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First thing you need to know is that no matter what happens, even if your phone is abducted by rabid kittens, I am not responsible for your actions. Second is that you just voided your warranty, no doubt about it. HTC has your serial number with record that you unlocked your bootloader. Thanks to JAS_21 for the idea for making this guide. So, the next things you are going to want to do are to flash clockworkmod recovery, and then su. Then you can flash a ROM. Let's start with clockworkmod.
You want to get the android-sdk working, which you can find a guide to here.. Then you want to go to this thread. Download the file attached to the post. Use winzip if you have windows or just click on it on mac to unzip the file. Plug your phone into your computer and select "charge only" mode. Copy the cwm img file to the tools folder of the android SDK. Now, it's time to open up ADB. Open up a command prompt on windows or a terminal window on Mac/Linux. Follow these commands.
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cd [insert location of android-sdk here]/platform-tools
adb reboot bootloader
You should now see Fastboot USB on your phone. Open a new command or terminal window. Type the following:
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cd [insert location of android-sdk here]/tools
fastboot flash recovery cwm-recovery-vivow.img
fastboot reboot
Congrats, you have now flashed clockworkmod recovery. Now, onto installing root access. Next, grab the su zip attached to the OP of this thread. Plug your phone into your computer and select "disk drive" mode. Copy the su zip file to the root of your sd card. Unmount your sd card and select "charge only" mode on your computer. Reboot into recovery. The easiest way is probably to open up a command window and type:
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cd [insert location of android-sdk here]/platform-tools
adb reboot recovery
When your phone is in recovery, click "install zip from sd card," then "choose zip from sd card," then the su zip file. Hit the back button once. Then select reboot system now. When your phone reboots, download superuser from the market. Now you are ready to use root apps! If you want to flash a ROM, continue on.
Download the ROM of your choice. If you want to, use my guide for choosing a ROM found here. Download the ROM zip file. Plug your phone into your computer and select "disk drive" mode. Copy the rom zip file to the root of your sd card. Don't unmount your sd card yet.Next, make a copy and put it on your desktop. Use winzip on windows or just click on mac/linux to unzip the rom file. In the root of the ROM, you should see a boot.img file. Copy that to your tools folder of your android-sdk folder. Now, unmount your sd card and select "charge only" mode on your computer. Next, follow the following steps.
Before installing the ROM...
1. Download Titanium Backup from the market, allow superuser permissions, then click menu>batch>backup all user apps.
2. Make sure fastboot is off in settings>power.
3. Put the ROM zip on the root of your SD Card
4. Download SMS Backup and Restore, and backup your SMS.
5. Back up your contacts by checking "back up my data" or something like that under settings/privacy.
How to install the ROM...
1. Turn off phone, and hold power and volume down until you get a white screen that says Hboot.
2.Volume down/up is for scrolling; power is for selecting.
3. Scroll down and select RECOVERY.
4. Scroll down and selected BACKUP AND RESTORE.
5. Select BACKUP and wait for it to finish.
6. Hit the back button to go back to the main menu.
7. Scroll down and select WIPE DATA/FACTORY RESET.
8. Scroll down and select WIPE CACHE PARTITION.
9.Hit the back button to go back to the main menu.
10. Scroll down and select ADVANCED, then WIPE DALVIK CACHE.
11. Hit the back button to go back to the main menu.
12. Scroll down and select INSTALL ZIP FROM SD CARD, then CHOOSE ZIP FROM SD CARD, then whatever the ROM zip is.
13. Let it do its thing. This may take 5-10 minutes. DON'T PULL THE BATTERY.
Next, it is time to flash your boot image. Follow these commands.
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cd [insert location of android-sdk here]/platform-tools
adb reboot bootloader
You should now see Fastboot USB on your phone. Open a new command or terminal window. Type the following:
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cd [insert location of android-sdk here]/tools
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot reboot
You are done with flashing the ROM now, congrats. To get your data back, follow the steps!
