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How to root now that bootloader is unlocked

I was wondering if there is any specific person or group we could reach out to to help root the Nexus Player. The bootloader is easily unlocked so all we need is root to enabled quite a few features that the NP needs (access to usb drives/keys from all apps, etc).
Chainfire is, of course, the obvious first contact, but is there anyone else that has shown Lollipop kernel experience to date on any other Nexus platforms?

You need to wait for the insecure-boot.img to be uploaded by someone.

Insecure boot.img
Insecure boot.img for Nexus Player tested and works, compiled from aosp_fugu-eng.
adb shell returns a #.

I imagine it is only a matter of time until we'll see TWRP for the NP. TWRP for the Nexus 9 was just released today.

guylamar2006 said:
Insecure boot.img for Nexus Player tested and works, compiled from aosp_fugu-eng.
adb shell returns a #.
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can someone try this with supersu? Chainfire released 2.23 version for the 5.0 devices. I'd try it myself but my NP didn't manage to leave the warehouse yet.

I asked ChainFire on the official cf-autroot thread about autoroot for the NP earlier this week. He said he will getting a NP soon and would look at providing an autoroot package for it.
I like the TRWP approach a little more and may move to that for my Nexus 9.
IskiE

isketerol said:
I asked ChainFire on the official cf-autroot thread about autoroot for the NP earlier this week. He said he will getting a NP soon and would look at providing an autoroot package for it.
I like the TRWP approach a little more and may move to that for my Nexus 9.
IskiE
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just released root myself :good:

bunchies said:
just released root myself :good:
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Thanks !
But where ? I looked at your recent posts and didn't see anything downloadable.

mikereidis said:
Thanks !
But where ? I looked at your recent posts and didn't see anything downloadable.
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Check the development section
About to release the latest OTA version any minute now

[OTA] Blur_Version.22.21.28.titan_retuaws.retuaws.en.US

I think someone was looking for this. This was captured from an Ebay bought factory unlocked XT1064 on 4.4.4
Blur_Version.22.21.28.titan_retuaws.retuaws.en.US

rukusx7 said:
I think someone was looking for this. This was captured from an Ebay bought factory unlocked XT1064 on 4.4.4
Blur_Version.22.21.28.titan_retuaws.retuaws.en.US
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link doesn't work - btw, is this an update for someone running 22.21.28 to another build, or is is from another build TO 22.21.28? if so, what build?

Correct link
My guess is the original poster meant to post this link:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95897840722648255
Based on the size, it looks to me like the OTA or flash image (from recovery) from 4.4.4 to 5.0.2 official/pure stock.

Link fixed.
This updates 4.4.4 to Lollipop 5.0. This was captured from an XT1064 model.

rukusx7 said:
Link fixed.
This updates 4.4.4 to Lollipop 5.0. This was captured from an XT1064 model.
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Yes, I've gathered that much but what build was the device on that this was pulled from. Was is 21.11.17? that's important to note because the OTA files are specific to that build only. Otherwise if it IS 21.11.17 I have also uploaded the same OTA file - I suspect it is based on file size (412MB).

joeparker54 said:
Yes, I've gathered that much but what build was the device on that this was pulled from. Was is 21.11.17? that's important to note because the OTA files are specific to that build only. Otherwise if it IS 21.11.17 I have also uploaded the same OTA file - I suspect it is based on file size (412MB).
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I updated the same as you then. Didn't notice it was here. I don't deal with stock ROM much. Just thought someone might need it.
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rukusx7 said:
I updated the same as you then. Didn't notice it was here. I don't deal with stock ROM much. Just thought someone might need it.
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no worries! you just got me all excited at first - thought it might be the OTA I need to go to 22.21.25 to build 22.21.28 on my Consumer Cellular xt1064 (unlocked and reloaded with stock firmware). As always, thanks for taking the time to pull the file and upload it! I'd rather have it and not need it... and that sort of thing.

joeparker54 said:
no worries! you just got me all excited at first - thought it might be the OTA I need to go to 22.21.25 to build 22.21.28 on my Consumer Cellular xt1064 (unlocked and reloaded with stock firmware). As always, thanks for taking the time to pull the file and upload it! I'd rather have it and not need it... and that sort of thing.
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Check out the temasek thread in original development. Prob wrong section, but anyway. I have shawn5162 there for bug support, but I'm doing casual builds of temasek cm12. Check out the cm12 thread first actually.
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rukusx7 said:
Check out the temasek thread in original development. Prob wrong section, but anyway. I have shawn5162 there for bug support, but I'm doing casual builds of temasek cm12. Check out the cm12 thread first actually.
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definitely going to - I should actually clarify that I am sim-unlocked, not bootloader. I've managed to get up to this point using all signed firmware and the right OTA file, but since I've severly burned my bridges over at moto's forum, there's no hope of me doing MFN.... so I'm going to be unlocking the bootloader shortly - I was kinda hoping an exploit-based root might come about, but no such luck! Definitely going to be checking out the CM12 builds, as well as using this phone as my first foray into tweaking , and eventually building roms. It was a little intimidating at first, but now I'm wondering what the heck I've been afraid of all these years.

