Warning: Read before you proceed.
Rooting
makes your warranty void. Do it under your own risk. I will not be responsible if you brick your phone or you did something wrong.!!!
STEP 1
1. You must have unlocked bootloader of your phone from here. You must select "All other supported
models" from the model selector menu.
2. You have to install HTC Sync on your PC. Click here.
3. Make sure your phone has at least 60% of battery life left so it can last through the entire process. This is very important.
STEP 2. Downloading Required Files:
1. You can download the Recovery Image of A310e from here.
2. Also please download the Superuser.zip from here.
STEP 3. Installing Custom Recovery on HTC Explorer:
1. Download and place all the files listed above onto your computer.
2. Extract files from the Recovery Image to your computer. .
3. Switch off your HTC device.
4. Reboot your HTC explorer into the bootloader mode by pressing and holding Volume DOWN+Power buttons together.
5. Choose fastboot option from the bootloader menu.
6. Connect your phone to your computer using the USB cable.
7. Double-click the recovery.bat file to commence the flashing process.
8. When the custom recovery has successfully been installed on your phone, disconnect it from the PC.
9. Reboot your phone.
The custom recovery has now successfully been flashed on your phone. Now, follow the instructions to root your phone.
STEP 4. Rooting The Device.
1. Connect your phone to your computer using the USB cable.
2. Copy the Superuser ZIP archive to your phone’s SD card storage root folder. This shall be the topmost folder.
3. Disconnect your phone from the computer after the file transfer has been completed.
4. Reboot your phone into the bootloader mode. Press and hold Volume DOWN+Power buttons together and you will enter bootloader mode.
5. Choose Recovery option from the bootloader mode.
6. From the recovery menu, choose install .zip from sd and then select the Superuser ZIP file.
7. After it has finished installing the file, reboot your phone.
Thats it!!!! Your HTC explorer is now rooted.
* Courtesy: XDA developers