1. Run the initial setup. When you're setting up your google account, make sure the "keep data backed up" or whatever box is checked. This will make sure to restore your/keep your contacts backed up.
2. Redownload Titanium Backup. Hit menu/batch/restore missing apps with data.
3. Redownload SMS B+R. Restore your SMS.
4. Enjoy your new ROM!
I hope this guide clears things up for some people. If you have ideas or suggestions for this guide or others, feel free to comment. If I helped you, please hit the thanks button. I would really appreciate it!
Excellent guide!!!
i keep getting an error when trying to flash the recovery. when i type in fastboot flash recovery cwm-recovery-vivow.img it comes up saying cannot load cwm-recovery-vivow.img
also im s-on with hboot .98. could that be the problem?
reaper540 said:
i keep getting an error when trying to flash the recovery. when i type in fastboot flash recovery cwm-recovery-vivow.img it comes up saying cannot load cwm-recovery-vivow.img
also im s-on with hboot .98. could that be the problem?
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Had the same issue but solved after looking over the instructions for doing this if you were downgrading. Instead of placing the image file on the root of your sd card, place it in the folder that contains fastboot in your android sdk. Do that and you will be able to flash it and continue with the instructions.
Oh wow. You guys are right. That's a typo. I'll fix that.
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Excellent post! Easy to follow, worked...what more could you ask for?
Yeh I thought that might have been the problem. But I ended up relocking the bootloader, downgraded using attn1s tool and after that it was all smooth sailing. Running mikrunny v1.01. But this is an excellent guide
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Excellent guide! Thanks!
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no boot.img?
When I try to flash the boot.img at the last step, it says error: Cannot load 'boot.img'. I tried to start the phone and it sticks as the htc splash screen ... any ideas?
Did you put it in the sdk tools folder?
just wondering...am i going to have to flash the su zip everytime i flash a new rom? Just flashed miui and when I superuser was not on the list of apps. I downloaded it, but have this feeling its not going to work until a flash su.zip
Nope, cuz most roms are already rooted.
I was having trouble getting my ADB to function correctly, so I went with the manual "update.zip" method to flash Clockwork. However, when HBOOT recognizes the PG32IMG.zip file, it just says its "Checking.." forever, and I don't know whether it's working or frozen up. How long is that part supposed to take? I'm so close!
Thanks for this post. Helpful and easy to follow!
frick frack and frick. Now my phone isn't recognized by my computer. Had zero issues with this before. I'm running the latest version of miui and cant get the phone recognized.
Noob question. Is it still possible to flash kernels on HTC sec unlock? Will the boot.img flash need to be done each time from now on? Great guide by the way.
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Every time you want to flash a Rom or kernel you need to flash the boot.img.
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Everytime I reboot the phone it gets stuck on the HTC logo. I have to rerun "flashboot boot boot.img" to get it to boot.
Please help.
ph1nn said:
Everytime I reboot the phone it gets stuck on the HTC logo. I have to rerun "flashboot boot boot.img" to get it to boot.
Please help.
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That's an issue with the unlock I'm assuming.
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It's unlocked via HTC's unlock tool.
Should i relock the phone, forget this guide, and use attn1's guide?
I already installed ClockworkMod 5.5 and CM7.2 nightlies, everything works unless i have to reboot then it loses the boot image. Any thoughts?
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edit: It was because of S-ON. I relocked my phone and used attn1's guide to bring the phone back to hboot 0.97 and then s-off. This guide is not useful it seems if you want to go AOSP.
Just rooted my phone for the first time, and it went pretty smoothly until I tried to flash ClockworkMod. Nothing happens whenever I try to flash it from ROM Manager. I get a progress bar at the top for a second, then it disappears, and nothing. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the app, and can't think of anything else to do.
how did you root? if you used the wiki method you should already have cwm-recovery...
push power & volume - to enter bootloader and then choose the recovery option
if this doesn´t work, post your hboot number... you have s-off? (reason: if you flashed the eng hboot while rooting you can flash the cwm-recovery through fastboot)
command: "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img"
Go into Terminal Emulator and type "su." If it asks you if you want it to have root permissions, you have root.