What is a systemless root?

As the title states, what is a system less root ? This is my first nexus so I'm getting used to the mods, ROMs and bits n bobs.
Cheers in advance.

dladz said:
As the title states, what is a system less root ? This is my first nexus so I'm getting used to the mods, ROMs and bits n bobs.
Cheers in advance.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/supersu/wip-android-6-0-marshmellow-t3219344/post64161125

XxMORPHEOUSxX said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/supersu/wip-android-6-0-marshmellow-t3219344/post64161125
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Previous chainfire supersu writes in the /system partion, specifically in /system/su directory. This makes some of the security conscience application to reject phones that has /system modified. The newer version of chainfire supersu relocate the files to /su directory, and can pass the security check provided the /su/xbin_bind symbolic link is removed.

dyingearth said:
Previous chainfire supersu writes in the /system partion, specifically in /system/su directory. This makes some of the security conscience application to reject phones that has /system modified. The newer version of chainfire supersu relocate the files to /su directory, and can pass the security check provided the /su/xbin_bind symbolic link is removed.
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Would that mean that previously failed apps which require a non rooted system to work? That's amazing if that's the case.

dladz said:
Would that mean that previously failed apps which require a non rooted system to work? That's amazing if that's the case.
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Yes. As long as you are on stock, android pay will work with systemless root. You just can't use xposed.

XxMORPHEOUSxX said:
Yes. As long as you are on stock, android pay will work with systemless root. You just can't use xposed.
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I mean like my work email, (good for enterprise) barclays, Lloyds. Great about android pay.

Is there a workaround for getting Xposed to work or something similar that offers some tweaks?

A tip for someone new to ROMS and flashing. If you use Google Authenticator, or any other authenticator app, like Blizzard Authenticator, or Steam Mobile Guard, make sure you deactivate it before you flash anything.

dladz said:
I mean like my work email, (good for enterprise) barclays, Lloyds. Great about android pay.
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Hi mate nice to see you finally got yourself a nexus
[emoji106]
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Go Radio said:
Is there a workaround for getting Xposed to work or something similar that offers some tweaks?
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Just install xposed installer apk then flash the framework no workaround needed mate
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chubby65 said:
Hi mate nice to see you finally got yourself a nexus
[emoji106]
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Just install xposed installer apk then flash the framework no workaround needed mate
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Ello fella, long time no see, yea i bit the bullet, gave work back my HTC m9 and grabbed the 6p, all good up until now, still a bit big but i'm getting used to it.
It's a head turner for sure especially without a case on.
You alright yourself? Good crimbo etc?

dladz said:
Ello fella, long time no see, yea i bit the bullet, gave work back my HTC m9 and grabbed the 6p, all good up until now, still a bit big but i'm getting used to it.
It's a head turner for sure especially without a case on.
You alright yourself? Good crimbo etc?
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Not bad at all mate a little quite if anything
How's yourself mate
The size won't be an issue after a week or two this really is a beast especially with elementalX
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chubby65 said:
Not bad at all mate a little quite if anything
How's yourself mate
The size won't be an issue after a week or two this really is a beast especially with elementalX
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I'm not rooted yet. I'll get to it this weekend
Have you got the 6P or the 5?
EDIT: I'm not rooted

dladz said:
I'm not rooted yet. I'll get to it this weekend
Have you got the 6P or the 5?
EDIT: I'm not rooted
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I've got the 6p mate wasn't that keen on the 5x
I decided as soon as I'd seen both that the 6p was for me but I was unsure with the camera bump
But it's not as much of a bump as I thought it was gonna be
I really wanted the gold one but as it wasn't available I went for the aluminium
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chubby65 said:
I've got the 6p mate wasn't that keen on the 5x
I decided as soon as I'd seen both that the 6p was for me but I was unsure with the camera bump
But it's not as much of a bump as I thought it was gonna be
I really wanted the gold one but as it wasn't available I went for the aluminium
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Graphite mate, it's enough for me.
How easy is rooting?
Bootloader, recovery, SU, for some reason i get a flag on boot, apparently i didn't decrypt my data partition? Do i need to do that?

dladz said:
Graphite mate, it's enough for me.
How easy is rooting?
Bootloader, recovery, SU, for some reason i get a flag on boot, apparently i didn't decrypt my data partition? Do i need to do that?
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Encryption is totally up to you mate you don't need to do it
Rooting is very easy
Unlocking the bootloader gives a warning screen before the Google logo appears but is nothing to worry about
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I went with systemless root but now when I go into recovery I can't see my files in the system. It's just blank and says 0mb. Anyone know why it's happening?

