I can see why this is an insane machine.
I was stumped on root here 
. EDITED TO ADD: Rooted now but that was hard.
I think I know what I need to do but I cant get it to work. It doesnt help that I cant seem to get it to give me any troubleshooting data. So there could be a lot wrong with what I am trying but I cant work out what 
It doesn’t help that the entry I am relying on seems to get wiped every few minutes!