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I rooted following the wiki.
I'm trying to install roms through rom manager and when I hit download roms it says, "You must have ClockworkMod Recovery installed before continuing! Install the recovery through ROM Manager First"
Sorry, all of this still confuses me, this is my first time doing this. I don't know what Terminal Emulator is.
ok, i will try to help...
1. download a rom of your choice to pc
2. put it on your sdcard
3. enter recovery (turn the phone off, then press power & volume down - the bootloader will appear, choose the option recovery (volume up and down for moving and tp-wake to choose)
4. in recovery first wipe data & cache & dalvik cache
5. again in recovery choose install from sdcard and select your downloaded rom
6. reboot and have fun...
pls hit the thanks button
darkness280 said:
I rooted following the wiki.
I'm trying to install roms through rom manager and when I hit download roms it says, "You must have ClockworkMod Recovery installed before continuing! Install the recovery through ROM Manager First"
Sorry, all of this still confuses me, this is my first time doing this. I don't know what Terminal Emulator is.
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The ROM manager and ClockwordMod you have after rooting following the wiki is a VERY old version. It will say you do not have Clockword even if you do have it.
Things to try:
1. Install ROM manager from the market.
2. Reboot into recovery (turn off the phone, then hold down volume and power until you see the HBOOT, choose recovery). If you're in ClockwordMod (which you should) then you're fine.
3. Flash a new recovery through ADB (which what you should definitely learn how to do)
3a. download the newest version of ClockwordMod, copy the img file to the same folder as adb
http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager
3b. go to settings, make sure that you're in USB Debugging Mode
3c. now, just to make sure you won't brick your phone, turn off the phone, hold down volume and power. If you see the FASTBOOT USB, you're good to go.
3d. open cmd in your computer
3e. type in "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img"
in which recovery.img is the recovery image you just downloaded. If you download it from the website I pointed, the command will be
fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.7-vision.img
Now you have the latest recovery. Go to recovery in the HBOOT menu to see the result, enjoy!
Terminal emulator: It will be one of the apps in your apps drawer, named "Terminal Emulator". May or may not be there depends on what ROM you're running.
Check for root using cmd: using command "adb shell", you should see
adb server us out of date, killing...
*daemon started successfully*
[email protected]:/#
Installing ROM: please try not to use ROM Manager, learn how to do it in Recovery at least. Because if you cannot boot to your ROM, runs ROM manager then you're stuck when something wrong happens (which is quite usual if you're flashing). Best way is to copy the ROM to your SD card, reboot to recovery, choose "Install from zip" then pick the zip file of the ROM. (remember to wipe data/cache and dalvik cache in the advanced menu)
Hope that helps!
Edited: http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager is down for the moment. I attached the newest G2 recovery img for you. Use either of them. Touch is more advance (and more confusing).
Disregard. Kyra was faster.
Sent from my DZ.
INFO ABOUT THIS STUFF
DISCLAIMER
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[COLOR="Red"]/*
* Your warranty is now void.
*
* I am not responsible for bricked devices, broken hearts,
* thermonuclear war, you getting fired because the alarm app failed, or
* unfulfilled sexual partners. Please do some research if you have any
* concerns about features included in this ROM before flashing it! YOU are
* choosing to make these modifications, and if you point the finger at me
* for messing up your device, I will point that finger back at you and laugh. */[/COLOR]
There are many Recoveris out there like the famous ClockworkMod Recovery or TeamWin's Recovery Project. Because in their DEV-Threads there are so many people asking how to flash it, I decided to make a flash instruction.
