Samsung Stratosphere joins the
rooting community as the device can now be rooted and can be installed
with root-only apps, the apps that require root in order to work
properly. While we’re seeing ICS and Jelly Bean running on almost all
the Android devices out there, the Samsung Stratosphere’s still stuck at
Gingerbread and there seems to be no hope from manufacturer to roll-out
a firmware update soon. However, after rooting your device, you will be
able to upgrade your firmware (using custom ROMs) as well as play
around with mods and tweaks available only for rooted devices. So, in
this guide, we’ve put together everything you need to help you root your
device. Let’s see how you can root your Samsung Stratosphere
smartphone.I. Before You Begin:
1. You’re gonna void the warranty of your
device by rooting it. However, if you ever need the warranty back, you
can unroot your device if there’s any unrooting procedure available.
2. Your device needs to have at least 50% of battery life left.
3. You should have appropriate drivers installed on your PC.
II. Downloading Required Files:
1. Heimdall (Download link’s given in the first post)
2. Root Package (Download link’s given at the bottom of the first post)
III. Rooting the Samsung Stratosphere:
1. Place both the files you downloaded to your Desktop.
2. Extract files from both the archives to your Desktop.
3. Turn OFF your device.
4. Reboot your device into Download mode. This can be done by pressing and holding the Volume DOWN+Power buttons together.
5. Press Volume UP key when you see a warning on your screen.
6. Now connect your device to your PC using the USB cable.
7. Launch a Command Prompt Window on the Desktop of your PC. To do so, just press and hold the Shift button on your keyboard and right-click on any blank area on the screen, then choose Open command window here.
8. Type in following command into the Command Prompt Window you just opened:
heimdall detect
9. If you see a message saying Device Deteced, that means your device’s been recognized by the tool.
10. Next, enter the following command:
heimdall flash --kernel root-zImage
11. It will flash the insecure kernel on your device.
12. Your device will reboot in normal mode.
13. On your device, head to Menu>>Settings>>Applications>>Development and enable the USB debugging option.
14. Come back to the Command Prompt Window you have kept open on your PC and type in following command:
adb devices
15. You should see your device on the list of devices attached to your PC.
16. Issue the following command to remount your system:
adb remount
17. Now type in following commands to push some important and required files over to your device:
adb push su /system/bin
adb push busybox /system/bin
adb push Superuser.apk /system/app
18. Enter the following commands to change file permissions:
adb shell chmod 4755 /system/bin/su
adb shell chmod 4755 /system/bin/busybox
19. Reboot your device.
20. And you’re rooted now!
IV. Installing ClockworkMod Recovery on the Samsung Stratosphere:
1. Download Heimdalland ClockworkMod Recovery Image then place both files to your Desktop.
2. Extract files from the Heimdall archive to your Desktop.
3. Turn OFF your device.
4. Reboot your device into Download mode by pressing and holding the Volume DOWN+Power buttons together.
5. Press the Volume UP button to continue.
6. Connect your device to your PC using the USB cable.
7. Open a Command Prompt Window on the Desktop of your PC. To do so, press and hold the Shift button on your keyboard and right-click on any empty area on the screen, then select Open command window here.
8. Type in following command into the Command Prompt Window:
heimdall flash --recovery cwm5_recovery.bin
9. Once the recovery’s flashed, reboot your device.
10. And you’re all set!
Cheers! ClockworkMod Recovery’s been successfully installed on your Samsung Stratosphere and you can access it using the Volume UP+Volume DOWN+Power buttons combination.
