How to Install TWRP 2.1 Recovery on HTC One X

If you have been playing with your HTC One X for some time, you would have noticed that you need to press the keys to select options in the recovery mode. This is no more a case because you can now install touch-based TWRP 2.1 Recovery on your HTC One X. Here’s how you can do it.

I. Before You Begin:

1. You must have unlocked bootloader of your phone.

2. You must have ADB installed on your PC. Learn how you can do so from here.

3. Close the HTC Sync app if it’s running on your PC.

II. Downloading Required Files:

1. Download the TWRP 2.1 Recovery Image from here.

2. Download the Fastboot from here.

III. Installing TWRP 2.1 Recovery on your HTC One X:

1. Extract files from the Fastboot archive and place them on your Desktop.

2. Place the Recovery Image file on the Desktop of your PC.

3. Turn OFF your HTC One X using the Power key.

4. Boot your phone into the Bootloader Mode. To do so, press and hold both the Volume DOWN and the Power key.

5. From the Bootloader menu, choose the Fastboot option.

6. Connect your phone to your PC using the USB cable.

7. Open a Command Prompt Window on your Desktop and type in the following commands:

fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-endeavoru-2.1.2.img

fastboot reboot

8. Your phone will reboot and you will see that the TWRP 2.1 Recovery has successfully been installed on your phone.

How to Root the HTC One X on AT&T (One-Click Method)

The rooting procedure for the AT&T-branded One X is slightly different from that of its unlocked GSM counterpart, but both employ a method that is easy to follow – One-Click Root.  This guide will show you how to root the AT&T One X as painlessly as possible and without HTC having a clue that you have rooted your device using a One-Click Solution.

I.  Before You Begin

1.  As always, back up your data just in case.

2.  This rooting guide is Windows based, so make sure that you are on a Windows PC (XP, Vista or 7) before proceeding.

II.  Necessary Files

1.  HTC Windows Drivers.

2.  Root file.

III.  Rooting the AT&T One X

1.  Install the HTC Drivers you downloaded above.

2.  If you have HTC Sync installed on your device, disable it or uninstall it (you can install it after the root procedure is complete).

3.  Connect your device to your PC using the microUSB cable.

4.  Enable USB Debugging on your device.  To do this, go to Settings > Developer Options and check the USB debugging tickbox.  Windows should now install the necessary drivers automatically (if you are on Windows 7).

5.  Extract onxr.zip you downloaded above to a folder on your desktop.

6.  From the extracted folder, double-click root.bat to run the tool and follow the on-screen prompts.

7.  Your device should reboot several times during the process.  Wait until the tool gives you confirmation that the procedure is successful before disconnecting your device.

Congrats!!  Your One X should now be rooted with Superuser and Busybox installed!!

All credit goes to kennethpenn and sparkym3 for making things easy for us.  If you liked their work, consider donating by clicking on their respective names or at the least say thank you on their XDA Thread.

HTC Will Pay Apple $6-$8 Per Android Phone As Part of Patent Settlement

Over the weekend, Apple and HTC announced a surprise settlement to their global patent battle, along with a 10-year licensing agreement that includes current and future patents held by both companies.

The terms of the settlement deal were not initially disclosed, but Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu reports hearing from multiple industry sources that HTC has agreed to pay Apple $6-$8 in licensing fees for each Android phone it sells. Wu estimates that could work out to be between $180-$280 million paid to Apple annually, given that HTC is expected to ship 30 million-35 million Android smartphones in 2013.

While this might sound like a lot, Wu points out in his research note that it is comparable to the $5 that HTC reportedly pays Microsoft per Android device as part of a separate patent settlement.

“We think $6-$8 seems reasonable if not a relatively small price for HTC and others to pay to be able to sell a modern smart phone with touchscreen,” Wu wrote in the note.

Apple first sued HTC for infringing on patents related to the iPhone in 2010, as part of the so-called “thermonuclear war” against Google’s Android phones and its manufacturing partners declared by Apple’s former CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs’. Apple and HTC have since battled it out in court rooms around the world, with Apple winning multiple decisions.

