[TUT] Supporting multiple icons in your app
Posted by Chainfire on 20-02-2013 at 22:15:00 - Comments: 241 - Views: 42095
Project: Tutorials - Tags: Code Android Good news
Project: Tutorials - Tags: Code Android Good news
After a lot of noise about the icon to use for SuperSU, I finally released SuperSU v1.00 in late January 2013, with support for multiple icons that the user could pick from.
Zenithink: When OEMs turn to piracy
Posted by Chainfire on 06-02-2013 at 19:30:00 - Comments: 151 - Views: 34538
Tags: Android Drivers Bad news
Tags: Android Drivers Bad news
You might have heard of Zenithink, a fairly well-known Chinese manufacturer of budget Android tablets. Let me tell you a little story about their business practices.
SuperSU: the "dumpstate" situation
Posted by Chainfire on 30-01-2013 at 15:45:00 - Comments: 141 - Views: 79200
Project: SuperSU - Tags: Android Good news Developer tools
Project: SuperSU - Tags: Android Good news Developer tools
A few days ago, I released SuperSU v1.00. Shortly after, it became apparent a number of users were suffering from an issue where dumpstate would request superuser access. Neither accepting nor denying dumpstate would really help, and for some users t ...
SuperSU v1.00 has been released !
Posted by Chainfire on 28-01-2013 at 17:35:00 - Comments: 243 - Views: 143470
Project: SuperSU - Tags: Android Good news
Project: SuperSU - Tags: Android Good news
I have just released version 1.00 of SuperSU on both Google Play as well as XDA. This article serves as the release notes - for a bullet-point list of changes, see the changelog post on XDA.
[Vote] SuperSU Icon Competition
Posted by Chainfire on 31-12-2012 at 13:45:00 - Comments: 168 - Views: 42572
Project: SuperSU - Tags: Android Good news
Project: SuperSU - Tags: Android Good news
A lot has been said about the SuperSU icon. Many were unhappy with the original icon, saying it lacked quality. After changing it to Super Andy, many complained the icon was not serious enough. Just as many people wrote me to say they loved Super And ...
ExynosAbuse APK released !
Posted by Chainfire on 16-12-2012 at 22:55:00 - Comments: 187 - Views: 79061
Project: ExynosAbuse - Tags: Android Good news Bad news
Project: ExynosAbuse - Tags: Android Good news Bad news
Yesterday, alephzain released details on a new exploit for Exynos4-based devices on XDA. After validating it worked, the first thing I did was relay the information to every Samsung Engineer I have a business card from - and I know it is being escala ...
"How-To SU" published
Posted by Chainfire on 07-11-2012 at 15:25:00 - Comments: 420 - Views: 53533
Project: Tutorials - Tags: Android Good news Developer tools Code
Project: Tutorials - Tags: Android Good news Developer tools Code
How-To SU
PerfMon - Floating Performance Monitor
Posted by Chainfire on 13-10-2012 at 16:45:00 - Comments: 272 - Views: 39967
Project: PerfMon - Tags: Android Good news Developer tools
Project: PerfMon - Tags: Android Good news Developer tools
PerfMon (Floating Performance Monitor) has been released !
[Submit] SuperSU Icon Competition
Posted by Chainfire on 29-08-2012 at 20:30:00 - Comments: 296 - Views: 79944
Project: SuperSU - Tags: Android Good news
Project: SuperSU - Tags: Android Good news
A lot has been said about the SuperSU icon. Many were unhappy with the original icon, saying it lacked quality. After changing it to Super Andy, many complained the icon was not serious enough. Just as many people wrote me to say they loved Super And ...
Whatever happened to CFluent ?
Some of you might remember me in the past months having mentioned a project ("CFluent", "see fluent", "CF-luent" ;)) to improve fluidity of the Android UI.
CF-Root for SGS3 released !
Posted by Chainfire on 06-06-2012 at 15:35:00 - Comments: 130 - Views: 62521
Project: CF-Root - Tags: Good news Android
Project: CF-Root - Tags: Good news Android
CF-Root now also has an SGS3 variant ! Head over to the thread on XDA for more details !
