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[Nexus 6  General] Didgeridoohan:
I can't help it, I have to interject... :silly:

MagiskSU is not a variant of SuperSU... They're different root solutions. MagiskSU is based on phh's SuperUser, which in itself is based on Koush's Superuser. :good:
[Nexus 6  General] cpufixrman:
OK, this might be a Windows 10 issue. Both systems I tried this on were Windows 10 1607 (not 1703 Creators). Rebooted my laptop into my Linux dev environment and retried CF auto root... BINGO!!! We have a winner!!!
[Nexus 6  General] pcrussell50:
I haven't gotten cf auto-root to work since Lollipop. Nor do I know anyone who has... you are the first I've heard of. Since Marshmallow, I've always rooted by flashing SuperSU, and since early this year, MagiskSU.

This may well be true. I can't vouch for the other Xda poster who referred to MagiskSU as using the root code of SuperSU. In fact, I consider what you are saying as good news, as I was pulling for SuperUser a couple of years ago... the I lost touch with it's progress.
[Nexus 6  General] Larzzzz82:
You don't flash it, you boot it.

Fastboot boot <cf whatever you have it named.> In the bootloader.

Having read some of the horror stories in general, I always boot it first whenever I flash an image. Then I boot the cf auto root in bootloader.

It works.
[Nexus 6  General] pcrussell50:
You don't flash SuperSU? I have only ever rooted with Super SU by using the install button in TWRP, selecting the Super SU .zip file from the downloads folder, and dragging the slider left to right... Exactly like you do when you flash the .zip of a custom ROM. Executing CF-Autoroot, I used to do in the terminal... Until it stopped working after Lollipop.
[Nexus 6  General] Larzzzz82:
You still need to flash SuperSU.

Cf-auto-root is what gives you root. That is what you fastboot boot. SuperSU turns out to be more of an interface as I see it.
[Nexus 6  General] bryho:
Big thing I like rooting for is to change DPI, especially on a phone as big as this. Does anyone know if adjusting DPI causes any issues with lollipop?
[Nexus 6  General] adbFreedom:
Root working without issue for me, but I have only tested Titanium and ROM Toolbox at this time. One of the things I used ROM Toolbox for was to add net.tethering.noprovisioning=true to the bottom of my build.prop and confirmed my tethering works on Verizon.
[Nexus 6  General] glensta:
WiFi Tether Router will be nice for unlimited mobile hot spot on T-Mobile - assuming it works on Lollipop
[Nexus 6  General] mk92595:
Greenify and Adaway off the top of my head
[Nexus 6  General] cwalker0906:
Do we have to unlock bootloader first? This is my first nexus coming from all samsung phones so not sure what fast boot is either....thanks
[Nexus 6  General] jasonftfw:
yes, the autoroot from chainfire has oem unlock script in it
[Nexus 6  General] Pilz:
Yes it works!
[Nexus 6  General] Mr. Steve:
If we've already unlocked the bootloader, will running the batch file cause the phone to try to unlock the bootloader again; resulting in the phone being factory reset?
[Nexus 6  General] Zer0_Cool:
adblock!
[Nexus 6  General] akellar:
No
[Nexus 6  General] blakedunc235:
Ive been trying to get mine to work and I have no clue why it wont... I put it in fastboot mode and i'm running the batch file but it just keeps saying < waiting for device >

Any help would be appreciated!
[Nexus 6  General] akellar:
You need working fastboot on your PC.
[Nexus 6  General] garymachete:
Rooted with twrp. Super easy. I can confirm everything is working as it should.
[Nexus 6  General] cwalker0906:
So just run auto root and it unlocks bootloader and roots? Sorry just want to be sure dont want a brick lol
[Nexus 6  General] jasonftfw:
Yes, its pretty straight forward.
[Nexus 6  General] blakedunc235:
Thanks man you're a time saver! Got it working now and im rooted
[Nexus 6  General] aznalan15:
Not meaning to derail but if I unlock and root would I still be able to get the OTA updates from Google?
[Nexus 6  General] kgeissler:
If you type "fastboot devices", do you see anything listed?
[Nexus 6  General] clothednblack:
This is exciting news, I can't wait.
[Nexus 6  General] adbFreedom:
Yes, but you need stock recovery and unmodified system to take it. The beauty of owning a Nexus though is that there will be a flashable OTA zip floating around xda long before it gets pushed out to every device anyway.
[Nexus 6  General] XxKINGxX2580:
Do you by any chance know if that's the same for GPE phones? Like the HTC One m8 GPE.
[Nexus 6  General] aznalan15:
Ooo never owned a Nexus before. So with the flashable OTA .zip we can just do a regular boot into recovery and flash the "rom"?

