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|Logo=Creality-logo~~-black~~.svg

|Logo=Creality logo.svg

|Website=https://www.creality.com/

|Founded=2014|Industry=Technology|Type=Private|Description=Creality is a Chinese company that manufactures 3D printers and scanners.}}

|Founded=2014|Industry=Technology

|Type=Private

|Description=Creality is a Chinese company that manufactures 3D printers and scanners.

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~~[[wikipedia:Creality~~|Creality]] is a Chinese technology company headquartered in Shenzhen which manufactures 3D printers and 3D scanners<ref>{{Cite web |title=Scanners |url=https://store.creality.com/collections/scanners |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260129133218/https://store.creality.com/collections/scanners |archive-date=2026-01-29 |access-date=2026-02-05 |website=Creality}}</ref>

'''{{Wplink|Creality}}''' is a Chinese technology company headquartered in Shenzhen which manufactures 3D printers and 3D scanners<ref>{{Cite web |title=Scanners |url=https://store.creality.com/collections/scanners |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260129133218/https://store.creality.com/collections/scanners |archive-date=2026-01-29 |access-date=2026-02-05 |website=Creality}}</ref>

==Consumer-impact summary==

==Consumer impact summary==

*'''User ~~Freedom~~:''' Creality silently disabled the root access toggle for K1 series printers, making root access unavailable without using a computer. Creality forced an update to their Creality Scan smartphone app for their 3D scanners that removes the ability to plug the scanner into a phone to use features such as scanning with a phone link without a $369–$419 USD Creality Scan Bridge.

*'''User freedom:''' Creality silently disabled the root access toggle for K1 series printers, making root access unavailable without using a computer. Creality forced an update to their Creality Scan smartphone app for their 3D scanners that removes the ability to plug the scanner into a phone to use features such as scanning with a phone link without a $369–$419 USD Creality Scan Bridge.

*'''Business ~~Model~~:''' Creality sells 3D printers and scanners. Creality has also paywalled features on their 3D scanners, requiring a $250–$300 USD Creality Scan Bridge.

*'''Business model:''' Creality sells 3D printers and scanners. Creality has also paywalled features on their 3D scanners, requiring a $250–$300 USD Creality Scan Bridge.

*'''Market ~~Control~~:''' Creality has extensive competition, with other 3D printer brands such as [[Bambu Lab]], Prusa Research, and Ultimaker.

*'''Market control:''' Creality has extensive competition, with other 3D printer brands such as [[Bambu Lab]], Prusa Research, and Ultimaker.

==Incidents==

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===Creality disables root access toggle on K1 series 3D printers===

Creality silently disabled the ability to root 3D printers which were advertised as having a toggle to gain root access to them.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wiki for Creality Helper Script |url=https://guilouz.github.io/Creality-Helper-Script-Wiki/ |url-status=live |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2026-03-26 |website=~~https://guilouz.github.io/~~}}</ref> Creality does not disclose this on their product page, despite nearly every review citing this as a feature. Creality also will not provide support for root-related failures.

Creality silently disabled the ability to root 3D printers which were advertised as having a toggle to gain root access to them.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Wiki for Creality Helper Script |url=https://guilouz.github.io/Creality-Helper-Script-Wiki/ |url-status=live |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2026-03-26 |website=Wiki for Creality Helper Script}}</ref> Creality does not disclose this on their product page, despite nearly every review citing this as a feature. Creality also will not provide support for root-related failures.

There is currently a community bash script that exposes ~~ssh~~ and root ~~asses~~ <ref name=":0"~~>{{Cite web |first=guilouz |title=Wiki for Creality Helper Script |url=https://guilouz.github.io/Creality-Helper-Script-Wiki~~/ ~~|access-date=2026-03-26 |website=https://guilouz.github.io}}</ref~~>, but ~~dose~~ have much use due to being incompatible with ~~kipper~~ packages as of now.

There is currently a community bash script that exposes SSH and root access <ref name=":0" />, but doesn't have much use due to being incompatible with Klipper packages as of now.