Triangle Away vs Samsung
Posted by Chainfire on 04-06-2012 at 19:00:00 - Comments: 602 - Views: 434069
Project: TriangleAway - Tags: Android Bad news
Project: TriangleAway - Tags: Android Bad news
The Samsung Galaxy Note and Samsung Galaxy S III update for Triangle Away I have just released, may be one of the last - if not the last - iteration of Triangle Away.
adbd Insecure v1.0 has been released !
Posted by Chainfire on 02-06-2012 at 17:25:00 - Comments: 357 - Views: 35011
Project: adbd Insecure - Tags: Android Good news Developer tools
Project: adbd Insecure - Tags: Android Good news Developer tools
adbd Insecure lets you run adbd in root mode if your device is rooted.
Samsung Galaxy SIII rooted !
The Samsung Galaxy S III isn't even out yet, but we have achieved root on it. Here's a link with more details:
Back button position doesn't really matter ?
Posted by Chainfire on 22-04-2012 at 22:05:00 - Comments: 105 - Views: 21329
Tags: Android Good news
Tags: Android Good news
A few days ago a video of an SGS3 engineering sample was leaked. If you've seen it, you might have noticed that the back button and multi-tasking button have switched places versus the Google reference positioning. On the sample the button layout is ...
Is Google blocking apps writing to SD cards ?
Posted by Chainfire on 11-04-2012 at 16:15:00 - Comments: 234 - Views: 160083
Tags: Android Bad news
Tags: Android Bad news
Ok, so the subject is a little misleading. A more complete question would be:
SuperSU v0.70 has been released !
Posted by Chainfire on 09-03-2012 at 13:55:00 - Comments: 156 - Views: 44773
Project: SuperSU - Tags: Android Good news
Project: SuperSU - Tags: Android Good news
SuperSU is a Superuser replacement app I wrote due to some issues I kept having with Superuser.
TriangleAway has been released !
Posted by Chainfire on 13-02-2012 at 11:40:00 - Comments: 115 - Views: 44198
Project: TriangleAway - Tags: Android Good news
Project: TriangleAway - Tags: Android Good news
TriangleAway can reset the flash counter and warning triangle on your Samsung Galaxy S2 (ICS builds only). The download and technical details can be found, as usual, on XDA-Developers.com
USB Host Diagnostics released !
Posted by Chainfire on 12-02-2012 at 12:15:00 - Comments: 120 - Views: 43101
Project: USB Host Diagnostics - Tags: Android Good news Developer tools
Project: USB Host Diagnostics - Tags: Android Good news Developer tools
USB Host Diagnostics determines your device's USB host capabilities.
Themes across Android versions
Posted by Chainfire on 03-01-2012 at 13:10:00 - Comments: 136 - Views: 38867
Tags: Android Developer tools
Tags: Android Developer tools
This article unveils the secret of having your app's theme look consistent with the rest of the device's UI across all Android versions.
Remote Release released !
Posted by Chainfire on 02-12-2011 at 09:40:00 - Comments: 131 - Views: 24353
Project: DSLR Controller - Tags: Android Good news
Project: DSLR Controller - Tags: Android Good news
Remote Release has been released to the Android Market and XDA-Developers.com.
DSLR Controller updated; SGS2 and SG Note supported again!
Posted by Chainfire on 02-12-2011 at 09:30:00 - Comments: 92 - Views: 24903
Project: DSLR Controller - Tags: Android Good news
Project: DSLR Controller - Tags: Android Good news
DSLR Controller has been updated again. While I normally do not write about a single update, this one brings support for various Android 2.3 Gingerbread devices (if rooted) that were not (or no longer) supported, like the Samsung Galaxy S2 and the Sa ...
CF.lumen for Chainfire3D released !
Posted by Chainfire on 08-11-2011 at 09:50:00 - Comments: 125 - Views: 31358
Project: Chainfire3D - Tags: Android Good news Drivers
Project: Chainfire3D - Tags: Android Good news Drivers
CF.lumen changes the colors of your Android device's display based on the position of the sun. With the default settings, your display will get a warmer tint (lower color temperature) when the sun is down, to look more like indoor lighting and less l ...
