[daventodd]

K, so I Odin'ed cwm over as described, rebooted into cwm, but subsequent boots go into the stock recovery. If I repeat the cwm installation it will boot into cwm again, but again subsequents boots go to stock. Do I need to actually flash su to be able to boot into cwm? (Haven't done that yet...) Thanks

Look at the above posts on how Psteele solved that problem!

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[amorse]

Lol, sorry for the laziness...went thru the first like 13 pages, bailed. Anyway, thanks to you and Psteele!

 

[acejavelin]

I would suggest dwitherell and Crystawth update their original postings with the info from Psteele over the previous 8 or so postings.

 

[dwitherell]

I would suggest dwitherell and Crystawth update their original postings with the info from Psteele over the previous 8 or so postings.

I'll do you one better...
Updated OP. It now includes a little 3.0.7 recommendation, as well as a link to a slightly modified CWM install for 3.0.7 that also removes the install-recovery.sh file for you. Hope this helps folks!

 

[alnseattle]

I used your method and it worked perfectly. Thanks a lot for the great instructions and all your work.

 

[mastmike]

odin doesnt automatically see my phone.. what do i do?

 

[daventodd]

odin doesnt automatically see my phone.. what do i do?

By automatically, you mean that it takes a while for Odin to see your phone? Or it doesn't show up at all?
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[zzandrewst]

Decided to finally root my replacement Stratosphere but am having problems doing so. I followed all directions as listed and ran into the problem previously posted about the recurring system recovery. 1st try with Odin, I couldn't get CWM to ever boot up. I flashed CWM again and this 2nd time successfully was able to get CWM to boot up. I immediately made a backup in CWM. I decided I would go ahead and flash the Tweaked 2.2 zip that I had saved on my SD Card. When I did this, I wiped data, cache, and dalvik. I mounted everything except USB. When I tried to flash the Tweaked file, the phone went into a bootloop. Luckily, the phone still booted to CWM, so I restored my phone back to it's pre-flashed self. Should I just flash SuperUser first and then after I do that, try to flash Tweaked? Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[daventodd]

Decided to finally root my replacement Stratosphere but am having problems doing so. I followed all directions as listed and ran into the problem previously posted about the recurring system recovery. 1st try with Odin, I couldn't get CWM to ever boot up. I flashed CWM again and this 2nd time successfully was able to get CWM to boot up. I immediately made a backup in CWM. I decided I would go ahead and flash the Tweaked 2.2 zip that I had saved on my SD Card. When I did this, I wiped data, cache, and dalvik. I mounted everything except USB. When I tried to flash the Tweaked file, the phone went into a bootloop. Luckily, the phone still booted to CWM, so I restored my phone back to it's pre-flashed self. Should I just flash SuperUser first and then after I do that, try to flash Tweaked? Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Why mount everything? Just /system is needed (from what I think). Did you flash a Tweaked kernel? I don't think the stock one will do much good.
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[xXFearlessMainiacXx]

Does anyone know if these instructions with work on the Samsung Galaxy Metrix? My research suggests they're the same phone just different Carriers. I'm a first time rooter and would prefer not to brick my phone. I've been researching rooting for a few days now.

 

[daventodd]

Does anyone know if these instructions with work on the Samsung Galaxy Metrix? My research suggests they're the same phone just different Carriers. I'm a first time rooter and would prefer not to brick my phone. I've been researching rooting for a few days now.

I wouldn't recommend flashing another phone's ROM to your device. If you have an alternative way to get back to stock, then be my guest but something will most likely go wrong. My point being, I wouldn't think of it as being beneficial to my phone to try it like you're doing!
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[acejavelin]

Does anyone know if these instructions with work on the Samsung Galaxy Metrix? My research suggests they're the same phone just different Carriers. I'm a first time rooter and would prefer not to brick my phone. I've been researching rooting for a few days now.

I wouldn't suggest doing it if this phone is a daily driver... although the Metrix is very similar to the Stratosphere, it is different, and the stuff for the Stratosphere is very specific to it, such as a specially modified CWM Recovery, and although it might work I unless you are willing to brick your device I wouldn't try it.

 

[zzandrewst]

Why mount everything? Just /system is needed (from what I think). Did you flash a Tweaked kernel? I don't think the stock one will do much good.
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Thanks for the tips. I have done some reading and now realize that there is not a ff1 rom yet, so I think I will just try to root with superuser for now and then go from there..

 

[daventodd]

Thanks for the tips. I have done some reading and now realize that there is not a ff1 rom yet, so I think I will just try to root with superuser for now and then go from there..

There is a deodexed stock FF1 ROM that will provide with better performance than pure stock. Look in the Development Section for more info!
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[Clarke33]

I was going to root my old Strat but I am not having any luck with the CWM5 recovery download. I went to the Clockworkmod site but they didn't have the link available for the Stratosphere. It is available for the Epic 4g and I was wondering if all 5.0.2.7 downloads are the same or are they phone specific. I have only rooted a few devices and still have questions.

 

[daventodd]

I was going to root my old Strat but I am not having any luck with the CWM5 recovery download. I went to the Clockworkmod site but they didn't have the link available for the Stratosphere. It is available for the Epic 4g and I was wondering if all 5.0.2.7 downloads are the same or are they phone specific. I have only rooted a few devices and still have questions.

I still have my CWM file. I just uploaded it to Dropbox for ya https://www.dropbox.com/s/593r1ueb35ocdz2/StratCWMRecovery.tar.md5

 

[Clarke33]

Got it. Thanks

 

[Clarke33]

I am still having trouble with this file. When I tried to move it to my SD card the phone said it can't be downloaded. Is there any place to get it as a zip file? One other thing, I have read through several methods for rooting the Strat but was wondering if there is a preferred method this late in the game. I am experimenting on this phone after rooting a Pantech Marauder that I picked up off Craigslist. I am trying to get up to speed on different methods for different phones.

 

[daventodd]

I am still having trouble with this file. When I tried to move it to my SD card the phone said it can't be downloaded. Is there any place to get it as a zip file? One other thing, I have read through several methods for rooting the Strat but was wondering if there is a preferred method this late in the game. I am experimenting on this phone after rooting a Pantech Marauder that I picked up off Craigslist. I am trying to get up to speed on different methods for different phones.

You're trying to get CWM Recovery on the Strat, correct? Just trying to make sure we were talking about the same thing, haha.

 

[Clarke33]

Yes I am. I have only rooted 3 different devices and it seems this one has more steps than the rest. Of course, I am still a Noob though.