How To Root HTC Sensation & HTC Sensation XE Having ICS

 

The smartphones from the Taiwanese manufacturer do not come with a lot of internal memory and you might want to remove some of the system apps. Moreover, you might also like to customize your phone to make it stand out in the crowd. For this you need root access to the Sensation XE. If you have rooted your phone already, it won’t be able to get root access after having updated your phone with Ice Cream sandwich. Before rooting, you need to unlock your bootloader which can be done using the step by step method given in HTC Dev website. Also, your phone should have Clockworkmod recovery installed.

Though there is very less chance of losing all the data, you should back up all the apps using ASTRO File Manager. Back up all contacts to SD card, SMS on Android and call log on Android. Your phone should have at least 60 percent battery.

Steps to Root the HTC Sensation XE on Ice Cream Sandwich:

1. Download Superuser-3.0.7-d-signed.zip.
2. Connect your phone to the computer via USB cable and copy the downloaded zip file to the root of your SD card.
3. Boot into ClockworkMod recovery mode and go to install zip from SD card > choose zip from SD card.
4. Select the zip file that you copied to your SD card.
5. Confirm it in the next screen and flash it.

You have successfully rooted your Sensation XE. Sometimes the flashing might not root your phone at once so you may need to repeat it 2-3 times.

Please Note:

Above mentioned procedure is tested and works perfectly fine, owners should use this procedure at their own risk.