How to unlock the Bootloader on both the HTC One X and HTC One S is a pretty easy process and is documented on HTCDev.com. If you want to follow along here there is a little more detail here. By unlocking your HTC One X or One S bootloader you can easily root the device to install custom ROM’s and completely take control of your device. Take note that unlocking the bootloader will cause a wipe of your personal settings and apps but will keep your images and videos in tact. The instructions to unlock your HTC One X and One S bootloaders here are Windows only.
Unlock the HTC One X and HTC One S Bootloader:
- Enable USB Debugging Mode “Settings -> Developer Options”
- Connect your HTC One X(S) to a PC via USB
- Choose “Charge Only” as your connection type
- Install the correct driver for your computer:
- HTC One X Driver Windows 32-bit (Download Link)
- HTC One X Driver Windows 64-bit (Download Link)
- Download and extract OneXRoot.zip (Download Link)
- Open up a command prompt and navigate to the folder you just unzipped
- Type “adb devices”, press enter
- Go to HTCDev.com and login (or register if haven’t)(Site Link)
- Click “Unlock Bootloader”
- Choose either “HTC One X” or “All other supported devices”
- Click “Begin Unlock Bootloader”
- Click on “yes”
- Agree with terms and click “Proceed to Unlock Directions”
- Scroll down and click “Proceed to Step 5”
- Scroll down and click “Proceed to Step 8”
- Now grab your device and hold the volume down and power button
- After about 20 seconds your HTC One should be in Bootloader mode
- Choose “Fastboot” and power button to select
- Go back to your command prompt
- Type “fastboot oem get_identifier_token”, press enter
- You should now see some random code that makes little sense
- Right click the code and select “Mark”
- now highlight code from the “<<< Now go back to HTCDev and paste that code there and click “Submit”
- You should now see “Token Submitted Successfully!”
- HTC has now sent you an attachment via email with your unlock code
- Download “Unlock_code.bin” from the email to your OneXRoot folder
- Go back to your command prompt
- Type “fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin”, press enter
- Go to your Phone and hit volume up and then power to reboot
- Your bootloader is now unlocked!
To Root the device after unlocking the bootloader please go to the second half of the following page:
https://android-advice.com/2012/how-to-root-the-htc-one-x-and-htc-one-s/