Chainfire is easily one of the most iconic developers in the Android modding world, known particularly for his expert work on SuperSU. If you’re a regular rooter/ROMer you have no doubt utilized one ...

Ryan is a tech/science writer, skeptic, lover of all things electronic, and Android fan. In his spare time he reads golden-age sci-fi and sleeps, but rarely at the same time. His wife tolerates him as ...

A pebble dropped in the Android ocean and it might cause large waves that will be felt long after. Chainfire, the Android superstar behind root utility SuperSU, has announced his retirement from ...

Ryan is a tech/science writer, skeptic, lover of all things electronic, and Android fan. In his spare time he reads golden-age sci-fi and sleeps, but rarely at the same time. His wife tolerates him as ...

Following on from his earlier root success, renowned developer Chainfire has successfully rooted the Google Pixel, this time achieving full systemless root with switchable DM-verity and an unmodified ...

Rooting an Android device isn’t something that’s done today as much as it was in the past, but it’s still important to the Android community. For many, the first time they rooted a device was thanks ...

Android is not only just a platform for people to run to when they are bored or angry with Apple, Android is a whole universe filled with little stars of simple pleasures in creating an experience ...

Chainfire has updated both LiveBoot and FlashFire to work with Android 8.0 (Oreo), in addition to introducing other fixes for its apps. The changes to LiveBoot that enable Oreo compatibility pertain ...

Some have been prophesying the eventual death of rooting on Android. If true, it's a very slow death. While it will probably never go away, development might soon be left to languish by the wayside.

Google Pixel is one of the most exciting Android phones to hit the market in a long time, and with it comes the latest version of Android: 7.1 Nougat. With this new hardware and software, it was only ...