Guide to Root HTC Desire 816

In this tutorial, I will share tutorial to root HTC Desire 816

1. Install HTC Sync Manager

(Required because it packs in the drivers essential for PC to recognize the device)
http://www.htc.com/in/software/htc-sync-manager/

2. Unlock your phone's bootloader

Follow the steps listed here : http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader

You need to select device model as "HTC One"(Don't worry, it all follows almost same steps)

3. Download and Install a custom recovery!

- Download your recovery exe file(I recommend it so that it doesn't causes any troubles for newbies) from here.
- Boot you phone into fastboot and run the exe file, it will install the recovery(CWM 6.0.4.7 as of the date of writing).
- Boot into recovery by selecting HBOOT(Select using Power button and scroll via volume keys)

4. Download and flash SuperSU!

- Download the latest SuperSU zip file from here!
- Place it in the root of your sd card(Internal or External, your choice)
- Boot into recovery and select "Install Zip from SD Card".
- Select where you kept the flashable zip(Internal/External storage)
- Select the file when it shows all your files and then select "Yes" to let it flash.
- After flashing completes, reboot!
- Use the wp_mod.ko module from here!
- ?
- Profit! You finally have a rooted HTC Desire 816! Yay!
The following is proof screenshot that my HTC Desire 816 have been rooted