How to Root the HTC One Mini 2
While Android gives you plenty of options to customize your device by default, there’re some customization options that are only limited to rooted users. If you’ve got an HTC One Mini 2 and are interested in making it truly yours, here’s how you can root it.
Rooting is the process of gaining administrative rights on your Android device. Once we root our Android device, we can then make changes to it to customize it well beyond what it normally can do.
Once you have root access on your HTC One Mini 2, you’ll be able to:
- Remove apps that were preinstalled by your carrier/manufacturer from your device.
- Free up storage space (because of the above benefit).
- Increase battery life (apps that might have been running constantly can be removed).
- Increase performance (after removing apps that are always running, the device will be less bogged down and run smoother).
- Update to a new version of Android (by flashing a custom recovery/ROM, see the end of this procedure for more info on that).
- Tons of other customizations when you use your new found administrative rights to flash a custom ROM (again, see the end of this procedure for more info on that).
Interested? Here’s how to root your HTC One Mini 2:
I. Before You Begin
1. This’ll void the warranty of your device. We won’t be held responsible if you end-up bricking or damaging your device. Go ahead at your own risk.
2. This only works on Windows based PCs.
3. You should’ve appropriate drivers installed on your PC. If you haven’t, you can download and install the latest drivers from here.
II. Downloading Required Files
1. Download Fastboot and save it to your desktop.
2. Download TWRP Recovery and save it to your desktop.
TWRP Recovery (Download link’s available in the first post)
3. Download SuperSU .zip and save it to your desktop.
III. Rooting the HTC One Mini 2
1. Extract files from Fastboot to your desktop by right-clicking on it and selecting Extract here.
2. Enable USB debugging on your device by heading to Menu > Settings > Developer options > USB debugging.
3. Plug in your device to your PC using the USB cable.
4. Copy SuperSU .zip from your desktop over to the root of your SD card.
5. Launch a Command Prompt Window on your desktop by holding down Shift and right-clicking on any blank area and selecting Open command window here.
6. Type in following command into the Command Prompt Window:
adb reboot bootloader
7. Your device should reboot into bootloader mode.
8. Navigate to Fastboot using Volume buttons and select it with the Power button.
9. Then, issue the following command replacing recovery.img with the actual name of the TWRP Recovery image you have downloaded:
fastboot boot recovery.img
10. Your device should reboot into TWRP Recovery.
11. Select Install.
12. Choose SuperSU .zip you copied earlier to be flashed on your device.
13. Tap on Swipe to Confirm Flash.
14. It’ll begin flashing the selected .zip file on your device.
15. When the flashing’s done, reboot your device by selecting Reboot followed by System.
16. Your device should reboot.
17. You’re all set!
Excellent! Your HTC One Mini 2 is now rooted and you can confirm it by installing the Root Checker app from Google Play. Cheers!
You can click here to find all of the HTC One Mini 2 How To’s.
You can also find all of the HTC One Mini 2 ROMs we have here.
The HTC One Mini 2 is a solid smartphone and provides a strong option for those seeking a high-end device closer in size to the iPhone 5S than the current fleet of Android flagships.
Yes, it indeed is.
Thanks!
Hi. I made it to the recovery image part then it just put a bunch of code and doesnt restart with the recovery image. Any idea? thanks
Thank you so much!!!!
When my phone runs out of battery, I’m forced to reboot it with my PC. Does anyone have the same issue?
How to solve the step9 “FAILED?
Hi Eric,
Do you have the required HTC drivers installed on your PC?
I have the same problem and I have all the necessary drivers installed. Could it have something to do with the fact that my phone has s-on and the bootloader is locked?
Did you solve it? I have the same issue.
Yes,I solved it.The reason why I had the problem then is that I had not unlocked my HTC.I hope it will be helpful for you.
I’ll try it later. thanks a lot. 🙂
c/users/shane/desktopadb server is out of date, killing
daemon started succesfully
error: device offline
got the same issue… Shane? anyone?
thx
get an updated adb from another website. I googled and found a tool
after running the first command my command prompt says
‘adb’ is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
Move the files out the fastboot folder into your desktop. I had the same problem
what if during the fastboot boot recovery.img, it says FAILED (remote: not allowed) what do i do?
after running fastboot boot recovery.img thee phone just reboots into the standard phone screen. What do i do???
Thanks Ben
Did you manage to get it work? I’ve got same problem :/
The good recovery file iiiiis : twrp-2.7.1.0-20140802-memul.img Working!!!! :)))
Thank you so much
Why this should not work on linux?
The procedure above has been written keeping a Windows PC in mind. But if you’re an advanced user and know how ADB works in Linux, you can definitely get it to work with a Linux computer.
Thanks for your comment, Justinas!
i dont know if its too late to root this phone but i jst got know frm my sister…..i downloaded the drivers and fast boot…but where can i download the TWRP Recovery thing from?…plz help