HTC Desire 825, is it rootable?

[zemauk]

Hello,

I have the device HTC Desire 825 with the pre-installed 6.0.1. I have tried loads to root my device, I have tried all the one-click root ways from Kingo etc but they all fail.
I tried to find a way to flash the device but on the list of devices, the HTC Desire 825 is not on the list. Not sure if there is a way to root it or not, I done it before on previous devices but never been stuck like this. If someone knows a way, please tell me how, it would be much appreciated

Thank you,

 

[Boonsaq]

Hello,

I have the device HTC Desire 825 with the pre-installed 6.0.1. I have tried loads to root my device, I have tried all the one-click root ways from Kingo etc but they all fail.
I tried to find a way to flash the device but on the list of devices, the HTC Desire 825 is not on the list. Not sure if there is a way to root it or not, I done it before on previous devices but never been stuck like this. If someone knows a way, please tell me how, it would be much appreciated

Thank you,

Why not you try goes to HTC dev..might be they knew it much better..I mean rooting your devuces

 

[brunkonjaa]

HTC dev - all other devices.
Twrp found in a discussion here in one of the threads.
Latest Superuser Beta zip or img.

 

[Xxshark888xX]

HTC dev - all other devices.
Twrp found in a discussion here in one of the threads.
Latest Superuser Beta zip or img.

And how I can install TWRP to use for root my device?

 

[brunkonjaa]

And how I can install TWRP to use for root my device?

Go to HTC dev site. Register. Log in. Look for "unlock bootloader" option. Click on it. Follow instructions. Great, you have now unlocked your bootloader !

Now, in order to unlock bootloader you had to download HTC fastbooot . Open the folder where that HTC fast boot has been extracted.....

Now, previously downloaded Superuser and Twrp files......
Place them in that folder where you extracted your HTC fastboot files.

Right click on empty space anywhere inside that folder while holding "shift", and you will get an option to "open cmd window here". Click on it. Type "adb devices". Your phone should show as some numbers followed by the word device ( "1234567 device").
Your device should be recognized and you can continue to the next step. If it isn’t recognised then you should re-install all the USB Drivers for your device.

Next, enter the following command line in CMD in order to flash the TWRP Recovery files:?*fastboot flash recovery "name of downloaded recovery".img.

When the TWRP Recovery file is successfully installed, CMD will display a confirmation message. Disconnect the device from computer now.Use the Volume buttons to select ‘HBOOT’ option on your smartphone and select it by pressing Power. Test to see if the RECOVERY mode works by selecting the ‘RECOVERY’ option. Your phone should boot into TWRP Recovery mode now and this means that the install has been successfully completed.

To install Superuser, repeat above steps BUT instead of typing "Twrp xxxxxx.img" type "name of superuser file". Once you have confirmation of the file being sent, disconnect from PC, enter recovery, choose install, and click on the superuser file.

Little tip: I spent hours trying to send both Twrp and superuser files to the phone with all kinds error messages showing inside cmd screen. File too big, can't read file, destination unreachable...... then I found simple solution:

Inside the fastboot folder I created new empty folder.
I copy/pasted Twrp and superuser files inside of it.
Opened cmd folder inside of that new folder and tried sending files again, one at the time. It worked flawlessly straight away.

Little tip 2: if you have trouble writing the names of your Twrp and superuser files in your cmd window, you can do the following:
Type "fastboot flash recovery", press space bar once, now left click on the required file in you fastboot folder (Twrp or superuser) and drag it across into your cmd window.

If you need anything else, feel free to ask. When dealing with this kind of fiddling with your device, no question is stupid or irrelevant.

 

[Xxshark888xX]

Go to HTC dev site. Register. Log in. Look for "unlock bootloader" option. Click on it. Follow instructions. Great, you have now unlocked your bootloader !

Now, in order to unlock bootloader you had to download HTC fastbooot . Open the folder where that HTC fast boot has been extracted.....

Now, previously downloaded Superuser and Twrp files......
Place them in that folder where you extracted your HTC fastboot files.

Right click on empty space anywhere inside that folder while holding "shift", and you will get an option to "open cmd window here". Click on it. Type "adb devices". Your phone should show as some numbers followed by the word device ( "1234567 device").
Your device should be recognized and you can continue to the next step. If it isn’t recognised then you should re-install all the USB Drivers for your device.

Next, enter the following command line in CMD in order to flash the TWRP Recovery files:?*fastboot flash recovery "name of downloaded recovery".img.