When rooted 'via' systemless root does the stock OTA work?

neisor said:
When rooted 'via' systemless root does the stock OTA work?
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Apparently not with a custom recovery, afaik, sorry mate, still learning.

Marshmallow 6.0.1 security update released, April 2016 (MMB29X)

Available at:
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#shamu
At a minimum it should fix the CVE-2015-1805 vulnerability. If you see any other changes post here.
The bootloader and the radio are the same as mmb29v.

najoor said:
Available at:
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#shamu
At a minimum it should fix the CVE-2015-1805 vulnerability. If you see any other changes post here.
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I'm not seeing that under Shamu Firmware. There is some stuff for it under Binaries, but not Firmware.
UPDATE:
Its showing up now.

This should be the list of the patches in this update. It's the April security bulletin.
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html

MMB29X
Hey all. Ive been off the scene since July. I finally got my replacement N6. As soon as I turned it on, It had this update rarin to go so I installed it. Is this going to have any effect on unlock, root, custom recovery? I ask because it is brand new stock untouched other than the update.
Thanks Fellas

MMB29X
Hey all. Ive been off the scene since July. I finally got my replacement N6. As soon as I turned it on, It had this update rarin to go so I installed it. Is this going to have any effect on unlock, root, custom recovery? I ask because it is brand new stock untouched other than the update.
Thanks Fellas

So, I was on the 6.0 Build for a long time but finally decided it was time to update. I moved up to this build and have had some issues. Before I just replaced the Hosts file to get ad blocking. But with the 6.0.1 builds the System is full. Easy workaround was creating a symlink to a hosts file that is placed in /sdcard/ But in this build it seems like it isn't doing any ad blocking. Anyone have any ideas why?
Thanks
Basically I have 3 wants aside from stock, I don't root so I can keep Android Pay, I want ad-blocking, and edit the Build.prop to net.tethering.noprovision=true

Hello all. Has anyone gotten V4A to work with this latest update? I flashed the latest version and ended up locked at the Google Screen. Thank God for backups.
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electrojas said:
Hello all. Has anyone gotten V4A to work with this latest update? I flashed the latest version and ended up locked at the Google Screen. Thank God for backups.
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v4a has been working on most builds. you could have been doing something wrong or missing sonething

electrojas said:
Hey all. Ive been off the scene since July. I finally got my replacement N6. As soon as I turned it on, It had this update rarin to go so I installed it. Is this going to have any effect on unlock, root, custom recovery? I ask because it is brand new stock untouched other than the update.
Thanks Fellas
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No, its a Nexus. But look into the new SuperUser by Chainfire, it is systemless now. So version 2.67 or higher. Also the system partition is full now. You cant write to it without deleting a couple of items first like unused keyboards.

I have seen so many new versions of Viper, and as I said in my previous post I turned on my phone from brand new, fast boot, unlocked bootloader and rooted. I installed TWRP, version 3001. So at this moment I am stock rooted with TWRP version MMB29X. Can anyone kindly point me to the best and correct TWRP flashable version of Viper? Without V4A, I feel like I have half a phone. Thanks to anyone who can give me a hand. Peace guys.
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electrojas said:
I have seen so many new versions of Viper, and as I said in my previous post I turned on my phone from brand new, fast boot, unlocked bootloader and rooted. I installed TWRP, version 3001. So at this moment I am stock rooted with TWRP version MMB29X. Can anyone kindly point me to the best and correct TWRP flashable version of Viper? Without V4A, I feel like I have half a phone. Thanks to anyone who can give me a hand. Peace guys.
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Well I did what we all need to do and just kept diggin. Turns out wugfresh updated the toolkit for the new updates, I had to reinstall the newest TWRP, and flash the latest V4A. Killer. This is the best app there is for Android by far.
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MMB29X factory image just got updated in the last day or so.
New:
https://dl.google.com/dl/android/aosp/shamu-mmb29x-factory-99e985b9.tgz
Original:
shamu-mmb29x-factory-ef4cbb75.tgz
No idea why or what changed. I'm on slow internet at the mo so can't check. Maybe just changed one of the included scripts ?

