HTC Salsa, as so many people have known, is a device that included into the middle-class of Android Phone that has a dedicated Facebook button on it. And if you were the HTC Salsa owners who have gained an S-OFF on their phone, here is good news for you guys! A Senior XDA Member, BigBearEvo has shared us a method to root and get ClockworkMod Recovery installed easily on HTC Salsa. At the moment, the device is failed to get more attention from the Android fans due to its mediocre specifications and it was mostly shipped S-ON. In case you were desired to root and flash ClockworkMod Recovery on your phone, you are going to be forced to have an S-OFF. Read on this article if you want to root and flash ClockworkMod Recovery on your HTC Salsa.
Actually, it is not too hard to check whether your device has S-ON or S-OFF, simply pull the battery out, then insert it back in followed by booting the phone while pressing volume down button along power key. Once you were in pre-Fastboot screen, you would know whether you have S-OFF or S-On.
In case you own an S-OFF device and want to root as well as flash ClockworkMod Recovery on your HTC Salsa, simply read and follow the instructions to get them on your device. But we need to remind you that we are not responsible if your device gets damaged or bricked during the process. So, please precede the method at your own risk.
Here are the instructions you need to read and follow thoroughly:
1. First of all, you need to download PH11IMG.Zip, unofficial custom ClockworkMod Recovery image, and save it on your desktop.
2. After that, you need to download Root.zip file.
3. Once the required files have been successfully downloaded, then connect your phone to the computer, mount SD Card and copy root.zip along with PH11IMG.zip files to your SD Card root.
4. Now disconnect your phone from the computer.
5. After this power-off your device.
6. Now reboot your phone while holding volume low button along with power button to boot into Hboot.
7. When you are booting it into HBoot, select appropriate update option and then push volume up button to start flashing/installing ClockworkMod Recovery.
8. After this, simply follow on-screen instructions and reboot your device when the recovery has finished flashing.
9. Power off your device when you are successfully installing the ClockworkMod Recovery on your HTC Salsa.
10. Now power it on in H|Boot and use volume key to select Recovery option.
11. Once you are in the recovery mode, use volume key to go to “install Zip from SD Card card”.
12. Now select “Install Zip From SD Card” and select root.zip from the resulting menu.
13. Now flash root.zip file.
14. Reboot your device for once more when the flashing / installation process is complete.
15. After your phone boots, download Root Checker app from Market and verify if you have root privileges on your phone.
When you have finished with the instructions above and everything goes as planned, you now have a rooted HTC Salsa and installed the ClockworkMod Recovery on your device. Simply visit the official XDA thread, in case you were facing a trouble with the instructions. Have a nice try.
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