INFO ABOUT RECOVERIES
Every phone comes with a Stock Recovery. If you make a factory reset, or something very internal is getting updated or changed, the Recovery does its Job. If you root your phone, you will need to have a Custom Recovery installed, which with you can flash .zip files (ROMs, GApps, Scripts, etc.), make a backup, restore to a ROM, make a factory reset, etc.
RECOVERY INSTALLATION
METHOD 1, VIA PC
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[COLOR="Red"]You need to be [URL="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1878031"]Bootloader unlocked[/URL] to work with this mehtod![/COLOR]
Download a working Recovery image to your PC, for example this one !
Download the Android SDK Tools from here, extract them to
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C:\Development
and move everything into this folder so that the folders called "eclipse", "sdk" and the file called "SDK Manager.exe" are found in
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C:\Development
and not in the automatically created subfolder called "
adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20130514" (name may vary because of 32Bit (x86) respectively 64Bit (x64) system architecture, newer releases or different operating systems, i.e. Ubuntu)!
Then follow this guide, to set up ADB and Fastboot drivers on your PC. Skip the steps 2 and 3 as you already did them before!
If you don''t understand this Tutorial, google for one in your language!
After you installed the ADB and Fastboot drivers on your PC, copy the recovery.img file from the "Downloads" folder and paste it in the ~/Development/sdk/platform-tools, and type. In this folder hit the "Shift" key on the key board and simultaneously the right mouse key. Then select "Open command prompt here" - may vary, translated into english by me.
Now, you have to connect your phone in fastboot mode. In order to do this, you need to power off your phone, hold down volume down+power button simultaneously. In the bootloader mode - it must say
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*UNLOCKED*
at the very top - select "Fastboot", and connect your phone with the USB Cable to your PC. Then it should say "Fastboot USB" on your phone's screen.
Type:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
! Wait a few seconds, until in the command prompt it says "finished total time x.x.x.x.". Then, disconnect your phone and close the cmd window. In the Fastboot mode on your phone, select "Reboot Bootloader". Wait for it to reboot! Wait for HBOOT to finish its job. Then select "Recovery" and it should take you right into the recovery mode!
METHOD 2, VIA YOUR PHONE
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[COLOR="Red"]You need to be [URL="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1878031"]rooted and Bootloader unlocked[/URL] to work with this mehtod![/COLOR]
2.1 Download a working Recovery image on your device, for example this one and place it in the root of your SDCard [/sdcard] and NOT in a (sub-)folder!
In order to that - without using a PC -you need to download a File Manager from Google's Play Store, navigate to the folder "Download", cut the recovery.img out and place it in "/storage/sdcard0" - the root of your SDCard!
2.2 Make sure you have the Terminal Emulator installed on your device!
2.3 Open the Terminal Emulator on your device and type:
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su
and hit enter! In the SuperUser-Pop-Up-Window select "accept/allow"!
2.4 Again: Make sure that the recovery.img is in the root of your SDCard [/sdcard] and NOT in a folder!
Then, type:
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flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
and hit enter!
2.5 You might get a stream of almost identical looking code after hitting the enter key, this is normal, as long as you got no error messages in the code and you got a "#" at the end!
Then you can type in this:
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reboot recovery
and hit enter! This will take you to your new recovery's home screen.
HOW TO BOOT INTO A RECOVERY
Power your phone off. Hold down the volume down and the power button simultaneously. Wait a few seconds, until you get to a screen with three skating Androids at the bottom. Without doing anything HBOOT will start to search for a PG76IMG.xxx file (another method to install a recovery) on your phone but it shouldn't find anything. So if you see the main screen again, navigate - with the volume buttons - to "Recovery" and confirm your decision with pressing the power button. Now you'll see the HTC Logo and after a few seconds, you'll see the home screen of your Recovery.
NANDROID BACKUP
Boot into Recovery (Bootloader,Recovery). select "backup and restore" (navigate with the volume buttons), enter with the power button and select "backup",you're now doing a "Nandroid Backup"!
