everyone Tim Schofield here from Cuba
King 77 com doing a video showing you
how to unlock the bootloader on your HTC
one whether it be the sprint variant
AT&T international whatever variant it
is this will show you how to unlock the
bootloader which will then allow you to
install a custom recovery and then allow
you to root the device so this is the
first step in a multi step process to
root your device so let's go ahead and
unlock the bootloader first of all I do
want to make a note that all data is
going to be white all your apps all of
your your messages everything so make
sure you do have a backup of everything
also your internal storage is going to
be wiped all your pictures all your
music everything is going to be gone so
it'll be like it just came out of the
box of the device so keep that in mind
make sure you back everything up I just
backed up my internal storage myself so
the first step you're going to need to
do is actually click on the link in the
description of the video it's going to
take in my website I've actually
compiled a folder for you guys to make
this process even easier so what you can
do is go ahead and click on the link in
the description it will take you to my
website the articles is going to look
similar to this it would be a lot more
actually this is just temporary you'll
see a download button make sure you
click that download button it's going to
be a folder actually and that folder is
going to be called right here one
drivers underscore fast-food that is
what I've named it so that's what you're
going to need inside that folder you can
double click on it once it's done
downloading and you will see some things
you'll see drivers here and then you'll
see a fastboot folder first of all for
the drivers I what I want you to do is
go ahead and click on the top to you'll
see HTC BMP USB drivers ones X 32 for
32-bit ones x64 for 64-bit so depending
on your operating system go ahead and
install these that's all you need to do
for now if you do run into issues with
drivers in the in the future you can try
and install these drivers as well down
here at the bottom so the bottom one is
for the last-ditch effort and then the
top two you need to install before you
run through this process so make sure
you have the drivers installed on your
computer next you're going to want to
click on the other link in my article
it's going to take you to HTC dev comm
you're going to need to do is create an
account so go ahead and run through the
account process you'll see I already
have one and then log in so create an
account log in on this website once
you've done that you can actually go
ahead and press unlock bootloader right
here so press that and then hit get
started and then it's going to go ahead
and run through some steps to get the
bootloader unlocked we have we can
actually skip some of them because we've
already got some things set up but what
you're going to want to do is go ahead
and select your device right now as of
this video the HTC one is not on this
list you can go ahead and double check
and make sure it's not on there in the
future but you can go down to all other
supported models and it will work just
fine read this it says it's your
responsibility if anything goes wrong
etc etc unlocking your Buhler maybe may
be covered under warranty it may not so
might void your warranty so keep that in
mind are you sure you wish to continue
I'm going to say yes again it may void
your warranty keep that in mind you need
to go ahead and read some legal terms
and accept them and proceed to unlock
instructions so the first step is to
actually get into the bootloader
so to get into the bootloader on your
device what you can do is press and hold
the power button and then just go ahead
and hit restart and hit restart what
it's going to do is reboot and while
it's rebooting you're the want to press
and hold the volume down button so keep
that held down if for any reason you're
in a boot loop ever and you won't need
to get into the bootloader what you can
do is actually power off the device
fully and then just while powering it on
press and hold volume down on the power
but at the same time let go of the power
button but keep that volume down button
held down and it will take you to this
screen which is the bootloader so taking
a look at it you will see it does say
locked up at the top after we're done it
should say unlocked it does say ass on
this does not give us off there's no
there's no way to get us off at the
moment but it will unlock your
bootloader and allow you to root your
device so the first step you need to do
is to use volume up and down to navigate
through this through this menu and the
power button to select it so highlight
fastboot and then press the power button
to select it and then it will say
fastboot right here once you've done
that you can actually plug your device
into your computer so go ahead and grab
your micro USB cable and plug it into
your PC if any drivers need to be
installed which mine are doing right now
let them install don't start anything
until
drivers are done installing all right so
drivers have fully been installed I am
using a Windows 7 PC at the moment if
you're on Windows 8 I actually had a
little bit of trouble with drivers on
Windows 8 so um I've heard that some
people just say Windows 8 can't really
work with HTC drivers yet so you might
have to borrow a Windows 7 PC or or try
and borrow one because I couldn't get
mine to work on Windows 8 again it might
be different for you just keep that in
mind but drivers are done so what you
can do is actually scroll down and hit
proceed to step 5 we can skip that you
can also skip this process because we
already have all this stuff all ready to
go I already had that in that folder
that you downloaded so go ahead and
scroll all the way down skip all of this
stuff keep skipping keep skipping and
then you can hit proceed to step 8 down
at the bottom so proceed to step 8 what
you can do is actually minimize the
screen and go back into that folder that
you I had you download earlier and then
go ahead and double click on the
fastboot folder so double click on that
and inside you'll see 4 files go ahead
and hold the shift key on your keyboard
hold that down and right click and then
what you'll see is open command window
here you're going to want to press that
and what that's going to do is go ahead
and open your command window and point
it to that fast-food folder that we have
open behind here so we're now ready to
go and go ahead and type in some
commands all right so the first step
well the first commandment I want you to
type in is just fast boot space devices
while your phones plugged in go ahead
and hit enter what that's going to do is
bring up a bunch of letters and numbers
that's going to let us know that
fastboot our PC does recognize our
device if it says waiting for device you
might be having some issues some trouble
student troubleshooting steps are to try
a different USB port try a different
cable try reinstalling drivers you can
try and shut down your computer fully
plug your device in while the computer
is off and then power it on try that out
again you can try and completely
uninstall your drivers reinstall them
play around with drivers that's that's a
big issue if it does say waiting for
device so once you get it to recognize
your device we're ready to go ahead and
type in the actual commands so what we
can do it's actually an easy processes
go back to that HTC dev site and you'll
see type in the following command you
can just highlight it don't add the
period at the end
make sure you don't highlight that right
