The HTC One X is one of the company’s new device line up featuring Android Ice Cream Sandwich with HTC Sense 4.0. The device features a 4.7-inch 720p HD display, 8 megapixel camera with 1080p video capture and will be powered by a 1.5GHz quad-core processor with 1GB of RAM.
If you are one of the those who picked up an HTC One X you will be happy to know that the Android Community has been able to root the device. A step-by-step guide on how to root your HTC One X on Android 4.0.3 follows:
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- Head over to HTCDev.com and follow the instructions on how to unlock your bootloader for the HTC One X.
- Download and install the full Android SDK
- Download Interim ClockworkMod (CWM) Touch Recovery
- Transfer this to the fastboot folder insider your Android SDK folder on your computer
- Download CWM-Flashable version of SuperSU
- Transfer the file to your device /sdard folder
- Connect your device to your computer via USB
- Switch off your device
- Press and hold Volume Down + Power button to boot into recovery
- Open Command Prompt ( Terminal on Mac) on your computer and type the following command
- fastboot flash recovery r1-modaco-recovery-clockwork-touch-endeavoru.img
- This will flash ClockworkMod Touch to your device
- Restart your device and switch it off again
- Press and hold Volume Down + Power button
- You will boot into built ClockworkMod
- Perform a nandroid backup
- Navigate to install zip from sdcard > choose zip from sdcard and select SuperSU.zip which you previously downloaded.
- From the main menu select reboot system now.
You should now be able to install root-only apps or custom ROMs on your HTC One X.
source - XDA Developers