Has anyone tried to root the one yet

[Kevin OQuinn]

Most importantly it allows you the option to install a custom rom later it AT&T does indeed "permanently" lock the bootloader(if they haven't already). My point is it future proofs it if you want to mess with it later. My girlfriend was a bit bewildered when I hadn't even played around for 2 minutes when I had the micro sd plugged in hacking away. She said show me all the cool stuff you've been talking about. I was so paranoid that AT&T was going to render the HTC Dev tool useless it was a race against time.

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EDIT: I say "hacking" like I'm actually doing it but it's all thanks to the developers that any of this is even possible. It's really amazing....

MicroSD card?

 

[jiggyb21]

Usb cord I meant.

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[dmmarck]

so all you do is unlock the phone, you dont gain any access to remove bloatware and stuff until you install custom ROMS?

Unlocking the bootloader = ability to change images at the boot level.

 

[KineticMD]

Yes, I'm super new at this and I also wanted to root but keep blink feed and sense as it is for now.

Let me give you the rundown on some terminology that gets thrown around a lot.

"Unlocking" simply refers to removing the lock on a phone's bootloader, which is what powers the Android OS. Unlocking the bootloader is the first step in gaining root access on your phone.

"Rooting" refers altering your phone so that it lets you, the user, have administrative permissions over the deepest processes of your phone. These permissions are often termed "Superuser" permissions since they involve processes (i.e. changing the maximum and minimum speeds of your phone's CPU) that normal owners are never allowed to change or likely are even aware of. When you're rooted, you can download apps that can take advantage of these permissions so long as you allow them to do so.

A "Recovery" is kind of like an app that lets you interface with ALL of the phone's files and is where you will install new ROMs on your phone. A recovery is always installed alongside when you initially root your phone, and just about any root guide you follow will show you how to do it.

A "ROM" is the software that runs on top of the Android OS and lets your phone boot up properly. Your One, and every other phone you've had, runs on one made by HTC. These are also made by the Android development community and can be installed from the recovery in place of HTC's ROM. When you root, you do NOT have to change the phone's ROM. With the HTC One, for example, you can root it and do nothing else if you want; you won't notice a thing different. If you want to keep Sense and all its features, you can just install apps that make use of root access and you won't notice any other changes, or you could install a Sense-based ROM that keeps the Sense UI intact. However, installing a different ROM usually keeps you from receiving OTA updates from your carrier/manufacturer.


Hope this was helpful!

 

[dmmarck]

Let me give you the rundown on some terminology that gets thrown around a lot.

"Unlocking" simply refers to removing the lock on a phone's bootloader, which is what powers the Android OS. Unlocking the bootloader is the first step in gaining root access on your phone.

"Rooting" refers altering your phone so that it lets you, the user, have administrative permissions over the deepest processes of your phone. These permissions are often termed "Superuser" permissions since they involve processes (i.e. changing the maximum and minimum speeds of your phone's CPU) that normal owners are never allowed to change or likely are even aware of. When you're rooted, you can download apps that can take advantage of these permissions so long as you allow them to do so.

A "Recovery" is kind of like an app that lets you interface with ALL of the phone's files and is where you will install new ROMs on your phone. A recovery is always installed alongside when you initially root your phone, and just about any root guide you follow will show you how to do it.

A "ROM" is the software that runs on top of the Android OS and lets your phone boot up properly. Your One, and every other phone you've had, runs on one made by HTC. These are also made by the Android development community and can be installed from the recovery in place of HTC's ROM. When you root, you do NOT have to change the phone's ROM. With the HTC One, for example, you can root it and do nothing else if you want; you won't notice a thing different. If you want to keep Sense and all its features, you can just install apps that make use of root access and you won't notice any other changes, or you could install a Sense-based ROM that keeps the Sense UI intact. However, installing a different ROM usually keeps you from receiving OTA updates from your carrier/manufacturer.


Hope this was helpful!

Stock phones have recoveries too . It's simply another image that controls the relationship of other images and the hardware.

In reality, unlocking is the most powerful thing you can do. It lets you change your device at fundamental, image-based levels. Rooting is simply a binary that allows you to gain complete access and control at the "root" (lowest possible level) of your file system, including the important /system and /data partitions.

 

[placebo787]

just finished rooting mine...gonna stay on stock for a bit and wait for the roms to stable out even more...mainly wanted to freeze bloat and allow tethering at the moment

How did you manage to enable tethering after root? I haven't been able to find this information anywhere...

 

[chesalaam]

How did you manage to enable tethering after root? I haven't been able to find this information anywhere...

wifi tether from the play store....settings...device profile...generic ICS/jb WLAN 0.....enable mss clamping and routing fix....in addition I froze tethering guard in TB, although its been said that's not necessary...

 

[placebo787]

wifi tether from the play store....settings...device profile...generic ICS/jb WLAN 0.....enable mss clamping and routing fix....in addition I froze tethering guard in TB, although its been said that's not necessary...

Worked like a charm - thanks!!!