HTC Thunderbolt root guide

HTC tried to stop us. They made signed images, a signed kernel, and a signed recovery. They locked the memory. In short, the Thunderbolt is their most locked-down phone to date!

XDA-Developers fixed it for you. Unlike the root method we described before, following the instructions below will provide S-OFF, remove signature checks, and unlock eMMC. Enjoy!

Rooting rhe HTC Thunderbolt

Pros:
Root with read/write access to /system
Ability to downgrade and flash any RUU (i.e. signed firmware)
S-OFF
Fully unlocked bootloader
All ThunderBolts survived testing

Cons:
Voids warranty
Could brick your phone if you aren’t careful

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