[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonny12gauge:
Good afternoon! First I have to throw out there that I have been scouring the web on how to root my Metro PCS 626s and I came across this awesome site and even more awesome write up on how to do it. I refuse to purchase another phone just because my internal storage is maxxed out due to bloatware! I must root my phone I say!

Long story short I am a complete noob and have never attempted this before. I am not a computer noob so I figured it can't be that hard. Unfortunately I am having some trouble with the very first part on getting the bootloader unlocked via the instructions on the HTC Dev site (similar to the other Metro PCS user) so I would greatly appreciate some clarification on their instructions if someone would be so kind.

I will preface by saying that I have the Developer Mode enabled, USB Debugging and OEM unlocking enabled, as well as installing from Unknown Sources enabled.

Step 1 on the HTC Dev site says :After powering down, press Volume Down and while pressing Volume Down, press Power holding both buttons to start the device into Bootloader mode (now Download mode for One M9 and newer devices). If you have difficulty, power up normally, go to Settings->Battery and deselect Fast boot. Power down and try again. I think that the 626s came out after the OneM9 so I should be in Download mode correct? It goes to download mode when I do this.

Step 2 says: Use the Volume buttons to select up or down. Highlight Fastboot and press the Power button. I do not have an option to select Fastboot!

My screen shows the following information (I can grab a screen shot later if needed):

hTC download mode

*** LOCKED ***

htc_a32eul PVT S-ON

LK-1.0.0.0000

RADIO-01.01_U113251151_47.00.51016G

OpenDSP-UNKNOWN

OS-1.23.1550.3

Oct 15 2015m 19:28:37(637541)

system info

show barcode

reboot to bootloader

reboot to download mode

reboot

power down

(and then there is the text about a security warning if you flash your ROM etc)

The HTC Dev site says :NOTE: All new HTC devices shipped since One M9 support download mode instead of bootloader mode for this step. And for select HTC devices with Android Lollipop and all devices that receive Marshmallow, you will need to first manually enable OEM unlocking in Developer options in order to allow the bootloader to be unlocked and proceed with the next steps. To access the OEM unlocking setting on your device, open the Developer options in the system Settings. On Android 4.2 and higher, the Developer options screen is hidden by default. To make it visible, go to Settings > About > Software information > More and tap Build number seven times. Return to the Settings screen to find Developer options and check OEM unlocking.

Step 3 is to connect via USB cable to your PC.

If I choose to reboot to download mode, I get the exact same options as listed above. If I choose reboot to bootloader, I get a different screen (white background with colorful text) that shows the following:

Software status: Official

Locked

S-ON

Vol up to previous item

Vol down to next item

Power to select item

Reboot

Reboot to Bootloader

Boot to Download Mode

Boot to Recovery Mode

Power Down

Phew! Ok so my main question is since I can't choose "Fastboot" as per the instructions on the HTC Dev site, what do I do from here? Am I missing something painfully obvious? There is also no setting I can find as the dev site says " If you have difficulty, power up normally, go to Settings->Battery and deselect Fast boot. Power down and try again"

Many thanks in advance!