No longer works with Chrome OS 77 and up - This project appears abandoned

[jbardi]

Well, I have been using this script since I belive Chrome OS v63, and I knew that one day we would reach a point where the rooting no longer works due to changes on Google's part, and it appears I have reached that point. Chrome OS v77 is the first version I have now been unable to get rooted with these scripts. OS v77 also appears to be the first stable release that is now using Android 9 Pie instead of Android 7 Nougat, so perhaps that has something to do with the inability to root with the current scripts?

Since there have been no updates on this project's code for 10 months, as well as no responses from the author on the Issues in quite some time, I have to assume this project has been abandoned. Hopefully someone can fork this and continue with it, but for now, I guess I'll be downgrading back to Chrome OS v76 and staying on that version for the foreseeable future.

[CerisWhite]

I'm really late to the response here, and this might not be relevant to you anymore, but I did in fact try my hand at this and the results seem to be good. If you still want something like this, give it a shot and let me know how it works for you: https://github.com/CerisWhite/CrAnberry

As of right now, this works on my ARM Chromebook (veyron_jerry) running ChromeOS v84. I don't have an x86_64 chromebook with the android subsystem to test with, so I can't say for certain that it will work on those devices (though it absolutely should). Currently this requires SELinux be permissive at all times though, so it's not very secure. I'm working on it slowly.