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Root I tried to root my Stratosphere...

Using Heimdall in Ubuntu 10.11 (or 11.10 I'm dyslexic sometimes whichever the newest is.)

I wasn't able to get very far. I followed the steps exactly as in the thread.

When I got to the code part of it, in the terminal, I got as far as this:



Code:
heimdall detect
Device detected
the-master@Justins:~$ sudo heimdall flash --kernel root-zImage
Heimdall v1.3.2, Copyright (c) 2010-2012, Benjamin Dobell, Glass Echidna
http://www.glassechidna.com.au

This software is provided free of charge. Copying and redistribution is
encouraged.

If you appreciate this software and you would like to support future
development please consider donating:
http://www.glassechidna.com.au/donate/

Initialising connection...
Detecting device...
Claiming interface...
Setting up interface...

Checking if protocol is initialised...
Protocol is not initialised.
Initialising protocol...
Handshaking with Loke...
ERROR: Failed to receive response!


I can't get any further and can no longer use my phone. Can someone please help?

Update: I tried to do it using the heimdall front end GUI, but it gave me the error "Tar header contains invalid file size." I hope this clears it up a little.

Another Update: I've managed to get my phone restarted. I did this by downloading the pit from the phone.

Update: I now have the superuser.apk on my phone but it does not seem to be functioning properly. I do not know how to get it to work. Please help

Issue Resolved: I was using the wrong version of Heimdall. I had accidentally downloaded the latest version of the program instead of 1.3.1. 1.3.2 is not fond of the kernels that needed to be flashed. Now I feel like an idiot, I've been working on this all day, and once I figured out what was wrong, it took me 10 minutes to do.
 
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