I had problems with the Oneplus One where I had to go into fastboot and load the imgs on that way.
[Nexus 6  General] wtorres141:
Working...quick YouTube video here.

T-Mobile Nexus 6 - ROOT - Chainfire Method: http://youtu.be/M9j6yyFVnOI
[Nexus 6  General] adbFreedom:
I would assume the requirements would be the same.. Never owned one though

Yup. There are a couple ways to update...

You can grab an OTA.zip that someone uploaded and sideload through adb, but that requires a stock recovery and unmodified system. You would need to download the factory image from Google, extract and then flash the recovery.img and system.img prior to installing the update through adb.

The other way is that there are awesome devs in the community that take that OTA and make it into a flashable zip that you can install in a custom recovery just like you would a ROM
[Nexus 6  General] chrisduclo:
Just tried it... It was a no go on sprint device.
[Nexus 6  General] mk92595:
I can confirm Tethering_dun_required still works

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It worked for me on Tmo
[Nexus 6  General] chrisduclo:
Has this been confirmed on a sprint device?
[Nexus 6  General] aznalan15:
Mmm I haven't done too much tinkering, I was looking to set it and forget it.

What do you think is the best route for me?

I would like to disable encryption, gain root and of course need the unlocked bootloader. But I would like consistent updates.

I remember some flashes make you lose root, and the dev of the guy who said they disabled the encryption said that the new OTAs may make you encrypted again.

What would you suggest?
[Nexus 6  General] aergern:
I also got back all of my SMS/MMS messages that have survived since my first boot of my Nexus5. :)

It sounds trivial but there is quite a lot of info in those dbs I like to have back. Also, root explorer and a few other bits.

Not everything is about theming. :good:
[Nexus 6  General] Mudavo:
Nexus 5 Sprint users running Lollipop have confirmed it. Hope its the same for 6.

http://xdaforums.com/google-nexus-5/help/lollipop-tethering-solution-t2938150
[Nexus 6  General] mallman:
thanks for this, only issue i had with your tutorial is that if I run the bat file as administrator it doesn't work. I had to simply run it
[Nexus 6  General] fury683:
Tethering on Verizon is probably the only thing keeping me from getting this phone right now. I have a Moto X 2013 and use the XTether Xposed module to get WIFI for my N7 on my bus commute every day. It's kind of a deal breaker for me at this point. I can deal without Xposed (losing Gravity Box would be tough, but I could probably deal with it), but want things like AdFree, certain Tasker profiles I've setup, and tethering.

Just to confirm, are you using the stock tethering options, this just disables talking to Verizon? Is that essentially what the Xposed module does is modify build.prop, or is it similar in some way?
[Nexus 6  General] paddycr:
I changed my dpi from 560 to 480 and I think it looks a load better. It has not caused me any issues whatsoever
[Nexus 6  General] hsj1906:
removed - fixed my issue
[Nexus 6  General] fury683:
It is probably unlocking your bootloader, which does a full wipe of your entire phone. It takes a while. How long has it been stuck?
[Nexus 6  General] adbFreedom:
Correct, it just bypasses the check for subscription. I did connect another device to my hotspot to confirm internet connection also. I haven't used the xposed module you are talking about, so I don't know if this is how it works. Editing build.prop is how I obtained hot spot on my Moto X
[Nexus 6  General] fury683:
Thanks dude. The X Tether module says:

Seems like the build.prop change you made skips that all together by telling it to not even check for that array? Either way, thanks for testing it out. I use my tethering often so I definitely don't want to give it up. Now I just have to find a carrier store that actually has a demo unit on the floor to see if the size is really manageable or not. I keep telling myself that it's too big for a phone, and that is doing an OK job of preventing my from ordering one, but I don't think I'll be able to hold out much longer.

Thanks again!
[Nexus 6  General] mariano3113:
I changed DPI from 580 to the native 493. Not sure why they don't use the native PPI/DPI ...had to change Nexus 5 as well.

On the note of Wifi-tethering...I hit a snag on Sprint. I added the entry to the end of the buildprop which made the pesky message of "Tethering not provisioned on this plan" pop up go away, but Data is not working on connected devices. (Trying to do the old setting.db edit with adding a tethering_fun_required 0 entry under global resulted in poor device performance like HTC G1 responsiveness. (And home and Power stopped working consistently... took 35mins to get settings.db reverted back to stock.)