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MMB29X factory image just got updated in the last day or so.
New:
https://dl.google.com/dl/android/aosp/shamu-mmb29x-factory-99e985b9.tgz
Original:
shamu-mmb29x-factory-ef4cbb75.tgz
No idea why or what changed. I'm on slow internet at the mo so can't check. Maybe just changed one of the included scripts ?
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Its include only two changed apk. Everything else - same.
New Google Play services 9.0.86

Displax said:
Its include only two changed apk. Everything else - same.
New Google Play services 9.0.86
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Could you extract and share the play services apk please

xdatastic said:
Could you extract and share the play services apk please
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https://mega.nz/#F!B01wWDRT!W-GlR70PgY-iCuRrtg9azw
But it is odexed apk, so can't be uploaded on http://www.apkmirror.com

ROOT via CF-Auto-Root [SuperSU]

I generated Chainfire`s CF-Auto-Root, so you can try use it.
1. Download and unpack CFAR-taimen-default.zip.
2. Reboot your device into bootloader mode.
3. Install standart fastboot drivers.
4. Run "root.bat" file.
This batch file unlock your bootloader (if it`s not) and boot modified kernel.
Wait, when device automaticaly reboot. Then just install SuperSU apk.
Download: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4acSOboIe6RQXpYNVp5NXJ1Ync
I do not give any guarantees of it. If it causes bootloop - flash factory image.
Tell me if it works.

Tell me if it works.
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LOL

Much wiser to simply wait for official post from Chainfire.

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Much wiser to simply wait for official post from Chainfire.
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Yup. This method doesn't work. I already gave it a shot. SuperSU just states "Root undetected". At least I didn't get a bootloop...

Born<ICs said:
Much wiser to simply wait for official post from Chainfire.
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Didn't @Chainfire retired?

Born<ICs said:
Much wiser to simply wait for official post from Chainfire.
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lucky_strike33 said:
Didn't @Chainfire retired?
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Yes he did just a week or so ago.

I'm pretty sure chainfire retired and we will have to wait for magisk now
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bajasur said:
I'm pretty sure chainfire retired and we will have to wait for magisk now
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And the magisk Dev just finally got the pixel one, so we maybe waiting awhile. I was thinking we might want to start a fund for either him or goodwin_c he's the one who built the unofficial versions of magisk most of this year for our og pixels. I have talked to him and he doesn't plan on getting one.

Firmware.mobi (Chainfire's site) has an option to automatically generate and download a CFAR package. Was the OP generated using this site? If not, someone should try that route.
Never mind. It was. Ignore me.

Still on a pixel xl 1. So sorry if thos is off base, but has anyone tried to use our method on this phone? Boot to the twrp image then flash Chainfires latest SU?
I am guessing it is TWRP that fails?

TonikJDK said:
Still on a pixel xl 1. So sorry if thos is off base, but has anyone tried to use our method on this phone? Boot to the twrp image then flash Chainfires latest SU?
I am guessing it is TWRP that fails?
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There is currently no TWRP for this device.

TonikJDK said:
Still on a pixel xl 1. So sorry if thos is off base, but has anyone tried to use our method on this phone? Boot to the twrp image then flash Chainfires latest SU?
I am guessing it is TWRP that fails?
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Twrp fails. SuperSU 2.82 SR1 boot to root fails.

lucky_strike33 said:
Didn't @Chainfire retired?
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Apparently CCMT has been running SuperSU for the last couple years anyways: http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/10/03/chainfire-announces-end-involvement-supersu/
So it's possible that the CCMT team will update SuperSU for Pixel 2 devices.

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Apparently CCMT has been running SuperSU for the last couple years anyways: http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/10/03/chainfire-announces-end-involvement-supersu/
So it's possible that the CCMT team will update SuperSU for Pixel 2 devices.
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Assuming they have the device?

arh2o said:
Apparently CCMT has been running SuperSU for the last couple years anyways: http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/10/03/chainfire-announces-end-involvement-supersu/
So it's possible that the CCMT team will update SuperSU for Pixel 2 devices.
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They bought it a couple years ago, but Chainfire's still been actively developing with them, until the beginning of October when he finally "quit". He's still going to consult until the end of February though, so there might still be hope that he will be able to assist and speed things up for us! XDA Article About It Here

Boot to TWRP just fails in Fastboot. It just reboots the phone to bootloader. ?

Can confirm that this does NOT work. Will wipe your phone without giving you root. I have my bootloader unlocked as well. Seems we'll have to wait for a better solution.

Maybe it's just me but I feel like the title of this should be changed because it could be a bit misleading for many people. There is also already a topic for WIP Magisk so we shouldn't split topics on trying to get root into several areas.

Not So Pro said:
Maybe it's just me but I feel like the title of this should be changed because it could be a bit misleading for many people. There is also already a topic for WIP Magisk so we shouldn't split topics on trying to get root into several areas.
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lol. there are lots of posts from people who have no clue what they're doing, posting guides like they know what they're doing. and just as many who don't have the device, saying 'try this!'
i dunno if any REAL devs even got this device or have any interest, seems like no.
but seriously, like we didn't try cf-auto-root yet? lol. lol...

Magisk and CF Auto Root are 2 different things but I do agree this one should be removed or even say WIP.