[Tutorial]Root, Unlock, Recovery and flashing a Custom ROM

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Just a quick step by step tutorial to get a Custom ROM working on your One S.

Step 1: Unlock

• Go on http://www.htcdev.com and create yourself an account on HTCDEV.
• Download These Fastboot Files
• Make a new folder on your C:/ drive called fastboot.
• Extract The Zip downloaded in step 2 to the new folder
• Go Here http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader/ and select "All Other Supported Models" and "then begin unlock bootloader"
• Yes, Tick both Boxes, Proceed
• Skip up to step 8 as we have all we need for the first 7 steps
• Power off your phone by holding the power button down for 10 seconds
• Power your phone on by holding power and volume down
• Highlight Fastboot With Volume+or- then press Power
• Plug your phone into your PC and open a Command Prompt.
• (windows XP - Click Start > Run > type CMD in box then press OK
• (Windows 7 - Click Start > type CMD in search box then press Enter)
• Change directory to your folder where we put fastboot files cd c:\fastboot
• Type this into your command prompt window fastboot oem get_identifier_token
• Select & copy the text as per step 9 on the HTCDev website
• Paste your identifier token into the box at the bottom and submit
• You Will Very Shortly Receive an email from HTCDev with a link to the second part of the instructions and your "Unlock_code.bin" attached
• Download the "Unlock_code.bin" from the email and save it to the same folder that we extracted fastboot files to in step 2
• Type this into your command prompt window fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin
• The Display Will change on your phone, press Vol + to accept and power to confirm.

Thanks to bagofcrap24 for this part!

Step 2: Recovery

• Download the Android SDK
• Download the Interim CWM Touch Recovery of Paul or Official CWM of koush (HTC One S)
  (Thanks Paul/koush for the Recovery!)
  
• Place the CWM File where the fastboot.exe is (Downloaded with the SDK)
• Now open the cmd and navigate to the folder where the CWM File is located
• Now type:
  
  fastboot flash recovery name_of_the_recovery.img
  
  For Paul's:
  
  fastboot flash recovery r2-modaco-recovery-clockwork-touch-ville.img

Step 3: Root

Make sure you are on the stock kernel!

• Now root your phone with SuperSU by Chainfire, thanks a lot!
• Download SuperSU from the end of the thread
• Flash it with the Recovery:
• Power off your device and then hold the VOL DOWN + Power to boot into the Bootloader
• Navigate with VOL and Power to Recovery
• Now flash the .zip:
  
  - install zip from sdcard
  - choose zip from sdcard
  - select the CWN-SuperSU-v0.87.zip file and flash it
  - Reboot now
  

Now you are able to flash any Custom ROM.

Credits:

Paul for the Recovery: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1579584
Chainfire for SuperSU: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1538053

Video-Tutorial by Flow-Wolf (thanks buddy):

Bootloader Unlock:



Recovery Installation:



Root:



Custom ROM Installation:



If this helped you, make sure to thank me and to donate to Paul, Chainfire, koush or/and Flow Wolf!

Thanks dude

But htcdevs bootloader unlock is down atm

Really? Try again, for me the website is working.

Anyway, instead of the HTC way you could just wait for a S-OFF tool

The Site is working fine
But when u try to click "Begin unlock Bootloader" nothing happens.

I know, i should wait for a s-off tool.. but dude.. i need my root

The HTC method is good as well

Android without root is nothing..

i think the website is having problems, i have one S connected via usb with debuggins system, i open up the website and choose "All Other Supported Models" , I click begin and nothing, completely nothing happens :/

Just wait some hours

Try with internet explorer (iiik) for me it didnt work with Chrome!

Thanks for this thread showing people the way to go.

alright, just to clarify on macs use Firefox , on chrome and safari htcdev DOES NOT WORK