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Welcome to Chainfire's development blog! This is a site dedicated to my hobby projects, as well as those that are now commercial. I am however not promising I will not post any other completely unrelated nonsense :) Don't see this as my resume.
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 ?
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 ?
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 14:55:00 - Comments: 10 - Views: 4804
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 12:40:00 - Comments: 15 - Views: 4213
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 13:15:00 - Comments: 0 - Views: 2236
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 14:10:00 - Comments: 1 - Views: 4785
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.
StickMount v1.0 released !
Posted by Chainfire on 19-12-2011 at 15:30:00 - Comments: 0 - Views: 2030
Project: StickMount - Tags:
Project: StickMount - Tags:
Automatically mount and dismount USB sticks on the Galaxy Nexus
Remote Release released !
Posted by Chainfire on 02-12-2011 at 10:40:00 - Comments: 1 - Views: 2464
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 10:30:00 - Comments: 8 - Views: 3634
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 ...
