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If you haven’t heard of Chainfire, then you probably haven’t been near any rooting tools, or are not interested in getting root access to your Android device. If you have been, then Chainfire is usually one of the names that you will hear – he’s a certified Android rockstar,...
The Android TV platform is yet to have a formal launch but already we're seeing surging interest and activity around it, which is always good for a nascent platform. First there is that unofficial port that will let you install Android TV on an OUYA. Now even SuperSU creator...
With the latest Android 5.0 now out of the bag, many are quite eager to have a taste on their device. One subset of the Android community that might not be excited to have a taste of Lollipop are power users who live and thrive with rooted smartphones and...
The creator of the popular SuperSU and CF-Auto-Root tools has been quite vocal about his concerns regarding changes in the Android Open Source Project that affect rooting on Android. Now that Android 4.4.3, or 4.5, could just be around the corner, Chainfire is raising some potential issues that could...
Samsung's high-profile flagship is barely out the market and already it has been rooted. XDA Senior Recognized Developer ChainFire has now even provided a version of his CF-Root image to let users gain root access to their soon to be Galaxy S5 smartphones.
ChainFire, who is now part of the...
All you've gotta do is flash this thing down here and run SuperOneClick, and poof! It's a root! Chainfire is a developer from over at XDA Developer Forums who's about to go on a death-defying 10 day fast from dev work. Why, I do not know. What I do...
The cool LiveBoot app by Chainfire that brings an old school-like vibe to your Android device is a niche way of booting up your device. It brings a PC like boot-up screen, basically adding a logcat and dmesg logging for a digital Matrix-like feel. The app comes from the...
This isn't a first and we know it's definitely not the last from any developer or OEM. We knew some people would get creative around the camera hole of the new Galaxy S10 and S10 Plus the same way designers did with the flat tire on a few smartwatches....
SuperSU has been one of the most popular pieces of Android software for tweaking and customizing your device to your heart’s content. This was developed by legendary developer “Chainfire” and it allows you to greatly customize the behavior of your Android device in a way not allowed by the...
Google has just released the Android Security Bulletin for May, and it did something unexpected with Google Pixel and Pixel XL phones rooted using Chainfire’s SuperSU – that is, the May security update caused these phones to lose root access. The legendary developer details what went wrong, and how...
Chainfire has released a version of SuperSU that allows you to gain root access on a Nexus 5X or a Nexus 6P with Android O Developer Preview 1 installed. It might take us a while, getting used to all these news about Android O, but this part of the...
In first article of this series which we call “Rooting for Newbies,” we spent a good deal of time explaining what rooting was and what it meant to gain root access to an Android device. Basically, gaining root access is actually allowing the user to gain elevated permissions or...