While you may say that with HTC devices, you are getting your money’s worth – especially for the acclaimed HTC One M8 – there are security limitations to their devices that doesn’t allow for, err… the “creative” side of Android software – including custom ROMs, full root access and the like. The same goes for Motorola. Fortunately for us, there teams out there who do their life’s work trying to give us full value – and full access – for our money spent on these devices.
“Sunshine” is a tool from famed Android developer Justin Case, beaups, and friends which gives you more access to your HTC and Motorola device than ever. HTC has a system flag secure setting usually either marked “s-on” or “s-off”. ON is the default setting and it disallows installation of custom recoveries, custom ROMs and even modified stock firmware.
On the latest update, the developers offer “s-off” access for any HTC device and modern Motorola devices. This means that “s-off” gives full root access and the ability to install custom recovery and firmware. The catch? The developers are charging USD$25.00 for it. There’s a long-ish explanation on their website here.
So, is full root access to your HTC or Motorola device worth USD$25.00? If so, you can head over to the source link for the official thread at XDA. And be a nice kid and tell us about it if you’ve tried it.
SOURCE: XDA