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Hey Xda Members,This Is A detailed Tutorial On How To RootYour HTC Pico. I Know There Is A TutorialBy Jaggyjaggs But Many of Pico Users find itdifficult to root there htc pico by thistutorial . So I am Trying to make things easyfor Newbies

Rooting Your HTC Pico RequiresThree Steps:

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WHAT IS A BOOTLOADER?The bootloader performs basic hardware initialization,verifies the integrity of the operating system, starts theoperating system, and provides a method to updatedevice software. This validation is important to verifythat the software loaded on the device will not damagesensitive components (radios, processors, etc.) or violateregulatory or carrier requirements. Google provides abase bootloader as part of the Android operatingsystem, and most device manufacturers optimize this fortheir specific devices.

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WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO UNLOCK THE BOOTLOADER?Unlocking the bootloader is the first step towardsgaining root privileges. Some developers and enthusiastsunlock and root in order to experiment with applicationsor with custom builds of Android. Needless to say, youshould not attempt to unlock the bootloader unless youknow what you are doing.

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WHAT IS ROOTING?Rooting is when the user has gained root oradministrative privileges on the device. In general, thisgives users access to make modifications that would notnormally be possible. With such privileges comes bothrisk and additional capability-best left to the verytechnically savvy. With rooting, you could make changesto the device that may permanently damage it or renderit inoperable.

1. Unlocking The Bootloader2. Flashing A Custom Recovery.3. Installing SuperuserApp(Getting Root Previllage)

Now You MUst Know Certain Things BeforeRooting Your Device:

Follow This Tutorial At Your OwnRisks . I Am Not Responsible ForAny damage To Your Device :P But

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I say If You Follow The StepsCorrectly Then There Will Be NoDamage To Your Device

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Unlocking The Bootloader

In Order To Root Your Pico You Must UnlockThe Bootloader.

Now Goto This Linkhttps://www.htcdev.com/register/And Register Yourself At HTCDevThis Is The Website:

This Is The Registration Page:

Now You Must Register Yourself With A Working MailID,Because They Are Going To Send You an Email withUnlock_code, with Which You Will Unlock Your Bootloader .

After Registering Yourself login as a user And Goto This Linkhttp://www.htcdev.com/bootloader/

Select All Other supported Models In The Devices List As ShownBelow

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And Select Begin Unlock Bootloader

Then There Will be some conditions pop-up and you will haveto accept them Dont Forget To Say Yes To The Most Important one that youwill lose your warranty

Now Before You Begin UnlockingYour Bootloader You Must HaveThese Required Resources :1. Google Android SDK Zip :http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html2. Java Runtime Environment: JRE 32-Bit:http://filehippo.com/download_jre_32/JRE 64-Bit:http://filehippo.com/download_jre_64/3. Htc Sync(Windows Only):http://www.htc.com/www/help/

After Installing The RequiredComponents Follow The StepsBelow Follow The Steps Written In The Image They Are Pretty mucheasy to understand :P

After Doing The First Four StepsYou Will Now Skip The ThreeSteps On The Next Page And

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fastboot oem get_identifier_token

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<<<< Identifier Token Start >>>>

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<<<<< Identifier Token End >>>>>

Goto Step 8 Now You Will Navigate To Diectory As Shown In The ImageBelow:

Now Hold Shift+Mouse RightClick And Select Open commandWindow Here.Now Type This In The Cmd:

Now You Will See This In The Command Window:

Now You Have To Copy The Token :When copying The Token Start With :

And End With This Line:

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You Should Copy The Token Like This :

Now Copy Your Token And Paste The Token As Shown In TheImage Below:

Now As You Submit Your Token You Will Get A email With Alink To Follow The Instructions and An Attached FileUnlock_Code.txt. Download The Unlock Code And Paste It InTHe Directory As Shown Below:

Now Head Over To The Next Step Flashing A Recovery

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fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin

Flashing A Recovery

Now Navigate To This Directory:

Now Execute The Following Command in Cmd Open CmdWith Shift+Right Click)

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Now You Will See The Following Screen On Your Mobile:Select Yes Using The Volume Keys

Now,On Selecting Yes Your Phone Will RebootPull The Battery And Reboot Into Bootloader By Pressing thePower button+Volume Down.Select Fastboot And Make Sure Your Device Is Connected ToPc. It Should Show Fastboot USB

Flashing A Recovery:We Have Three RecoveriesWorking on Pico:1. CWM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/atta...4&d=13298431002.TWRP:http://www.mediafire.com/download/a1...7/recovery.img3. Philz Recovery:http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2265055

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fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

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fastboot reboot-bootloader

Download The RecoveryYou Want And Rename itto recovery.img.Copy-Paste It In The Directory Given Below:

Now Open The Cmd In This Directory And Type The FollowingCode :

And Then Type:

Your Device Will Boot Into Bootloader.Now Select Recovery And Your Device Will Boot Into Recovery

Now Select Reboot(System) In Recovery As We Now Need ToCopy Some Files To Root Your Device

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Installing Superuser App

Now You Have To Root Your Device:

Download This File:http://forum.xda-developers.com/atta...0&d=1325076959

Copy This File In Your Sdcard.

Reboot Into Recovery And Goto Install. Browse To The File YouPasted In Your Sdcard(Superuser.zip)

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Swipe to confirm flashing the file. Then, “Reboot system”.

Now You Have Succesfully Rooted Your Phone

If you ran into any troubles, please notify in the thread.

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Nice job, even though the images are kanged :p

My phone's screenguard is still chipped above the HTC logo Gotta change that.Meanwhile, nice job (But, I still feel that most of theinstructions are just kanged and made windows like from thistutorial here)Also, to help the OP, here are some useful links. Java Runtime Environment is enough for unlocking bootloaderand stuff. One can download their respective versions from thelinks below: (Credits to FileHippo for servers)

JRE 32-Bit: http://filehippo.com/download_jre_32/JRE 64-Bit: http://filehippo.com/download_jre_64/

Also, consider reversing back to Yannou90's recovery as someusers had problems flashing SuperUser.zip in TWRP 2.4.1

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10th June 2013, 01:10 PM | #6

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Quote:Originally Posted by vineethraj49

My phone's screenguard is still chipped above the HTClogo Gotta change that.Meanwhile, nice job (But, I still feel that most of theinstructions are just kanged and made windows like fromthis tutorial here)Also, to help the OP, here are some useful links. Java Runtime Environment is enough for unlockingbootloader and stuff. One can download their respectiveversions from the links below: (Credits to FileHippo forservers)

JRE 32-Bit: http://filehippo.com/download_jre_32/JRE 64-Bit: http://filehippo.com/download_jre_64/

Also, consider reversing back to Yannou90's recovery assome users had problems flashing SuperUser.zip in TWRP2.4.1

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Yeah I just followed that tutorial and used some images from it.... And thanks for the java runtime environment thing :thumbup:I will update the post...

Ps: I just used your format of writing the tutorial ....

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Hi guys plz. help. When i am in fastboot mode my pc saysdevice not recognised and in command prompt there is"waiting for device" only......i downloaded all the required files correctly

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10th July 2013, 06:48 PM | #8

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Quote:Originally Posted by HarshilYadav

Hi guys plz. help. When i am in fastboot mode my pc saysdevice not recognised and in command prompt there is"waiting for device" only......i downloaded all the required files correctly

Did you install HTC Sync?

The HTC Drivers for the phone are installed along with HTCSync, So,... it is recommended that you install it first.

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19th July 2013, 03:19 AM | #9

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Hi i try to unlock bootloader n htc explorer...i did all theinstructions as per htcdev....but finally at the tim of getting code

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