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HTC One X+ International version or not

Hi, sorry if I'm not posting in the correct forum, but I have a question. I have an unlocked HTC One X+ phone. So, if it's unlocked, does it make it international? I want to root it and everything, but I don't know how to go on. It's unlocked so I'm afraid to lock it by using the wrong programs. (I unlocked the bootloader and already installed international version TWRP (though I don't know if I should have)). I came now to unlocking the phone and don't know if I have to use international version or not (probably the international since I already got TWRP international) but I'm afraid of bricking the phone, breaking it in some way or locking it to AT&T (I do travel overseas and need to be able to use it there).
Thanks!
[EDIT] I bought the phone on eBay!

Rooted
Well, I went into recovery mode (just for fun) and when I went to reboot it asked me if I wanted to root the phone (since I wasn't rooted yet) and I went ahead and gave it the go ahead... so... now my phone is rooted... hopefully it didn't lock it to AT&T and I'll still be able to use it overseas, but it's rooted and works. Now I have the fun choice of flashing a ROM on it

[Q] Considering getting the phone and I have a custom recovery question

I am strongly considering getting the Verizon m8 today, but before I do there is one thing I need to clarify:
If I get this phone today is flashing a custom recovery/ROM possible?
I am asking this because before I got my current phone (Verizon S4) I checked on the forums and saw all the talk about custom recoveries and custom ROMs and got all excited and bought the phone. When I got the phone however I became aware that all of this was only possible up until some OTA update after which custom recoveries became impossible, and since I had a newest phone straight from verizon withg the latest updates I could not do any of those things.
So, can someone confirm that to the best of the publics knowledge all this is still possible? This will make or break my decision to get the phone.
Thanks
P.S. if there anything else that you think I should know, like stuff you wished someone told you before you got the phone, please dont hesitate to mention those things as well.

Yes this phone is able to be unlocked (soff) and load a custom recovery. There are two methods one is free Firewater and the other is $25 sunshine if the Free option fails to work for you for some reason.

Quick question about rooting and unlocking

I am looking to buy an M8 soon (had one when they first came out and got rid of it like an idiot) and I had mine unlocked and rooted but I'm curious if I buy one on Swappa, are all current versions of software for this phone able to be unlocked? So I don't get stuck with an unmodifiable phone. Thanks! [emoji12]

immortal7792 said:
I am looking to buy an M8 soon (had one when they first came out and got rid of it like an idiot) and I had mine unlocked and rooted but I'm curious if I buy one on Swappa, are all current versions of software for this phone able to be unlocked? So I don't get stuck with an unmodifiable phone. Thanks! [emoji12]
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If you get one with 4.4.2 firmware as it came from htc then firewater in theory is supposed to work, if you get one with 4.4.3 firmwater then you have to use the sunshine app and it costs you $25 if you have an m8 on 4.4.4 firmware then I think sunshine does not work on it yet I could be wrong on that one not 100% sure but last I saw it was not cracked yet.

Root, unlock, s-off on marshmallow

I am new on this phone and I have a doubt, my phone is in marshmallow and the company verizon, as I can do root and unlock the bootloader ? I have understood that I need to pay 25 dollars to make the s -off but I just want to do root and unlock the bootloader. Thank you.
Sorry for my English

The only way to do it with Verizon branded m8 is to use sunshine. And that will get you an unlocked bootloader and s-off. After that you can flash twrp recovery through adb (get yourself familiar with and, it'll help you greatly. You can search around here and find some good reads on it.) After you get tarp flashed then you can flash supersu in twrp, then you'll be rooted.
Sent from my HTC One M8 using XDA Labs

jurington said:
The only way to do it with Verizon branded m8 is to use sunshine. And that will get you an unlocked bootloader and s-off. After that you can flash twrp recovery through adb (get yourself familiar with and, it'll help you greatly. You can search around here and find some good reads on it.) After you get tarp flashed then you can flash supersu in twrp, then you'll be rooted.
Sent from my HTC One M8 using XDA Labs
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This comment pretty much guided me through how to root for my m8. Thanks for taking the time to post this, even if it was a few months back. I was about to give up until I saw it, so thanks again!

Dismayed/Encouraged
I'm surprised that there are not any viable options for the Verizon HTC One(M8). I figured since my warranty was up I would try and root to get more freedom from the consuming Verizon bloatware and needless/redundant processes.
I know I did the same thing with my Samsung Galaxy S years ago and it became a very speedy and efficient phone. I really haven't been in the Android scene since so everything I did learn along with the methods and processes have all faded from memory.
Now I'm just reading up on a ton of stuff to get reacquainted. I was wanting to flash TWRP, SuperSU, and the ViperOneM8 6.1.0 rom. My wife and I both have a Verizon HTC One(M8) (running Marshmallow) which are out of warranty and wanted to give them a face-lift and boost in performance.
It is looking like the only feasible option is with Sunshine. . . . . . I hope. (?)
A $50 investment would be cheaper than buying 2 newer phones.
Any ideas, input, or pointers would be very much appreciated.
Regards,
wantin2mod

Verizon phones

I have a motorola z play droid I'm trying to get rooted twrp and rom on but now I'm reading that verizon phones can not be boot loader unlocked so is this true that no verizon phones can have custom rims or recoveries on them? Or can I do this without a unlocked boot loader? I'm really confused. All of this stuff seemed so much easier about 6 years ago when I was more into it. I see people putting recoveries and roms on moto z plays addison and mine says addison in device info but then I don't want to flash something that's going to brick my phone as I'm a single father and can not afford to buy another phone at the moment. Any answers are greatly appreciated and sorry for such a noobish question. This site rocks btw thank you devs for all you do for us.

AFAIK Verizon don't want to get the bootloader of their phones unlocked because dumbasses will root their phone, mess it up, and then they want to flood the tech support lines expecting Verizon to fix it.