2025 K1C: Removing Root Access is a Dealbreaker

Flagship K Series Creality Flagship K1 & K1C
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I recently purchased the new “2025” revision of the K1C. I am extremely disappointed to find the “Root Account” menu has been removed.

The primary selling point of the K1 series was access to native Klipper. By locking this down, you have removed the only advantage this machine had over a “walled garden” like Bambu Lab.

Without root, I am unable to:

  1. Use OrcaSlicer integration effectively (Device tab).

  2. View basic diagnostics like the Bed Mesh visualization.

  3. Verify or tune my own printer configuration.

Please restore the Root Access menu in the next firmware update. If I wanted a locked ecosystem, I would have bought a P1S.

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I didn’t know they removed root access, thanks for sharing this I won’t do any firmware updates from now on. Can someone from creality shed some light on why this was removed? I really like creality printers, but this is indeed a deal breaker. I hope someone will find an exploit so we can work around this.

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I am in the process of looking at new Creality printer, finally upgrading from an Ender3 V3 KE. Removing root access which I use for things like Spoolman integration is a deal breaker for me. Guess I’ll look at Qidi printers instead.