HTC Droid DNA smartphone is yet to launch fully and the rooting workaround is already here as in the due course of this article we will be checking out on how to root your device with the help of a simple tutorial. If you are not aware of the device or is planning to buy this phone, then this device comes with the Full HD 5” inched 1080p Super LCD 3 Display and also not to forget this firmware also comes with 2GB RAM, 1.5GHz Processor and also it comes with an 8MP camera with 2.1 MP front camera. Over a period of this article we will also help you to not just root but also we will help you to install the custom Recovery image.
Once the device is rooted, you can then install many custom ROM firmwares which we will be coming up in the coming days.
It’s always recommended to create a backup of all the data with the help of below mentioned steps so as to make sure that just in case if the data gets lost or corrupted, the same can be restored with the help of below mentioned steps.
SMS – Use “ SMS Backup & Restore app”,
Contacts – Sync with the Gmail application,
Call Log - Call Log and Restore
Images, Songs, Videos, Files – Copy to internal / External SD Card,
APN and MMS Settings – Note down from the path “Applications > Settings > Wireless and Network > Mobile Networks > Access Point Names”
Make sure that the phone has a minimum of 30% so as to make sure that device doesn’t get turned off in the middle of rooting process. From the path “Settings > Applications > Development > USB debugging”, enable the USB Debugging
Disclaimer: We should not be held responsible for any damage happened to your device in the process of following the instructions mentioned in this article. It is very unlikely that there will be any issues to the device as we are committed to help you out with the same.
So assuming that you have followed all the above mentioned steps, you can now head over to the next step where we have summed up a detailed tutorial on how to root and install the custom Recovery image.
Procedure to Root HTC Droid DNA on Jellybean 4.1 Firmware:
- Assuming that the ADB is installed in your computer, you now need to connect your HTC Droid DNA Smartphone to the computer with Original USB cable and then head over to the HTC Bootloader Unlock Page where you need to follow all the on screen instructions for getting the code. Place the Superuser zip package in your device.
- Now, you will need to Download the Clock Work Mod recovery image in your computer along with SU & Busy Box Package in your computer. Extract the Clock Work Mod recovery zip to get “DNA.CWR.6.Large.Font.img”. Place the cwm recovery image file in the “platform-tools” or in the “tools” folder or in the “tools” folder.
- Open command prompt in your computer to enter the below mentioned command,
fastboot flash recovery DNA.CWR.6.Large.Font.img
- Now, you will have to reboot your device by entering the below mentioned command. In command prompt you will have to enter the below mentioned command,
fastboot reboot-bootloader
- Now, boot the device in the Clock Work Mod recovery mode and then select the option of “install zip from sd card” and “choose zip from sd card” to select the SU_Busybox_Package.zip file. Once the rooting process os completed, you will now need to select “reboot system now” for rebooting the device.
To check on whether the firmware is rooted or not, you will have to check the same from the application called “Root Checker”. Download the Root Checker app from the Google PLAY Store and check with the same.
Do let us know in the comments section just in case if the device doesn’t get rooted as we will try to address the same at the earliest. Congratulations, you have now successfully rooted your HTC Droid DNA device.
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