If you want to experiment with your HTC One M8 and get the most out of it by rooting it; installing a custom recovery tool; or flashing custom ROMs, you can easily unlock HTC One M8 bootloader.Here are the two ways to help you with the unlocking process of HTC's latest flagship.

Prerequisites to unlock bootloader on HTC One M8:

Charge your HTC One M8 to at least 70% of battery.Create backup of all your important data in your HTC One as unlocking the bootloader would wipe all the data.Make sure that USB Drivers for HTC One M8 are installed on your computer.

-Relevant read:Downgrade HTC One to Factory Settings – How to

How to unlock HTC One M8 bootloader:

- Method 1:Download Hasoon's All-in-One toolkit from here; run the executable and follow the instructions. Seems easy, but in case you don't trust this tool, following is the usual way to unlock HTC One M8 bootloader.

- Method 2:Required files: download Fastboot zip fromhere; extract the contents and save the folder on desktop. Once done, follow these steps to unlock HTC One M8 bootloader:

Create an HTC account on the HTCDev websiteand verify your email address.After verifying, log into your HTC Dev account.Click on theUnlock Bootloader>Get Started.Ensuring that your HTC One M8 is disconnected from your computer, enter in theFastboot Mode:press and hold Volume Down and Power simultaneously. You will soon see the LOCKED text and then you can release the keys.SelectFASTBOOTand press the Powerkey to boot.Now, connect your HTC One M8 to your PC via a USB cable. Once connected, you will see the FASTBOOT USBon your M8's screen.Go to the extracted folder on your desktop and open command prompt window by pressing and holdingShift, Right-clickon an empty space > click on theopen command window here.Enter this command in the cmd window:fastboot oem get_identifier_tokenCopy the token test listedbetweenIdentifier Token Startand Identifier Token End.Go HTC Dev's page here> go toMy DeviceIdentifier Token> paste the token text copied from cmd above > Submit.

You will get an email now from HTC Dev with aUnlock_code.binfile. Download this attached file and copy it in the Fastboot folder and follow the steps below:

Close the command prompt window and open it again as before.Enter the following line in the cmd:fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_Code.binIn order to unlock HTC One M8 bootloader, your smartphone will boot now and will show you theUnlock Bootloaderscreen. UseVolume Upkey to select YES. Hit thePowerkey to confirm the process.Your HTC One M8 will restart now and unlock its bootloader.When your device boots up after finishing the process successfully, you can then disconnect it from computer.

Verification:you can verify if you have successfully completed the process to unlock HTC One M8 bootloader by booting in theFastboot Mode.At the top, it will show youUNLOCKEDtext.