None of the WiFi tether apps are working either, so I may need to wait.

On topic:

I Unlocked Boot loader right out of the box. Then I fastboot flashed TWRP. Then I came across the CF-auto root which took some trial and error to get the bat script to fully execute.

(Only luck I had to execute was be in cmd with adb initiated and then run root-windows.bat in cmd)

Never got the RED Android but Root was successful. (Very pleasing Nexus 6 delivery, unlock, root, and activate. Ordered from Sprint Friday 14th and delivered Wednesday 19th.)
[Nexus 6  General] adbFreedom:
Ya it works on mine with Verizon, but I tried it on a friends Sprint device with the same result you got.
[Nexus 6  General] pablomoca:
Did you just wait until it rebooted? I'm stuck on the same screen. Been there for a few minutes.

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How long does the screen stay on the green android with "Erasing...." under it?
[Nexus 6  General] hsj1906:
I waited about 10 minutes and then it finally booted!
[Nexus 6  General] pablomoca:
It's been longer than that for me. I guess I'm just getting a little worried is all. I'll keep waiting.

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So it took about 15 - 20 minutes for my phone to finally reboot. The whole time I was worried that I had dome something wrong (honestly it seems pretty difficult to do something wrong), but I didn't. It just takes some time and patience and it will work easily. Just thought I would follow up in case others are freaking out that it's taking too long.
[Nexus 6  General] hunterguitar03:
OTA

In case anyone is wondering, I manually applied the new system image via fastboot and I was able to root afterward. I did skip flashing Recovery, though, as I am using TWRP.
[Nexus 6  General] mk262:
I read all the posts, apologies if I missed it: if we have the filesystem non-encrypted will this switch it back to encrypted again?

edit: it doesn't affect encryption
[Nexus 6  General] wowthatisrandom:
did u apply the new bootloader and radios as well?
[Nexus 6  General] GPS3:
Anyone else getting an OTA Android update and a subsequent failure to install upon reboot?
[Nexus 6  General] Mistertac:
I also had that. Since I'm assuming you've just gotten this phone, you should just use the Toolkit by Wug and restore to complete stock using the files he has, that's the most updated firmware for our phones. They shipped with various earlier releases of Lollipop on them.

I tried restoring just the stock recovery and getting rid of SuperSu but apparently something was still left behind because the OTA would keep failing. The Toolkit makes things very easy and you can get familiar with it if you haven't used it before.
[Nexus 6  General] Sebring5:
I cannot get beyond the requirement for an administrative password. Any suggestions?
[Nexus 6  General] jj14:
With Lollipop, Google requires the entire system partition to be stock (absolutely no changes - not even timestamps) before letting an OTA be applied. You could go back to stock, and take the OTA, or just extract/flash the appropriate system images from the latest images at Google developer images site (without wiping data, or flashing userdata)
[Nexus 6  General] Mistertac:
Well thanks for clearing that up for me. Being new to Nexus I'm still trying to learn the ins and outs.
[Nexus 6  General] jmleon92:
Not working

i have bootloader unlocked and have decrypted the device, however, when i try to run the root-windows file i get a message saying "windows protected your pc. windows smartscreen prevented an unrecognized app from starting."

any ideas?
[Nexus 6  General] SilkyJohnson:
Should be an advanced option in Windows. This is a Windows issue, not android. Disable smartscan and try again.
[Nexus 6  General] b.huss2:
As long as you're already unlocked, just extract the .img and use fastboot

fastboot boot CF-Auto-Root-shamu-shamu-nexus6.img
[Nexus 6  General] Bcreighton:
Not working Mac

Bootloader is unlocked; when attempting to run the script I get a "permission denied" error. Has anyone run into this? Is there a work around?
[Nexus 6  General] MrDixon1213:
Thanks a Million!

​

CF failed for hours but I was already unlocked had no clue until I read your reply.
[Nexus 6  General] Bcreighton:
mac not working

Anyone have success on a Mac or a fix to the permission issue?
[Nexus 6  General] Davzone:
I just rooted with CF auto root, and it went OK.

Booted up, had SuperSU in app drawer, updated from Google play.

Apps get root access but doesn't work.

Tried to edit build.prop but none of my editing apps can save the file.

Copying it , editing and copying it back doesn't work either.

Cant write to /system,

Anything i missed?
[Nexus 6  General] vvveith:
rooted my lg g3 but don't remember unlocking boot?

