How to root Samsung Galaxy Pocket Plus (GT-S5301)

First of all rooting any Android device will void its warranty, and you must follow this steps VERY CAREFULLY so that it won't cause any serious damages. The second thing to do is to make sure that your device is FULLY CHARGED to avoid power failure. Lastly, don’t forget to enable USB debugging option in your phone. For enabling it, go to Settings > Applications > Developer options > USB Debugging.

DISCLAIMER : I am not responsible for any damages or loss, so do this at your own risk.

NOTICE : Solution based on ICS 4.0.4 Russian Stock firmware. It will not affect the data on your device (contacts, files etc.). No wipe\hard reset needed.

STEP 1 GETTING ALL THE REQUIREMENTS

These are the things you will need:

Micro SD card
USB connector
And a Computer

Download all these required stuff to your computer:

ODIN 3.07
Modified Recovery
Update package for rooting
Samsung Kies

STEP 2 FLASHING THE UPDATES

1. Turn off the device, and then boot into Download Mode by holding volume down, home and power button all together simultaneously. When the Download mode warning appear, plug in your phone to the computer via USB connector and press volume up button to continue. The device will load in ODIN download mode.


2. On your computer, run ODIN 3.07. Don't change any setting (checkboxes ) just leave them in default state. Your device should appear in "ID:COM" part of the screen as serial device (i.e. "COM38") - if not check if your USB port is functional and Samsung drivers/kies installed correctly.


3. Click on PDA button and choose the modified recovery file that you downloaded earlier. Don't rename or decompress the file - otherwise it will not work. Wait until ODIN decompress the package and check the checksums. After it just press START button and wait until the process is over.


4. On your computer, copy the update package for rooting file to the Micro SD card and after that, put the card in your phone's slot. (DO NOT  RENAME OR DECOMPRESS THE FILE)


5. Switch off your device again, and then boot into recovery mode by holding volume up, home and power button to switch on. Using volume up and down buttons navigate to menu item "apply update from external card" and press power button to commit operation. Then navigate to Root_Superuser_3.1.3......zip file and press power button again.


6. Done. Your device should be rooted now. You can check it with various free programs like Root Checker available at Google Play.

You can restore the stock recovery using the same flashing procedure as described above. The stock recovery image is available here

CREDITS TO blearreaz0n at the XDA developers forum.

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