How to Root HTC Google Nexus One

How to Root the HTC Google Nexus One

• AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
• 480 x 800 pixels, 3.7 inches (~252 ppi pixel density)
• Multitouch Trackball navigation
• microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB included
• 512 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM
• HSDPA 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps
• Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g
• microUSB v2.0
• 5 MP, 2560х1920 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
• Geo-tagging feature
• Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair), upgradable to v2.3.6 (Gingerbread)
• Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon
• 1 GHz Scorpion
• Li-Ion 1400 mAh battery

How to root

• You'll need the Android SDK installed. Follow Google's directions, and sing out if you need any help.
• You'll also need Fastboot. Get it for your platform from HTC right here. Place the fastboot application in your SDK/platform-tools folder.
• If you use Windows or a Mac, download and install PDAnet to your PC right here. This makes sure you have a USB driver that works in fastboot, and is the easiest way to do it.
• Enable USB debugging on your phone (menu>settings>applications>development).
• Next, power off your phone and hook it up to your computer. Hold the trackball, and press power to boot into fastboot mode.Once your phone powers up, open a command prompt and navigate to your SDK/platform-tools folder. At the prompt type the code: fastboot oem unlock
• Choose YES to unlock your phone and void your warranty, and you're done. At this point you can install a custom recovery and/or a custom ROM with root enabled.
• Enjoy Android the way it was intended -- free of hardware locks, Vcast, bing, and any of the other things that only make it worse

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