~~====~~Models affected:~~====~~

Models affected:

*K1

*K1C

*K1C 2025

*K1 Max

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==See also==

*[[Bambu Lab Authorization Control System]]

*[[Bambu Farm Manager]]

*[[Bambu Lab]]

*[[MakerBot]]

==References==

{{reflist}}~~<ref name=":0" />~~

[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]

[[Category:Companies]]

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 {{CompanyCargo
-|Logo=Creality-logo-black.svg
+|Logo=Creality logo.svg
 |Website=https://www.creality.com/
-|Founded=2014|Industry=Technology|Type=Private|Description=Creality is a Chinese company that manufactures 3D printers and scanners.}}
+|Founded=2014|Industry=Technology
+|Type=Private
+|Description=Creality is a Chinese company that manufactures 3D printers and scanners.
+}}
-[[wikipedia:Creality|Creality]] is a Chinese technology company headquartered in Shenzhen which manufactures 3D printers and 3D scanners<ref>{{Cite web |title=Scanners |url=https://store.creality.com/collections/scanners |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260129133218/https://store.creality.com/collections/scanners |archive-date=2026-01-29 |access-date=2026-02-05 |website=Creality}}</ref>
+'''{{Wplink|Creality}}''' is a Chinese technology company headquartered in Shenzhen which manufactures 3D printers and 3D scanners<ref>{{Cite web |title=Scanners |url=https://store.creality.com/collections/scanners |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260129133218/https://store.creality.com/collections/scanners |archive-date=2026-01-29 |access-date=2026-02-05 |website=Creality}}</ref>
-==Consumer-impact summary==
+==Consumer impact summary==
+{{Ph-C-CIS}}
-*'''User Freedom:''' Creality silently disabled the root access toggle for K1 series printers, making root access unavailable without using a computer. Creality forced an update to their Creality Scan smartphone app for their 3D scanners that removes the ability to plug the scanner into a phone to use features such as scanning with a phone link without a $369–$419 USD Creality Scan Bridge.
+*'''User freedom:''' Creality silently disabled the root access toggle for K1 series printers, making root access unavailable without using a computer. Creality forced an update to their Creality Scan smartphone app for their 3D scanners that removes the ability to plug the scanner into a phone to use features such as scanning with a phone link without a $369–$419 USD Creality Scan Bridge.
-*'''Business Model:''' Creality sells 3D printers and scanners. Creality has also paywalled features on their 3D scanners, requiring a $250–$300 USD Creality Scan Bridge.
+*'''Business model:''' Creality sells 3D printers and scanners. Creality has also paywalled features on their 3D scanners, requiring a $250–$300 USD Creality Scan Bridge.
-*'''Market Control:''' Creality has extensive competition, with other 3D printer brands such as [[Bambu Lab]], Prusa Research, and Ultimaker.
+*'''Market control:''' Creality has extensive competition, with other 3D printer brands such as [[Bambu Lab]], Prusa Research, and Ultimaker.
 ==Incidents==
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 ===Creality disables root access toggle on K1 series 3D printers===
-Creality silently disabled the ability to root 3D printers which were advertised as having a toggle to gain root access to them.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wiki for Creality Helper Script |url=https://guilouz.github.io/Creality-Helper-Script-Wiki/ |url-status=live |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2026-03-26 |website=https://guilouz.github.io/}}</ref> Creality does not disclose this on their product page, despite nearly every review citing this as a feature. Creality also will not provide support for root-related failures.
+Creality silently disabled the ability to root 3D printers which were advertised as having a toggle to gain root access to them.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Wiki for Creality Helper Script |url=https://guilouz.github.io/Creality-Helper-Script-Wiki/ |url-status=live |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2026-03-26 |website=Wiki for Creality Helper Script}}</ref> Creality does not disclose this on their product page, despite nearly every review citing this as a feature. Creality also will not provide support for root-related failures.
-There is currently a community bash script that exposes ssh and root asses <ref name=":0">{{Cite web |first=guilouz |title=Wiki for Creality Helper Script |url=https://guilouz.github.io/Creality-Helper-Script-Wiki/ |access-date=2026-03-26 |website=https://guilouz.github.io}}</ref>, but dose have much use due to being incompatible with kipper packages as of now.
+There is currently a community bash script that exposes SSH and root access <ref name=":0" />, but doesn't have much use due to being incompatible with Klipper packages as of now.
-====Models affected:====
+Models affected:
 *K1
-*K1C
+*K1C 2025
 *K1 Max
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 ==See also==
-*[[Bambu Lab Authorization Control System]]
-*[[Bambu Farm Manager]]
 *[[Bambu Lab]]
 *[[MakerBot]]
 ==References==
-{{reflist}}<ref name=":0" />
+{{reflist}}
 [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]
+[[Category:Companies]]