Rooting allows Android smartphones and tablets users to gain the root privileges over the Android OS - bypassing the carrier and OEM bonds. Rooting not only helps with going above the carrier limitations but also opens an array of options to customize and tweak your Android device exclusively according to your own choice.

Recovery tools like ClockworkMod, TWRP and Philz are secondary recovery systems giving you the power and capability of wiping partitions, flashing ROMs, kernels and patches to your stock device recovery. Today's guide will focus on rooting the Sprint HTC One M7 and then installing custom recovery tool on the smartphone.

Prerequisites to root Sprint HTC Oneand install custom recovery tool:

Backup any important data on your HTC One.Your HTC One should be having Android SDK.Install USB drivers or SyncManagerfrom HTC.Juice up your device to at least 60% of power.

How to install custom recovery CWM / TWRP / Philz on HTC One M7:

Required files: download the custom package:DV_Sprint-HTC-One.Zip. This zip has all the essential files you'd need during installation of custom recovery.

Enter into bootloader mode: press theVolume DownandPowerbuttons simultaneously for 10 seconds. Once HTC One boots, let go of the Power button for a second and then hold it down again - use volume keys to highlight and thepower button to choose.Now connect your HTC device to the PC using a USB cable.Extract the content ofDV_Sprint-HTC-One.zipon your desktop or any other location. Open the extracted folder and right-click on the empty space while pressingshiftkey. Select theOpen Command Prompt herefrom the drop down.Follow the commands according to the recovery tool you want to install on your HTC One M7.If you wish to install ClockworkMod recovery tool, type the following command and pressenter: fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-6.0.3.2-m7spr.img.For CWM Touch 6.0.3.3, type the following and hit enter: fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.3.2-m7spr.img