After it finished, take out your Phone's SD Card, and plug it in to your computer with an micro SD Adapter.
If you do not have such an Adapter, select "reboot system now" in Recovery's Main Menu, and connect your phone via USB cable. Pull the just created Backup from the folder "~/clockworkmod/backup" - found on your phone's SDCard - into any location on your PC!/INDENT]
NOW YOU CAN...
...feel free to ask me if you did not understand anything
...flash a Custom ROM on your phone via "install zip from sdcard" > "choose zip from sdcard"
...do a factory reset/full wipe via "factory reset/full wipe"
...only wipe the cache via "wipe cache partition"
...wipe Battery Stats and the dalvik cache via "advanced" > "wipe dalvik cache"/"wipe battery stats"
FOOTNOTE
This instruction is extracted from my Root Tutorial!
You can do this in terminal emulator as well. Just do the same thing but use flash_image recovery recovery.img that should work and I use that method
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Tezlastorme said:
You can do this in terminal emulator as well. Just do the same thing but use flash_image recovery recovery.img that should work and I use that method
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I know thanks for this bump, fully forgot to add!
iH8ra!n said:
METHOD 1, VIA PC
Download a working Recovery image on your PC, for example this one !
Make sure you have ADB and Fastboot drivers installed on your PC! If you can't understand this Tutorial, google for one in your language!
After you installed ADB and Fastboot drivers on your PC, you have to connect your phone in fastboot mode (Bootloader > Fastboot) via USB Cable to your PC. Then it should say "Fastboot USB" on your phone's screen. Open a command prompt on Windows - click the Windows button and "R" at the same time on your keyboard, in the search field type "cmd"! After, type - with phone connected- :
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cd C:\path to recovery\
and enter!
Then, type:
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fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
and wait for it to finish. Select "reboot bootloader", then "recovery" and you should be done!
Wait a few seconds, until in cmd it says "finished total time x.x.x.x.". Then disconnect your phone, close the cmd window. In Fastboot select "Reboot Bootloader". Wait for it to reboot. Select "Bootloader", wait for HBOOT finishing its thing. Then select "Recovery"!
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I tried Method 1 and after i Choose Recovery it shows HTC logo and nothing comes up... i have unlocked my bootloader!!
Any thoughts kinda a stuck in here..
All right new steps, let me try!
artistiq said:
I tried Method 1 and after i Choose Recovery it shows HTC logo and nothing comes up... i have unlocked my bootloader!!
Any thoughts kinda a stuck in here..
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I reworked the instructions and linked to a new recovery! try it now and report back
Nope Still Stuck on the logo HTC..nothing shows CWM Recovery.. :/
artistiq said:
Nope Still Stuck on the logo HTC..nothing shows CWM Recovery.. :/
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Isn't this that bug with the 2012 model of the wfs? There's a fix somewhere I think.
artistiq said:
Nope Still Stuck on the logo HTC..nothing shows CWM Recovery.. :/
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http://d-h.st/bmg
i know this form but good job
i know this form but good job man! :good: :laugh:
Nice job :good:
Goodbye!
Hey Guys,
as you may have noticed I didn't submit a new CyanogenMod 10.1 build for two months now as I wasn't able to get another successfully finished build.
Then I removed everything and wanted to set up a whole new build environment on my Laptop. And although I had vacations back then (today's the last day of the summer vacations here in Germany) I didn't have enough time. Then I was on holidays with a friend of mine for a week (26th August - 2nd September) and I didn't have WLAN nor LAN - so no internet. From the 8th September - 21st September I'm in Italy for a 2-week-student-scholarship, so I'll again have no time.
As I'm having a Nexus 4 since January, and I only used my HTC Wildfire S for testing what I've built, I do not feel the motivation to build or develop anything for it anymore.
Taking everything into consideration I came to the decision to not maintain my threads anymore!
It were interesting - 2 - years - I think - here on the XDA developer forum with many instructive moments, arguments and much more!
