constantly losing all my data.

Also a few of the Youtube clips were a little outdated and the links didn't work in the comments.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

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You can not take the OTA with a custom recovery. you can use the FUU to upgrade the firmware and go from there