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This Repo will be archived at the 24th of Oct 2023

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rootCROS

newbit @ xda-developers

A Script to...

root your Google Chrome OS Rammus, Samus and Atlas installed on a non Chromebook Device

Preconditions

Device is installed via sebanc - Brunch framework
User is logged in
Chrome OS developer shell is opened via ctrl+alt+t -> crosh> shell
sudo mount -o remount,rw / works
adb is up -> adb start-server

Usage

cd $PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT && sudo su
curl -LO https://raw.githubusercontent.com/newbit1/rootCROS/master/rootCROS.sh

[OPTIONS]
bash ./rootCROS.sh
reboot

[OPTIONS]:
export restore=true
unset restore
export DEBUG=true
unset DEBUG

Limitations

Only Magisk / su is installed and available
Magiskinit does NOT replace stock init -> doesn't work (yet)
- Hence, Modules are not working as well
- and everything else that is Magisk Mirror Mount related

Change Logs

[November 2021]

[rootCROS.sh] - Added Samus R91 (x86-only) and Atlas R93 support

[October 2021]

[rootCROS.sh] - Added squashfs-tools v4.4 from Brunch r90 stable 20210523

<details> <summary>Internal Notes</summary> cd $HOME && sudo cp /media/fuse/crostini_6dbef25a0b67e29ada32b2b515c7e2335015d18e_termina_penguin/rootCROS/rootCROS.sh $HOME && bash ./rootCROS.sh && cd - \ cd $HOME && sudo curl -LO https://raw.githubusercontent.com/newbit1/rootCROS/master/rootCROS.sh && sudo chmod +x ./rootCROS.sh && bash ./rootCROS.sh && cd - \ cd $HOME/rootCROS && git add . && git commit -m "updates" && git push \ curl -v -H "Cache-Control: no-cache" https://raw.githubusercontent.com/newbit1/rootCROS/master/rootCROS.sh </details>

Tested on

ChromeOS R91 Stable Samus + Brunch r93 stable 20211002
ChromeOS R93 Stable Atlas + Brunch r93 stable 20211002
ChromeOS R93 Stable Rammus + Brunch r93 stable 20211002
ChromeOS R90 Stable Rammus + Brunch r90 stable 20210523

Credits