With the Co Print announcement for the Ender 5 Max, we now have the stock root password:

Creality@2024_Wh_464

To use this, run ssh root@<printer_ip> and use the above password. Pre-rooted firmware is no longer necessary for root access

Repository of firmware and root tools for the Ender 5 Max.

Root tools based on the Crealtiy firmware scripts made by @pellcorp for the K1 series: https://github.com/pellcorp/creality/tree/main/firmware

SimpleAF Discord Server

1. Download the latest pre-rooted firmware from the releases
   • Make sure you download the file ending in .img!
2. Place the pre-rooted firmware onto a flash drive
   • Should be formatted in FAT32 or NTFS
3. Plug the flash drive into the printer and navigate to the home page (if you were not already there)
4. Accept the update and let it finish installing

Congratulations! You can now SSH as root

The default password is creality_2025 in the pre-rooted firmware

1. SSH as root

2. Run the following:

   # Get the current version, regardless of what it is
   VERSION=$(grep 'ota_version' '/etc/ota_info' | awk -F'=' '{print $2}')
   
   # Forcefully set the version to 1.0.0.0, which is below the minimum
   for file in /etc/ota_info /usr/data/creality/userdata/config/system_version.json; do
       sed -i -e "s/${VERSION}/1.0.0.0/g" $file
   done
   
   # Reboot the system to force reloading of the files from disk
   reboot

3. Download the v1.2.0.10 firmware from here:

   https://github.com/zevaryx/ender-5-max-firmware/raw/refs/heads/main/F004_ota_img_V1.2.0.10.img

4. Place the v1.2.0.10 firmware onto a flash drive

5. Plug it into the printer and accept the update

This will install the earliest publicly available (by DM from support) firmware for the Ender 5 Max, allowing you to upgrade to the latest or any other version.

On an Ubuntu-based system, we need to install some dependencies

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install p7zip squashfs-tools whois git

This will install the required commands to run the create script:

git clone https://github.com/zevaryx/ender-5-max-firmware.git e5m-firmware
cd e5m-firmware
chmod +x ./create.sh
./create.sh

This will build the image and save the pre-rooted image to the current directory