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Chainfire roots all Lollipop-running Nexus devices but the Nexus 6

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Chainfire is back and this time brings the number of rooted Lollipop-running Nexus devices to six – CF Auto Root is available with SuperSU v2.20 (which isn’t available anywhere else currently).

For Lollipop devices the latest Chainfire version includes a ZIP to patch the kernel to run CF Auto Root at boot.

Here’s the list of supported devices:

  • Nexus 4
  • Nexus 7 (2012)
  • Nexus 10
  • Nexus 5
  • Nexus 7 (2013)
  • Nexus 9

This only leaves the Nexus 6 without root, but considering the speed with which Chainfire expands the list it probably won’t be a long wait. That said, the Google+ post mentions hardware issues (a broken water cooler and a rebuilding RAID array), which may slow down the progress.

Note that a custom recovery is not included and if you have one installed, it will be overwritten. Also, if your device is encrypted then all data will be wiped.

Download the necessary files from the CF Auto Root repository where you’ll also find instructions. It goes without saying that you proceed at your own risk.

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