CF-Root for Samsung Galaxy Note released
Posted by Chainfire on 05-11-2011 at 17:10:00 - Comments: 124 - Views: 34368
Project: CF-Root - Tags: Android Good news
Project: CF-Root - Tags: Android Good news
After the Samsung Galaxy S, Samsung Galaxy Tab 7" and Samsung Galaxy S2, CF-Root is now also available for the Samsung Galaxy Note !
DSLR Controller released
Posted by Chainfire on 04-08-2011 at 14:30:00 - Comments: 420 - Views: 83300
Project: DSLR Controller - Tags: Android Good news
Project: DSLR Controller - Tags: Android Good news
DSLR Controller BETA has just been released on Market! DSLR Controller is the first and only app to control your Canon EOS DSLR directly from your Android device using USB (USB host support required). No laptops or computers needed, no root needed, j ...
NoMoarPowah! has been released
Posted by Chainfire on 13-07-2011 at 20:55:00 - Comments: 107 - Views: 27712
Project: NoMoarPowah! - Tags: Android Good news
Project: NoMoarPowah! - Tags: Android Good news
NoMoarPowah! replaces that boring charging animation when your phone is turned off but connected to the charger with a fully functional program!
CF-Bench v1.0 released !
Posted by Chainfire on 22-06-2011 at 15:55:00 - Comments: 67 - Views: 22519
Project: CF-Bench - Tags: Android Good news
Project: CF-Bench - Tags: Android Good news
CF-Bench is (mainly) CPU and memory benchmark tool specifically designed to be able to handle multi-core devices, produce a fairly stable score, and test both native as well managed code performance.
CF-Root v3.5 for SGS2
Posted by Chainfire on 30-05-2011 at 20:45:00 - Comments: 53 - Views: 47300
Project: CF-Root - Tags: Android Good news
Project: CF-Root - Tags: Android Good news
Yet another device gets my popular CF-Root (binary hacked stock) kernel !
SGS2 SIM Unlock code finder released
Posted by Chainfire on 23-05-2011 at 13:35:00 - Comments: 138 - Views: 42559
Project: SGS2 SIM Unlock - Tags: Android Good news
Project: SGS2 SIM Unlock - Tags: Android Good news
This app finds the SIM unlock code for your SGS2.
Chainfire3D v1.0 released
Posted by Chainfire on 19-05-2011 at 22:35:00 - Comments: 132 - Views: 43754
Project: Chainfire3D - Tags: Android Drivers Games Good news
Project: Chainfire3D - Tags: Android Drivers Games Good news
Chainfire3D v1.0 has been released !
CF3D :: NightMode released !
Posted by Chainfire on 13-05-2011 at 10:50:00 - Comments: 103 - Views: 23091
Project: Chainfire3D - Tags: Android Good news Drivers
Project: Chainfire3D - Tags: Android Good news Drivers
As a first public test of the CF3D ("Chainfire3D") OpenGL ES proxy driver for Android, I have released the "NightMode" application.
GingerBreak released
Posted by Chainfire on 21-04-2011 at 00:55:00 - Comments: 152 - Views: 35369
Project: GingerBreak - Tags: Android Good news
Project: GingerBreak - Tags: Android Good news
The GingerBreak APK is a wrapper around the newly released GingerBreak exploit (credits to The Android Exploid Crew), which is meant to attain root access on GingerBread. This specific exploit may work on various Froyo and Honeycomb versions as well.
live dmesg v1.50 released
Posted by Chainfire on 05-04-2011 at 11:45:00 - Comments: 134 - Views: 29513
Project: live dmesg - Tags: Android Good news Developer tools
Project: live dmesg - Tags: Android Good news Developer tools
live dmesg is the one and only boot animation replacement that shows the actual dmesg log (kernel debug messages). It looks a bit similar to a BIOS boot. Handy for developers too! Unlike other similar apps, the information you see on screen is real a ...
