While you may say that with HTC devices, you are getting your money’s worth – especially for the acclaimed HTC One M8 – there are security limitations to their devices that doesn’t allow for, err… the “creative” side of Android software – including custom ROMs, full root access and the like. The same goes for Motorola. Fortunately for us, there teams out there who do their life’s work trying to give us full value – and full access – for our money spent on these devices.
“Sunshine” is a tool from famed Android developer Justin Case, beaups, and friends which gives you more access to your HTC and Motorola device than ever. HTC has a system flag secure setting usually either marked “s-on” or “s-off”. ON is the default setting and it disallows installation of custom recoveries, custom ROMs and even modified stock firmware.
On the latest update, the developers offer “s-off” access for any HTC device and modern Motorola devices. This means that “s-off” gives full root access and the ability to install custom recovery and firmware. The catch? The developers are charging USD$25.00 for it. There’s a long-ish explanation on their website here.
So, is full root access to your HTC or Motorola device worth USD$25.00? If so, you can head over to the source link for the official thread at XDA. And be a nice kid and tell us about it if you’ve tried it.
SOURCE: XDA
There is a free method of S-Offing your HTC devices, however it is NOT guaranteed to work on all HTC Devices, specifically HTC M8’s. I have an HTC M8 and could NOT unlock it with the free method. I had to go the Sunshine method to gain S-Off. Sunshine method was easy, and fast (faster then the free method) and did cost me $25.00. I wasn’t the happiest about having to spend $25.00, however in the long run it was worth it. It’s a One time only fee, and it does go to help support the developers.
Details, please? I’ve been trying for months to get my phone rooted and S-off it but no luck. I’ve been late to the party on all of the other exploits as Verizon and HTC patched them before I could get to them.
As per the XDA post, you can follow the instructions here http://theroot.ninja/ to S-OFF your HTC One M8. These are the instructions I followed. You will be required to make an in-app purchase of $25.00 USD.
I meant the free way. Root isn’t worth 25 bucks in my opinion. lolol
Also, I’m using the HTC One M7