ROOT Samsung Galaxy Pocket Plus GT-S5301
I personally Own a Samsung GT-S5301 & I have tried this on my own phone . So far it work for me & hope that it will also work for you guys........
Please Note Down:-
WARNING!!! This solution provided as is (with no
warranty of any kind). Be careful because the described operations
rather dangerous and possibly can brick your device. Author is not
responsible for your device damage.
IMPORTANT: Usage of this method will affect the state of the "Custom BIN
down" counter in your device. This means that you may have problems
with official warranty.
OTHER NOTICES: 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 software
1. Download Odin 3.0.7 here
2. Download modified stock recovery here
3. Download update package for rooting here
4. Install Samsung drivers\kies from this page
P.S. Sorry for ugly file storage solution -
google drive. If it will open the zip archive just click "File" menu and
click "Download" (or use Ctrl+S combo).
Step 2. Flash the updates
1. Switch off the device. Hold "volume down"+"home" buttons and press
power button. When device switch on release the power button but
continue to hold volume down and home until Download mode warning
appear. Plug in the USB cable and press volume up button to continue.
The device will load in ODIN download mode.
2. Run ODIN 3.0.7. Don't change any setting (checkboxes ) - 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 installed correctly.
3. Click on PDA button and chose modified recovery file saved during
step 1.2. 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. Copy update package for rooting on SD card and put the card in device's slot.
5. Switch off your device again. Hold "volume up"+"home" buttons and
press power button to switch on. Don't release volume up and home until
the recovery loaded. Using volume up and volume 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
