How to Root the HTC One X+ (AT&T)

It took a while for the developers to come up with a root method for the AT&T HTC One X+ smartphone, but they did it finally. If you’re rocking a One X+ from AT&T then you’ll be glad to know that you can now root your device and get all those root-only apps running on it. Root method’s been integrated into a simple toolkit for users’ convenience and the procedure below shows how you can use it to gain root on your device.

I. Before You Begin:

1. This will void the warranty of your device. However, you can reinstate the warranty by unrooting your device if there’s any unrooting procedure available.

2. You must have unlocked bootloader of your device. You can do so from here.

3. This flashes a custom recovery as well on your device.

II. Downloading Required Files:

1. AIO Toolkit (Download link’s given in the first post)

III. Rooting the HTC One X+ (AT&T):

1. Place the AIO Toolkit archive on your Desktop.

2. Extract files from the archive over to your Desktop.

3. Double-click on the toolkit’s executable file and it should launch.

4. Turn ON the USB debugging option on your device by heading to Menu>>Settings>>Developer options>>USB debugging.

5. Once it’s been enabled, plug in your device to your PC via USB cable.

6. Now in the toolkit, click TWRP ATT/Telus and hit Flash Recovery.

7. It’ll flash the recovery on your device.

8. Once the recovery’s been flashed, click on Perm Root and hit Run.

9. It’ll root your device.

10. And you’re all done!

Brilliant! Within just a few clicks, you’ve got a custom recovery as well as root-access on your lovely HTC One X+ (AT&T) smartphone!

IV. Flash a Custom ROM (Optional):

1. If you are ready to flash custom ROMs on your device, head to the How To Flash a Custom ROM on the HTC One X+ (AT&T) to learn how to do that.

If this procedure helped you please thank/donate to the original developers here.

If you need help with this procedure, please ask in the comments below or in the forum.

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