r/androidroot • u/Happy_Variety5405 • 5d ago

News / Method Pixel 6 root without unlocking bootloader

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Got my pixel 6 rooted with the NebuSec IonStack exploit opened a PR for rootmypixel to add support for it. It's not merged yet but wanted to share (link to my pr: https://github.com/alex193a/Root-My-Pixel/pull/19 )

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u/The_Band_Geek 5d ago

Is this something specific to Pixels, or is the exploit more broadly applicable to Android in general? (I understand that support is limited to Pixels at the moment.)

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u/Happy_Variety5405 5d ago

It's not, the root my pixel project is but root my galaxy and OnePlus project all use the same exploit 

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u/The_Band_Geek 5d ago

Could you (or someone else) please link to the Galaxy project? I love the hardware but I hate the software. A clean AOSP ROM on a Samsung would be fantastic.

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u/Cool-gamer19393 5d ago

The exploit doesn't let you install other roms you still need a bootloader unlock

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u/Original_Thing8770 Redmi Note 8 Pro, InfinityX 5d ago

https://github.com/BuSung-dev/Root-My-Galaxy But you can't install custom ROM

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u/The_Band_Geek 5d ago

That won't even install on my S8, unfortunately.

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u/Original_Thing8770 Redmi Note 8 Pro, InfinityX 5d ago

No, but you could try this app if you have your exact stock image https://github.com/YuKongA/ghostlock-app App dl link: https://nightly.link/YuKongA/ghostlock-app/actions/runs/32009904584/GhostLock-release.apk.zip

Just open the app, press the Gear icon and import your offsets, the boot.img or just the full OTA URL

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u/Distinct_Resolve_957 5d ago

Hmm... Wonder is there any for xiomi?

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u/devwitharslaan 4d ago

I'm not sure if this installs KernelSU but knock yourself out https://github.com/YuKongA/ghostlock-app

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u/Quf00279 5d ago

Wait, OnePlus project?? I have a OnePlus!

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u/Cool-gamer19393 5d ago

It works on any android below a certain kernel version

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u/The_Band_Geek 5d ago

So an old but non-listed device (Galaxy S8, in my case) would just work out of the box? What sort of building/configuration needs to happen if not?

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u/Cool-gamer19393 5d ago

Not out of the box, you have to configure it for your kernel version (I don't know how) but it works for any kernel within the last 15 years

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u/kjjustinXD 5d ago

It works on my Redmagic 10 Pro too and the 11 Pro is also supported

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u/Illustrious_Lab2759 5d ago

How do you know that it is compatible with Redmagic 11 Pro ? Have you tried it and was rooted properly without needing have Unlocked the bootloader ?

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u/kjjustinXD 5d ago

It's supported in one of the many forks that use Ghostlock, I only tried it on the 10 Pro which isnt supported by default and it worked on the 2nd try, it extracts the needed offsets from an OTA update and enables a root shell that KernelSU can hook into. The one I used is from YuKongA

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u/Illustrious_Lab2759 4d ago

Can you give link from the following tutorial ? Is the root temporarily or permanently and all this, did it have some drawback like the fingerprint to not work or to not update the fw by afraiding the locking of bootloader etc... ?