Is there a way to root like I did on my lg g3. I didn't unlock boot loader and loss no data. New to Nexus as well.
[Nexus 6  General] troyhough:
is this good to go for 5.0.1? :good:
[Nexus 6  General] LeoRex:
Well, root always requires an unlocked boot loader... which will always wipe. It was like that on my Nexus 5, and it's the way the 6 rolls. Small price you pay for not requiring any special tools to root, unlock, etc.

There are plenty of ways to work around it.. adb backups, toolkits that backup, unlock and restore, etc

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It is near impossible to perma-brick a Nexus. I even accidentally overwrote the bootloader once on my Nexus 5.... And I was able to get it back.
[Nexus 6  General] vvveith:
Not so.

Like I said, I did obtain root on my LG G3 without losing any data at all, in other words quite painless. Did the G3 come with an unlocked bootloader out of the box? I don't believe so but I could be wrong. To me, if the Nexus is suppose to be the developers choice than why would it ship with a locked bootloader that would force you to unlock and lose any data you may of already had? That seems like just the opposite if my G3 was not designed for that purpose but yet allowed me to root and install the Xposed framework with out any effort or loss of data at all. Go Google.
[Nexus 6  General] sttony1975:
I don't know if someone has already posted this ,but I want to mention that I tried using CF and it didn't work for me . So I used another method that proved to be easier as well as more useful and helpful . www.rootjunky.com/nexus/nexus-root-tool-kit/ pretty awesome all in one
[Nexus 6  General] LeoRex:
I unlocked my Nexus 6 almost the instant I turned it on... same for the two nexus 5's I owned previously. Why it ships locked? No idea. But you're not going to hear many devs complain about it much.

As for the G3, the only model with an unlocked bootloader is the T-Mobile one. The others actually can't be unlocked... they just use an exploit to get around it.
[Nexus 6  General] petiha1:
can anyone please provide me with a mirror link as the CF link doesn't work.. "BANDWIDTH LIMIT EXCEEDED" :(
[Nexus 6  General] liangbk:
bump
[Nexus 6  General] fish3191:
Getting the same thing. Is it possible to get a mirror?
[Nexus 6  General] fluxxu:
here is a copy i downloaded from the original url
[Nexus 6  General] MJD:
I've got a Nexus 6 coming tomorrow and wanted to know if anyone had used the method above on OS X and if it really is as quick and easy as it looks to root using CF Auto Root
[Nexus 6  General] doitright:
It'll work fine. The author even went to the trouble of including a fastboot binary for apple in the archive.
[Nexus 6  General] Mongo23ny:
Does anyone know if this will work after updating to 5.0.1? Also does the phones build # (LNX07M) matter when using CF? Sorry, new to Nexus. TIA
[Nexus 6  General] purian23:
It works fine still, might matter in the future updates. The build number matches the release number as in 5.0.1
[Nexus 6  General] Mongo23ny:
OK, so it will work with this build #. I saw another root method where you have options for build #s. I didn't take the 5.0.1 update yet, I just got my phone. Being on Sprint won't make a difference using CF? Thanks for the help.
[Nexus 6  General] purian23:
Yeah you should be fine dude, even if you're on stock 5.0 or 5.0.1 you should be okay.
[Nexus 6  General] Mongo23ny:
Thanks, new to Nexus. Don't wanna mess up my brand new phone.
[Nexus 6  General] Mongo23ny:
Worked, no sweat on 5.0.1. Thanks again.
[Nexus 6  General] daoist:
Confirming that the current CF-Auto-Root works after flashing the 5.1 image posted by google.
[Nexus 6  General] Mongo23ny:
I was just gonna post a question about this, thanks.
[Nexus 6  General] Nacho~:
So you're saying that this should work without any snags on the 5.1 OTA?
[Nexus 6  General] Fly135s:
I can confirm that it does work with 5.1.
[Nexus 6  General] Mongo23ny:
Just for clarification, you guys were rooted, took the update, then rooted again? Or took the update and didn't lose root?
[Nexus 6  General] Fly135s:
Unlocked and rooted on 5.0.1. Flashed 5.1 BL, radios, system, and boot images so as not to lose anything. Then rerooted with CF Auto Root.
[Nexus 6  General] Mongo23ny:
Trying to take the over the air update before rerooting and it keeps failing, anyone else having this problem?
[Nexus 6  General] warfenix:
Hoping someone can help. I am on Linux fedora 21 I download and unzip the chainfire file. But I can't run the root-linux.sh or fastboot-linux. Keeps saying directory not found or command not found
[Nexus 6  General] ilpolpi65:
Are you opening the terminal on the folder where you extracted the files ?

