Out of the loop on rooting, any additional steps needed after HTC DEV Unlock?

[Cyber Akuma]

I am not looking to install a custom rom or anything like that (yet), I just want to have root access for the purposes of backing up all of my data.

Would I be able to get root access on the stock rom that the phone comes flashed with after I performed the HTC Dev unlock? Or would I still need to flash a custom rom after using HTC Dev to root it?

 

[NEXUS_HTC_PS]

Flashing a custom recovery will do it. No need to ROM

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[mfreeland]

I am not looking to install a custom rom or anything like that (yet), I just want to have root access for the purposes of backing up all of my data.

Would I be able to get root access on the stock rom that the phone comes flashed with after I performed the HTC Dev unlock? Or would I still need to flash a custom rom after using HTC Dev to root it?

Why do you need to root to back up all of your data?

 

[Stevenmc8602]

Why do you need to root to back up all of your data?

probably talking about using something like titanium backup which requires root access