Unlock the bootloader of a large number of HTC terminals, is a piece of cake with the HTCdev website.
HTCdev is an online tool, which will help us in the process of releasing the bootloader of our HTC, being able to choose from a lot of compatible devices from among an increasingly bulky list.
Next I am going to guide you in the process to follow in the aforementioned web page, with the final result of downloading the necessary tool to unlocking the bootloader of the selected terminal.
The first thing we will do is enter the HTCdev website and register, once registered they will send us an email with a verification link, which we will have to click to activate our registration.
Once the registration is activated, we will re-enter the HTVdev website and we will identify ourselves using our user and passwordOnce this is done, we can start with the user guide for this website.
how to use HTCdev step by step
From the main page of htcdev, we will select the option that I have marked in black, Unlock Bootloader, we will see a screen like the one I attach below.
In this new screen we will select the option Get Started, which is inside the oval green button.
In this new screen, we will click on the arrow Select Your Device so that there will be a dropdown menu from which we can choose our HTC model.
If our model will not be found in the drop down list, this would mean that the method of htcdev it is not compatible with our terminal at the moment.
Once we have selected our terminal, we will click on the button Begin Unlock Bootloader, then it will appear to us a warning screen which warns us of the consequences of unlocking the bootloader of our HTC.
We will have to mark the two check boxes to accept the notice, and then click on the button that appears below.
In the next page, htcdev, will notify us in a box on the right, of the programs that we must have installed so that the unlocking tool that we are going to download works in a correct way.
The tools are the Android SDK, the Java Runtime Environment and HTC Sync, if you did not have them installed, you would have to install them before continuing with the process of downloading the bootloader unlocking tool.
Tools page and Bootloader download on HTCdev
Once everything is installed, we can continue with the process of downloading the unlock toolTo do this, in the new list that will appear below, we will click on the button download that best suits our previously selected terminal.
Select the download according to model in HTCdev
Select model to download tool
Once the model has been selected from the list and clicked on the download button, the file will start to download automatically, we will wait for it to finish and proceed to execute it, granting you permissions if you request them.
Once the corresponding downloaded file has been executed, a window like the following one will appear:
Now we will mark the checkbox and we will click on the button Next.
On the next screen, the program warns us that we have to connect the device via usb to the computer, it also gives us indications so that let's avoid any power outage during the unlocking process, advising us that we should not touch anything during the process, as well as that we should prevent our computer from going to sleep or in Stand By.
Before connecting our device we must check from the settings menu of the same, that we have correctly activated the option of USB debugging that is inside the menu. settings, applications, development.
Once all this is verified, we will make sure that our HTC has more than 30% battery, we will mark the checkbox of the bootloader unlocking program, and we will click on the button Next.
We will get a screen looking for the connection with the terminal, then a installation progress screen, and finally a screen that will tell us that everything has been perfect, in which we must select the option Exit.
With this already we will have unlocked the bootloader of our HTC terminal, to know if your device is one of the compatible ones, you just have to go through the website of htcdev and check it out on their extensive list of compatible devices.
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