After the patent settlement was announced late Saturday, an HTC spokeswoman told The Wall Street Journalthat she doesn’t expect the terms of the agreement to have an “adverse material impact” on HTC’s business. Wu argues that the settlement won’t likely have any material benefit on Apple’s business either, considering that $280 million annually is pocket change for a company that generates $193 billion in sales annually.

More important than the money, Wu speculates that the terms of this agreement could be used as a “blueprint” for Apple coming to similar settlements with other Android manufacturers, including Samsung and Motorola.

SOURCE:mashable

Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean finally lands on the HTC One X

There was a time in the smartphone competition when the HTC One X reigned supreme in the market because it was the only quad-core powered smartphone available to the smartphone-buying population. This was way before other quad-core powered monsters such as the Samsung Galaxy S III became available for public consumption. This is not surprising really because after all, the HTC One X holds the distinction of being the first smartphone in the world to be powered by a quad-core processor under the hood. This dates back to late last year when the handset was still known by its codename as the HTC Edge.

The Edge moniker however did not stick and the handset went through a couple of name searches first before it finally settled for HTC One X when it was unveiled at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona back in February. During the time the handset hit the shelves in May, the handset shipped with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for its operating system but when Google unveiled Android 4.1 Jelly Bean as the latest iteration of its Android operating system a couple of months ago, HTC was one one of the first OEMs to take center stage and share details about its Jelly Bean plans for the smartphones in its portfolio.

At that time, the Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer confirmed that the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update is sure to land on the HTC One X although there was no mention of a specific date as to when exactly this is supposed to happen. If you happen to rock an HTC One X for your mobile weapon of choice, you will surely be interested to know that the manufacturer has already started the rollout of Jelly Bean to the handset today.

This much was confirmed by Jack Tong, HTC General Manager for North Asia, in a press conference today. This new firmware update ought to give the HTC One X a taste of Android’s latest and greatest in addition to bringing it up to the latest version of HTC Sense UI. In addition to that, Mr. Tong also confirmed that the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update will also land on the HTC One S although he failed to mention a specific time frame as to when we can expect the update to land on the One S.

As for the HTC One X, the handset remains as one of the more capable devices available in the smartphone market today. It relies on its QualComm MSM8960 SnapDragon chipset to power its operations while a dual-core Krait processor clocked at 1.5 GHz works in conjunction with a full gigabyte of RAM in generating the computing muscle required by the handset for its flawless performance. Storage space on the handset is pegged at 16GB while its display is a 4.7-inch SuperIPS LCD 2 panel with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels. Its camera department is just as impressive with its main 8MP shooter at its back panel coupled with a 1.3MP video call and self-portrait camera out front.

Tutorial: How To Root HTC Explorer...

Root HTC Explorer

1. Install HTC Sync on your PC

you can download it from: www.htc.com/www/help/htc-explorer/#download
(needed so computer recognises commands)


2. Unlock your phone's bootloader

- Following the steps in www.htcdev.com/bootloader

Note: HTC Explorer isn´t listed as a working device yet but it has been tested and works perfectly. Choose "all other supported models" when selecting device.


3. Add a recovery 

That will allow you to install .zip ROMs. You can access to it in the menu android phones have when booting the phone after removing-inserting the battery and pressing "volume down" and "power" buttons simultaneously. (Other phones have different button combinations).

- Download A310E Recovery.zip
- extract it in any window on your PC (ie: C:\HTC)
- run the recovery.bat with phone in fastboot mode (first option in the "3 android menu" ) and connected with usb.

Note: I edited the recovery.bat and removed any unnecessary commands so no errors occur

Done! You got the recovery installed if no errors, you can now install any compatible .zip ROM or app.


4. ROOT the device

- Place this Superuser.zip file somewhere in the microSD first.
- Go into Recovery mode ("volume down" + "power")
- install Superuser.zip with the option "install .zip from sd" from the recovery menu.

ROOTED !!
once rooted my advice is to install "link2sd". Excellent application after making a fat32 partition of your SD with programs like MiniTool partition wizard