HTC has always been a niche product for esteemed consumers and something new comes for the existing users it is always been greeted with cheerful smiles.
Once you read this article, you will get new lesson to root your device. Read this to know how to root HTC Butterfly X920D and to install TWRP Recovery on it. HTC is the first Android smartphone with a Full HD display resolution at 1920×1080, the HTC Butterfly is the only handset in the market with a Full HD display, with a Super LCD3 Capacitive Touchscreen display type and 5 MP camera with a 1920 x 1080 resolution. It has a Qualcomm S4 Pro, Quad Core clocked at 1.5 GHz. The Internal Memory 16GB with 2GB RAM.
If you want to get the maximum potential from this device, you need to root it. The device has been rooted by an XDA developer named mccmjoon76. Read to enjoy the advantages from your HTC rooted device.
The rooting process allows you to obtain privileged rights known as root access in your Android’s subsystem. After you root your device, you can run specialized apps that require root-level permissions, you can perform other operation that a normal user is inaccessible. On an Android rooted smartphone, you can easily flash other device operating system or to install the new custom ROMs that are available for your device.
You can apply this tutorial only at your risk. Android.sc team will not be held liable or responsible if your Android device gets damaged while rooting your device following our guidelines. This tutorial and all information listed here are for educational and instructional purposes only.
Pre-requisites and Guidelines:
- This tutorial and all instructions listed here are can be applied only for HTC Butterfly X920D model.
- Your HTC device needs to be an unlocked bootloader. If it is not, you can follow the instructions listed on the HTC dev webpage from here to unlock its bootloader.
- Make a back-up for all your important data like SMS, Call Logs, Sync your contact with Gmail Account, and all your data like images, videos, documents. You can use those back-up methods, you think is secure, or you can use our back-up tutorials as well.
- The rooting procedure has two parts the first is to install the TWRP Recovery image, and the second one is the rooting procedure.
So, let’s begin with the first one:
How to install the TWRP Recovery on the HTC Butterfly X920D:
- Download the TWRP Recovery Installer from here and save it in your Windows PC. (Windows only)
- Now extract the downloaded archive content on your Desktop PC.
- From the extracted files, find the ‘Start Here’ file and run it by double-clicking on it to launch command prompt.
- Enter the next command to get you HTC device into bootloader mode: adb reboot bootloader
- After your smartphone is in fastboot mode, enter the next command: fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
- After the recovery image is installed, enter the next command to reboot your device: fastboot reboot
Now after TWRP recovery has been flashed, we can move onto flashing the root package.
How to Root the HTC Butterfly X920D -guide
- Download the Root package file and save it in your computer, do not extract its content
- Copy and Paste the downloaded file on to the root of your smartphones’ SD card.
- Now reboot your device into bootloader mode and there select ‘Recovery’.
- In the recovery menu select the ‘Install’ button and then select the above copied zip file.
- Confirm the installation.
- After the installation is complete, select ‘Reboot System’.
Congratulations! You have successfully learnt how to Root the HTC Butterfly X920D including the TWRP Recovery installation.
- Now after the smartphone is rooted, you’re able to install root-only apps and to flash what new custom ROM you want on your HTC Butterfly X920D smartphone.
Via XDA-Developers