How to root Samsung Stratosphere

Today we will discuss how to root Samsung Stratosphere, which has a 4’’ WVGA super Amoled screen having a pixel density of 233. The device runs on a single core 1GHz micro processor and comes equipped with 512MB of RAM along with 4GB of memory. The smart phone features two cameras, including a 5 mega pixel rear-facing camera and a 1.3 mega pixel front-facing VGA one. The smart phone runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) and provides access to approximately 250,000 Google Play apps. The Samsung Stratosphere runs on dual-band EVDO Rev A supporting (850/1900MHz) and 750MHz 4G LTE. It also supports 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi and is capable of download speeds of 5 to 12Mbps and upload speeds of 2 and 5Mbps on Verizon network.                                                                 Before we start rooting, DISCLAIMER: Rooting may void the device’s warranty and the below mentioned method may be a bit risky and we are not responsible if the device is damaged or you lose data, therefore it is advisable to please proceed at your own risk. Make sure that the battery is fully charged, because if the battery drains totally during the rooting process, bricking may happen. Also make sure to create a backup of the device data such as SMS, internet settings, contacts and other media files in order to get data back in case of problems. Step 1: Unlike other roots, for rooting this device please make sure that you have installed Android Debug Bridge (ADB) toolkit. I have talked about Fastboot application and ADB in one of the previous post. Step 2: Download Samsung Kies and install it. Samsung Kies is a software application that is used to communicate between Samsung devices. The software can be downloaded from the Samsung Global Download Center or the individual phone support pages. Step 2: Enable "USB Debugging". Path for USB debugging is Menu>Settings>Applications>Development. Step 3: Also enable "Unknown Sources" from the following path: Menu>Settings>Applications Step 4: Now download the Heimdall 1.3.1 zip file from here. Step 5: After download extract the zip file contents using suitable software. Step 6: Now boot the Samsung Stratosphere smart phone into download mode by switching off the device and simultaneously pressing power and volume down buttons. Step 7: Once the device opens in download mode, please connect it to the PC using USB data cable. Step 8: (for windows users) After connecting the mobile, navigate to the extracted folder and double click on zagig.exe file under Drivers to install drivers. Now replug the smart phone and reboot the PC. Step 9: After reboot of the PC, please download the following files: Stratosphere Root.zip and Stock Kernel.zip. Step 9: Now extract the contents of the two files into the same folder in which Heimdall zip was extracted in Step 5. Step 10: Now launch the command prompt for Windows and navigate to the extracted folder and type “heimdall detect” and wait for the phone to get detected. Step 11: Once device is detected type: heimdall flash –kernel root-zImage. This will reboot the device with a yellow triangle symbol. Please make sure that the phone is detected and attached to the computer Step 12: Now please remount the file system by doing the following: F:\Downloads\heimdall-suite-1.3.1-win32>adb remount, This will display remount successful if completed  Step 13: Now push the following files to the phone: F:\Downloads\heimdall-suite-1.3.1-win32>adb push su /system/bin F:\Downloads\heimdall-suite-1.3.1-win32>adb push busybox /system/bin F:\Downloads\heimdall-suite-1.3.1-win32>adb push Superuser.apk /system/app Step 14: After pushing the files change permissions for both su and busybox by performing following command: F:\Downloads\heimdall-suite-1.3.1-win32>adb shell chmod 4755 /system/bin/su F:\Downloads\heimdall-suite-1.3.1-win32>adb shell chmod 4755 /system/bin/busybox Step 15: If you have followed the above steps correctly, the Samsung Stratosphere will be rooted on Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread. Please contact us in case of any difficulties, we will try to address your problems.