Hey there Brian. First off good choice on the phone. In my opinion and after using both phones I do say that the One is better than the S4. That said, the Verizon versions info is sparse at best. I found info on most other carriers except verizon. Anyway, that link you had seems okay.
The basic premise for HTC phones is as follows. 1. Unlock Bootloader (do this as soon as you get your phone because if you unlock the bootloader you basically end up deleting all user data on it and returning it to factory settings) 2. Once the bootloader is unlocked you need to flash a custom recovery on it. Having a custom recovery will allow you to basically flash any file into the OS. 3. I recommend TWRP for the recovery. I find it the best. 4. Also download superuser (like supersu or others) from the web and download it. 5. Once you flash the recovery and copy the supersu onto the phone; 6. You would boot into TWRP and flash supersu from there. That's it your phone is rooted with a custom recovery. From there you can do anything you want. Now regarding stock Android...............I think you will be losing a lot. There are a lot of camera optimizations on these devices that you would lose if you went that route. I would suggest doing the following. 1. Put the custom recovery and root the device. 2. Keep the stock rom 3. Use a launcher such as APEX or NOVA (I use APEX) and you will then have a pure vanilla android homescreen experience, but still retain the optimizations that HTC did for the camera and speakers and other things. If you insist to have vanilla android on it then if I'm not mistaken then the Google Edition HTC One ROM does work flawlessly on the HTC One. There are no major caveats to doing a custom rom. Make sure that you check out custom kernels also, they really really really improve the performance of the phone. Just for info I'm using a Nexus 4 with Carbon ROM and Matr1x Kernel with GPU Overclock. I'm getting similar performance to the S4 with all day battery life. What's not to like!! The new MOTO X looks good to me also, despite it being called a mid range device, I would have to disagree. People are becoming spec whores and in the end there is no benefit to having all that power when the apps don't need it and the battery life suffers. For me, if I was in the US right now, the MOTO X would be near or on the top of my list. One more thing, do consider getting a nexus 4, they are cheap as chips and still a very viable phone and a powerhouse. Otherwise wait till November for the Nexus 5. Oh and one more thing...... XDA Developers website and forums are your best friend. Repeat after me....... XDA Developers is awesome!! LOL! Good luck and welcome to the world of Android. On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 7:42 PM, Brian Weeden <brian.wee...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm switching from iOS to Android in the next week or so. I want an HTC > One with just stock Android on it. Only real option for good coverage > where I need it is Verizon, and with them I would get charged the same > price whether I had a subsidized phone or not. So, my plan is to get a > new, subsidized HTC One and then root it to put stock Android on it. This > guide seems to be just what I need: > > http://www.cultofandroid.com/26527/rooting-the-htc-one-the-right-way-how-to/#BPoyTdi0vV0cqaz0.99 > > > I'm wondering if there are any gotchas I'm going to run across. Like, would > the fact that the phone is locked to a carrier (because it's under > contract) prevent me from rooting it? > > > > --------- > Brian > > > > On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 12:38 PM, Naushad Zulfiqar <z00...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Yeah I do it all the time. > > > > What do you need. > > On Aug 3, 2013 7:34 PM, "Brian Weeden" <brian.wee...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Anyone on here have experience with putting custom mods on Android > > phones? > > > > > > > > > --------- > > > Brian > > > > > > -- Best Regards, Zulfiqar Naushad