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If I don' t remember bad this is the commandto give:

chmod +x root-linux.sh

And double-click on root-linux.sh
[Nexus 6  General] JavaTiggy:
I'm not 100% positive but I am pretty sure you will have to flash manually if you are rooted, the OTA will fail.

Here is the process I have used since 5.0.1 that I typed up for myself for future reference after gathering information from various sources and I haven't hit a single snag:
[Nexus 6  General] Mongo23ny:
Yes, thanks. I tried to sideload which did not work. Then I tried installing manually but using flash-all.bat which then gave me the no system.img failure. Then did all the fastboot commands one by one like you suggested this morning and that worked no problem. Thanks for your response, greatly appreciated.
[Nexus 6  General] JavaTiggy:
Awesome! Glad I could help, I have never had any luck with those flash-all scripts so I just always run through my list haha. Enjoy [emoji106]
[Nexus 6  General] Mongo23ny:
Thanks. I couldn't of had any worse luck with this process, lol.
[Nexus 6  General] doitright:
I'm going to have to guess that you are a linux-newbie. GOOD FOR YOU!!!! I know that switching to a completely new operating system can be daunting and frustrating at times, but stick with it and it will become second nature very soon.

There are a couple of things that you need to be aware of;

First, on Linux, executable files need to be flagged in the filesystem with executable permissions. The command to change the permissions on a file is "chmod", so "chmod +x filename". The "+x" means "add eXecutable permission". Use "man chmod" for more details.

The other thing to note on Linux that differs from Windows, is that for all executable files that are not in the "PATH", you need to specify the path to the file. Even if you are currently in the same directory as the file you are trying to execute. So... "fastboot-linux boot file.img" won't work unless the path to fastboot-linux is in your PATH variable (which it isn't). If you want to run it just from the current directory, you need to use "./fastboot-linux boot file.img". The "./" specifies that it is in the current directory. If you want to see what your PATH variable looks like, you can use "echo $PATH".

However, I would recommend that you don't actually use the bundled fastboot binary. As a matter of good practice, you should not run executable binaries that are distributed outside of your distribution or VERY well trusted software vendors (i.e., it is ok to install google chrome from google's website). Fedora packages fastboot in a package called "android-tools". As root, you can run "yum -y install android-tools" to install it. Then you can just run "fastboot boot file.img" using the system's fastboot command.

Edit: one more thing to note is that you may need to run fastboot as ROOT, because the fastboot device (USB connection to your phone) won't be available to normal users on a Fedora system. Because you are running as an elevated privilege use (root), this makes it even more important not to run an outside binary -- because if it is compromised, it could destroy *everything* on your system, not just limited to things accessible by your user account.
[Nexus 6  General] warfenix:
Ahhhh thank you sir. Or ma'am
[Nexus 6  General] saman0suke1:
It works for Android 5.1 :D
[Nexus 6  General] SscoootzZ:
Please confirm this works on Big Red

Hi all,

I just read the thread, admittedly skimming some. I noted that there were peripheral mentions of Verizon (one mentioned editing build.prop & confirming tethering on VZW). I'm writing this reply to confirm that this root method works for the Nexus 6, retail, from Verizon. I'm very excited about the possibility of getting into a Google phone, after enjoying a couple of years with my Note 3. I like the Note 4, but it looks like root is still many moons away for retail edition. Anyway, the Nexus 6 which I can afford is the retail edition. So I want to make sure I've got a root place to land if I jump ship from Sammy. Thanks in advance for your insight and guidance.

Cheers,

Scott
[Nexus 6  General] JavaTiggy:
I really don't see any reason why this wouldn't work. The phones are all the same hardware and the images all come from Google. I have used this on LRX22C, LMY47D, LMY47E, and LMY47I and it works on all versions without a problem.

Just ran it a few minutes ago while updating to LMY47I and it worked like a charm!
[Nexus 6  General] Mongo23ny:
What's the LMY47I update?
[Nexus 6  General] JavaTiggy:
There's a changelog somewhere but apparently most of it is in relation to how it handles different SIM cards. It also went back to using the 95 radio.
[Nexus 6  General] Mongo23ny:
Thanks.
[Nexus 6  General] injuredreserve:
CF Auto Root link down?

Trying to root my new Nexus 6 and I'm finding that the CF download site is down:

http://download.chainfire.eu/628/CF-...amu-nexus6.zip

Does anyone have the file hosted somewhere else where I could grab it? I don't want to move forward with setting the phone up until I can get it rooted.

Thanks!