Kingroot: Android 5.1.1

1. Overview & Target Audience KingRoot is a one-click root application designed for older Android versions (4.4–6.0). On Android 5.1.1 , it became particularly popular because many OEMs (Samsung, LG, Sony, Huawei, MediaTek devices) had not yet fully locked their bootloaders or patched the most common privilege escalation exploits.