click and hit copy then just minimize
the screen up at the top of our command
window right click and hit edit and then
just hit paste so fast boot space om
space get underscore identifier
underscore token no period at the end go
ahead and press Enter what that's going
to do is bring a bunch of letters and
numbers I'm going to go ahead and blur
this out just in case there's any
personal information any type of
identifying information what you're
going to need to do is cut the following
message so to copy this message it's
quite easy actually what you're going to
do is you'll see where it says
identified tokens start that's we're
going to want to start the copying and
then at the end you'll want to copy
identify your token n so right click up
at the top again and go ahead and
highlight edit and hit mark once you've
done that way you're going to need to do
is go ahead and start at the left side
of this arrow that's just left of
identified tokens start and then go
ahead and click and hold and bring it
all the way down to the right side of
the last arrow on an identifier token
and make sure you don't have any spaces
to the left or to the right of it
but you're going to need to highlight
all of this go ahead and let go you can
right click up at the top again
highlight edit and hit copy so what it's
going to do is copy that entire token
into our clipboard
alright so now once we have that copied
what we're going to need to do is go
back to that HTC dev site go ahead and
open up our browser again scroll all the
way down to the bottom and you'll see my
device identify our token go ahead and
click right click and hit paste so paste
in that token that we just copied from
our command prompt so paste it in you'll
see it should say identifier tokens
start at the top identify our token end
at the bottom once you have done that
just go ahead and hit the submit button
what's going to go ahead and submit that
token it for any reason it's it fails
make sure you are signed in make sure it
didn't log you out of your account so
double check that and you should see
token submitted successfully you've been
sent an email with your unlock key as a
file attachment so it says please review
this email for further instructions and
a link to complete the bootloader
process so we're almost done we just
need to go ahead and check our
email now that we use to register our
account at HDC comm all right so I got
the email it got sent right away again
give it a little bit of time if it
doesn't send it right away be a little
bit patient with it but you'll see the
key to unlocking your HTC device hi Tim
please remember unlocking your
bootloader made a void all parts of your
warranty etc and then scroll down and
you'll see down at the bottom there's an
attachment called unlock code a pin
click download you need to download that
file it would go ahead and go into your
downloads folder and then you can go
ahead and hit click here to continue the
bootloader unlocking process so it'll
bring you through some step-by-step
instructions but what you can do now is
go into that downloads folder alright so
inside that download folder you will see
unlock underscore code dot bin mine says
a1 right there just because I already
have an unlock code to a different
device so yours one that shouldn't have
that one if it does we need to get rid
of it but we can do it actually right
click on it and hit cut because we need
to move it so hit cut and then go ahead
and just paste it into that other folder
that fastboot folder with these four
files right click and hit paste so there
we go if it does have a number after it
get rid of it so you'll see you want it
to just say unlock code dot bin so
that's what it needs to look like inside
this fastboot folder alright so what
we're going to need to do now is
actually open up that command prompt
again if you close out of it no big deal
hold shift right-click open command
window here once again or you can open
up that command window you already had
it does not matter so make sure that
unlock code that bin is there and we're
ready to go so we need to type in
another command prompt this is the one
that will essentially unlock the
bootloader now so what we need to do is
go ahead and again makes you double
check make sure that you have everything
backed up because this will wipe
everything once you have that ready to
go go back to your browser because we
can copy pasting them another one of
these codes so in the command prompt we
need to take this fastboot flash unlock
token unlock code dot bin don't have the
period at the end once again right-click
hit copy so make sure you copy this code
and we need to go ahead and minimize it
go back to that command prompt up at the
top right click highlight edit and hit
paste and paste in that unlock code so
that fastboot flash unlock token and go
ahead and press and
what it's going to do is on our device
it's going to bring up this screen again
go from the bootloader to unlock
bootloader so it says unlocking the
bootloader allows you to install custom
operating system etc etc just kind of a
warning what you need to do is press
volume up to highlight yes and then
press the power button to select it what
that's going to do is run through and
actually unlock our bootloader on our
HTC one again this is doing the factory
reset wiping of internal storage and
that should be it so it looks like it'll
unlock the bootloader and then I believe
it should just reboot our device and
that should be just about it I don't
believe there are any other steps to
this process but we will see and here we
go so it booted on up you'll see unlock
the device it does take us to that HTC
Start screen but that should be it our
device is our bootloader is now unlocked
and that's it so we're ready to install
a custom recovery and reboot our device
again we can double check and make sure
that our bootloader is unlocked so I'm
just going to restart and go into that
bootloader once again same process press
and hold volume down button again
alright so now back into the bootloader
you can unplug your device you don't
need to plugged in anymore but you will
see now up at the top let's see if I can
get it to focus it should say unlocked
there we have it so it does say unlocked
up at the top it's still s on but we are
now unlocked or bootloader is unlocked
and we're ready to go to get out of this
screen you can just press fastboot again
and then just hit reboot right here and
then press the power button and that's
it so our device should reboot again
that's it so that's only factory reset
we're ever going to need to do when
unlocking the bool or unless you're
flashing a custom ROM you might have to
but now to root your device you don't
have to worry about wiping any more data
as you can sign into accounts etc but
now you can go ahead and follow my video
on how to root the device I will link to
it in the description below also I have
a video showing how to get free hotspot
tethering on your device as well and
that's it so your boob loader is now
unlocked on your device you can go ahead
and route it I'm very excited to get
that video up and this video up as well
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also want to make one more quick note if
you ever did want to real accurate or
for whatever reason what you can do is
go back to this folder right click hold
shift and hit open command window here
and then put your phone into the
bootloader plug it into your PC and type
fastboot space OAM space lock and that's
it and press ENTER and that will go
ahead and lock your bootloader again so
want to make a quick note