Android L Developer Preview Rooted

Android L Developer Preview rooted

BY Abhijeet Mishra

Abhijeet Mishra

Abhijeet holds an avid interest in mobile technology, and uses Android as his OS of choice (though he indulges in an iPad when it comes to tablets). You can usually find him catching up on all the lat...

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Published 27 Jun 2014

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Google released the Android L developer preview factory images for the Nexus 5 and Nexus 7 (2013) yesterday, and people who installed them quickly noticed that root access was no longer available. Thankfully, it seems rooting Android L isn’t as difficult as some might have thought, with a fix detailed by SuperSU developer Chainfire.

It turns out that getting root access on Android L is as simple as moving a system file from one folder to another, and a modified SuperSU package has been made available online. As always, you will need to flash the SuperSU file from a custom recovery and reboot, after which you will get full low-level access on your Nexus 5 or Nexus 7 (2013) running the developer preview.

You can use our handy guide for rooting the Nexus 5 for reference, and download the modified SuperSU file here.