CF-Root (SGS) updated a lot, now at 2.8
Posted by Chainfire on 04-04-2011 at 22:30:00 - Comments: 76 - Views: 35478
Project: CF-Root - Tags: Good news Android
Project: CF-Root - Tags: Good news Android
CF-Root for the SGS has been updated quite a number of times the past week due to the major Gingerbread leak (the first Gingerbread leak was "meh", this one rocks your socks off).
EU developers and market(place)
Posted by Chainfire on 07-02-2011 at 17:35:00 - Comments: 57 - Views: 19439
Tags: Android Windows Mobile Windows Phone 7 Series Marketplace
Tags: Android Windows Mobile Windows Phone 7 Series Marketplace
Introduction and disclaimer
Galaxy Tab Bootloaders Patch released !
Posted by Chainfire on 24-01-2011 at 17:10:00 - Comments: 136 - Views: 21132
Tags: Good news Android
Tags: Good news Android
The bootloader patch for Samsung Galaxy Tab has finally been released. It flashes back unprotected bootloaders over the protected bootloaders, so can flash custom kernels again.
Galaxy Tab HDMI dock review
I've written a short round-up of some test I performed on the HDMI dock for the Samsung Galaxy Tab, which you can read here.
CF-Root v2.2 for SGT
Posted by Chainfire on 14-01-2011 at 12:35:00 - Comments: 66 - Views: 23862
Project: CF-Root - Tags: Android Good news
Project: CF-Root - Tags: Android Good news
CF-Root is now also available for the Galaxy Tab.
SuperPower v0.60 released !
Posted by Chainfire on 22-10-2010 at 13:00:00 - Comments: 51 - Views: 22055
Project: SuperPower - Tags: Android Good news
Project: SuperPower - Tags: Android Good news
SuperPower (Android) is an application that attempts to save battery power by controlling various power hungry components and features of the device. Its features include managment of the cellular data connection, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, CPU speed and 2G/3 ...
CF-Root updated
Posted by Chainfire on 13-10-2010 at 15:30:00 - Comments: 75 - Views: 21864
Project: CF-Root - Tags: Android Good news
Project: CF-Root - Tags: Android Good news
CF-Root is now at 1.1, and supports the following kernels: JPH, JPK, JP6, JPM. Enjoy!
CF-Root v1.0 (JPH, I9000) released
Posted by Chainfire on 21-09-2010 at 05:05:00 - Comments: 85 - Views: 23793
Project: CF-Root - Tags: Android Good news
Project: CF-Root - Tags: Android Good news
Finally a root for the Samsung Galaxy S I9000 JPH firmware that doesn't involve a fair number of reboots, flashes and battery pulls. One single ODIN PDA flash of a few megabytes and JPH is rooted. It also comes with Superuser and BusyBox, and downgra ...
Wireless ADB
Posted by Chainfire on 10-09-2010 at 14:40:00 - Comments: 80 - Views: 24201
Project: Wireless ADB - Tags: Android Developer tools Windows (Desktop) Good news
Project: Wireless ADB - Tags: Android Developer tools Windows (Desktop) Good news
A while ago it was discovered how to use ADB over Wi-Fi. Immediately wanted to make an app for that, however a vacation came in between. When I returned some others had attempted something similar, but I wasn't satisfied, so I still created that app.
CFLagFix for SGS v1.0 released !
Posted by Chainfire on 11-08-2010 at 16:00:00 - Comments: 80 - Views: 18472
Project: CFLagFix for SGS - Tags: Android Windows (Desktop) Good news
Project: CFLagFix for SGS - Tags: Android Windows (Desktop) Good news
Just released yet another lag fix utility for the Samsung Galaxy S. It has some features other lagfixes do not, but is also largely untested.
ADB Magic v0.7 released!
Posted by Chainfire on 05-08-2010 at 21:40:00 - Comments: 56 - Views: 20050
Project: ADB Magic - Tags: Good news Developer tools Windows (Desktop) Android
Project: ADB Magic - Tags: Good news Developer tools Windows (Desktop) Android
I got tired of using ADB by hand for a lot of operations, and thought well hey let's write something for that. I know about DDMS and ADB Explorer, but they aren't always exactly what I want/need, so here's ADB Magic :)