Root rooting my phone

[billy whizz]

hi guys - im having issues with the proximity sensor on my htc desire s...seems to be a common fault on these...anyway, i want to disable it and i undestand the phone needs to be rooted..im perfectly happy with my phone and do not need custom roms or anything else just want to disable the proximity sensor...my phone has a locked bootloader and i understand it needs to be unlocked first..can i just root the phone only without doing anything else to it ? ta

 

[Rxpert83]

Hello.

I have moved you to the rooting section. Have you tried the sticky guides? They usually contain step by step rooting directinos

 

[Guru82]

Googled "desire s disable proximity sensor", found How to/Solution to disable proximity sensor incall - xda-developers

I would try the "Options you need to try first." on that page, before trying anything drastic.

Even with root, the proximity sensor doesn't use an apk, so you can't simply remove it with TB or other system app remover.