But I now feel to say "Goodbye!" to my really active time here on XDA and "Hello!" to the time in which I'll enjoy CM's or PA's and also Google's work, and of course the work from Kernel developers, for my Nexus 4.
Goodbye, Guys!
P.S.: I'll close this thread very soon!
This is a guide on how to use the newest TWRP that is compatible being flashed to recovery
This requires s-off and unlocked bootloader, if your boot loader is locked follow this guide steps 2 and 5 to 17: http://forum.xda-developers.com/butterfly-3/development/stock-rom-stock-5-0-2-cure-t3356875
1. Download this file and save in your adb/fastboot folder https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6qqU5WVQ2khMVRMSUhOUWY3WU0
2. Enable adb on your phone.
3. Press shift+right click in blank space of adb/fastboot folder and select open command terminal here
4. Type adb reboot download
*phone reboot to download mode*
5. fastboot devices
*htv31 appears*
6. Type fastboot flash recovery b3twrp3.0.0.img
7. Press power button then use volume - to highlight reboot bootloader and press power to select
8. Use vol- scroll to reboot recovery select with power button
*HTC non official warning, then twrp*
9. Go to backup and create a backup on external storage (preferably)
10. Download this file and place on sd card: https://download.chainfire.eu/921/SuperSU
11. Navigate to install and then navigate to the su zip and flash it.
12. Reboot and you have root with most recent binaries.
Credit for twrp build goes to @ boa19861105
I can even flash supersu and xposed framework in relocked bootloader, so no wipe in the rooting process.
P.S. Thanks for the great guide for converting to TW rom and rooting!
need someone test this version of TWRP recovery
https://github.com/sabpprook/android_device_htc_b3tuhl/releases/download/3.0.2-0/twrp-3.0.2-0-b3.img
My Github: https://github.com/sabpprook/android_device_htc_b3tuhl
This methode work with b 2?for sure..change step 6 .img with b2,thanks
Sometimes I lost root after reboot. How to fix this?
This is my guide on how to install TWRP recovery on a OnePlus 3, Good luck!:
DISCLAIMER:
* I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,
* thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please
* do some research if you have any concerns about this device modification
* before you Use it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if
* you point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you!
Downloads:
SuperSU
TWRP Recovery
As this is my first post I have not been able to provide links sorry but you should be able to find them on google.
Prerequisites:
A unlocked bootloader;
A USB-C cable;
ADB installed on your computer system-wide;
Access to a computer with internet connection;
and lastly of course a OnePlus 3
Instructions:
1) Download SuperSU and TWRP on your computer
2) Create a file on your desktop and call it OP3 Root, then drag the TWRP img into that file, and then rename the img and change it's name to Recovery.img
3) Go to settings on your OnePlus3, settings->about phone and then tap on build number until the phone's screen shows 'no need, you are already a developer.'
4) Go back to settings, then go to developer options and enable USB Debugging; Advanced Reboot and OEM Unlocking.
5) Connect your OnePlus3 to your computer via USB cable
6) Transfer your Super SU zip onto your OnePlus 3
7) Load into bootloader on your OnePlus3
8) Open your OP3 Root file on your desktop then shift right-click in the OP3 Root file window and select open command window.
9) In the command window type 'fastboot devices' and press enter, if your OnePlus 3 device number shows up your good to go.
10) Then in the command window type 'fastboot flash recovery recovery.img' then press enter, then wait for the command to finish.
11) Then unplug your OnePlus 3 from the computer and boot it into recovery, wait for TWRP recovery to load and then press install, then flash the SuperSU file, after the file has finished flashing, wipe cache/dalvik (do not worry this will not delete data on your device), then reboot your device (don't worry if it loops a few times this is perfectly normal, especially if this is the first time rooting your device).
12) After your OnePlus 3 boots, install Root Checker from the play store, verify root and if root is shown to be installed. Then congratulations! You have successfully rooted your OnePlus3! Thumbs Up!