When the TWRP Recovery file is successfully installed, CMD will display a confirmation message. Disconnect the device from computer now.Use the Volume buttons to select ‘HBOOT’ option on your smartphone and select it by pressing Power. Test to see if the RECOVERY mode works by selecting the ‘RECOVERY’ option. Your phone should boot into TWRP Recovery mode now and this means that the install has been successfully completed.

To install Superuser, repeat above steps BUT instead of typing "Twrp xxxxxx.img" type "name of superuser file". Once you have confirmation of the file being sent, disconnect from PC, enter recovery, choose install, and click on the superuser file.

Little tip: I spent hours trying to send both Twrp and superuser files to the phone with all kinds error messages showing inside cmd screen. File too big, can't read file, destination unreachable...... then I found simple solution:

Inside the fastboot folder I created new empty folder.
I copy/pasted Twrp and superuser files inside of it.
Opened cmd folder inside of that new folder and tried sending files again, one at the time. It worked flawlessly straight away.

Little tip 2: if you have trouble writing the names of your Twrp and superuser files in your cmd window, you can do the following:
Type "fastboot flash recovery", press space bar once, now left click on the required file in you fastboot folder (Twrp or superuser) and drag it across into your cmd window.

If you need anything else, feel free to ask. When dealing with this kind of fiddling with your device, no question is stupid or irrelevant.

Thanks for the help. I successful rooted my HTC Desire 825. But I have another question. I downloaded Titanium Backup to uninstall bloatware apps. the problem is that after uninstalling the apps still remain in the memory of the device, why?

 

[brunkonjaa]

Thanks for the help. I successful rooted my HTC Desire 825. But I have another question. I downloaded Titanium Backup to uninstall bloatware apps. the problem is that after uninstalling the apps still remain in the memory of the device, why?

Oh the joys of bloatware!!!!!!!
Here's what I did: after trying to remove it, and soft bricking ????, I installed xposed, lucky patched and Greenify. In this forum I am not allowed to explain how I got specific version of Greenify that works with lucky patcher patch in order to gain pro version, so I won't explain it ????.
I simply greenified most of bloatware, so it's out if the way.
I know it doesn't really answer your question but at least it allows to keep the beast at bay.

 

[Xxshark888xX]

Oh the joys of bloatware!!!!!!!
Here's what I did: after trying to remove it, and soft bricking ????, I installed xposed, lucky patched and Greenify. In this forum I am not allowed to explain how I got specific version of Greenify that works with lucky patcher patch in order to gain pro version, so I won't explain it ????.
I simply greenified most of bloatware, so it's out if the way.
I know it doesn't really answer your question but at least it allows to keep the beast at bay.

I already have Lucky Patcher. Later I will search Greenify and try to uninstall all the bloatware. Thanks again ?

 

[brunkonjaa]

I already have Lucky Patcher. Later I will search Greenify and try to uninstall all the bloatware. Thanks again ?

Unlike stock Android, manufacturer skins like TouchWiz, Sense etc. come with a plethora of pre-loaded apps that you can’t uninstall. Be careful.

 

[brunkonjaa]

I already have Lucky Patcher. Later I will search Greenify and try to uninstall all the bloatware. Thanks again ?

Hi! Did you manage to uninstall any of the bloatware?

 

[prmbasheer]

Thanks for the help. I successful rooted my HTC Desire 825. But I have another question. I downloaded Titanium Backup to uninstall bloatware apps. the problem is that after uninstalling the apps still remain in the memory of the device, why?

The uninstalled Apps will crawl back after reboot because the device is still S-ON. There are couple ways to handle this. One is to S-OFF the device using Sunshine or similar app. Method 2 is using TWRP. Use the TWRP built-in file explorer, mount system, head to where the apps are and delete the ones you wouldn't need.

 

[stenlibi]

Hello guys. Does someone have a back up of the htc 825 stock recovery.img? Maybe someone can extract the stock recovery and share it here please ?

 

[silver2004]

Hello guys. Does someone have a back up of the htc 825 stock recovery.img? Maybe someone can extract the stock recovery and share it here please ?

Hi, did you manage to find the recovery img?
I need to flash it instead of buggy twrp, searched for hours and nowhere to be found

 

[silver2004]

Ok, i've managed to find it This is the stock recovery IMG, working fine, extracted from original firmware.

https://mega.nz/#!yYd30a7A!hK7RoQjhWkG8S2nS3__B8xbnwAssN4QI59rXJyQ1y9o

Credits go to nkk71 https://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=2605798 for the great tool to exctract the firmware image,
without it i wouldn't accomplish the task.

If the link will die, PM me, i'll reupload.