supersu

SuperSU has been helping Android fans manage super user administrator access on their devices for the past 5.5 years! Boy how time flies. Chainfire, the app's developer, is also known for many other projects like Flashfire, DSLR Controller, and one of my favorites 500 Firepaper. He announced...

I for one have not rooted a device in at least 6 months. This is mostly due to the fact that Verizon and some OEMs have made it very difficult and in some cases impossible to achieve root on some devices. That coupled with the fact that many of the things we needed root for years ago are...

SuperSU has just been updated to version 2.82. This update includes many new bug fixes. There have recently been all sorts of issues with SuperSU including total root loss on older device running Android 4.4 and older. The update gets rid of that problem, but some other problems like Sony Xperia...

Google just released their latest May security patch which did something a bit unexpected. It killed root on the Pixel and Pixel XL. If your phone was rooted with Chainfire's SuperSU then you lost root access after applying the update. Chainfire has explained why this happened and has also...

ChainfireXDA has done it again. He already has a work in progress root method for Android O Developer Preview 1. This will work for the Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P. Some have reported bootloops on the first release of SuperSU, but Chainfire has already updated it with a second test version to...

We have had official SuperSU for Nougat for a while now, but upon rooting with current builds of SuperSU some users have been experiencing bootloops. This actually happened to me when I rooted Nougat on the Nexus 6P. My phone started to bootloop when the battery hit 20%. That exact bug had been...

This is one of the reasons the OnePlus lineup is a cult hit. OnePlus devices are incredibly developer friendly. They were built on the fact that they supported CyanogenMod out of the box. In fact the OnePlus One was one of the first devices to run CyanogeOS. The all new OnePlus 3T is starting to...

Chainfire was very quick to release boot-to-root file that rooted the Pixel XL. Root was available for the Pixel series only days after its official release. The only problem with the initial release of SuperSU for the Pixel was a nagging bug which caused the systemUI to crash once the battery...

Chainfire has just updated SuperSU. If you are a root user you will want to get on the latest version which is v2.78 SR1. The latest version includes a major bug fix which updates supolicy. Chinfire explains the update in supolicy below. Apparently the chances of someone actually exploiting...

So you want to root your phone, but you don't want to lose stock features of your phone like Android Pay. No worries SuperSU developer Chainfire has developed a way to hide the fact that your phone has Administrative access. His SUHide mod allows you to use apps that normally block you when...

We have had the Note 7 for only a few weeks now, but the developer community has already come through with a root method. Team Win Recovery Project was actually released for the device last week, and even a root method was published but SuperSU has not been compatible with the Galaxy Note 7...

Android N Developer Preview 3 can now be rooted! Chainfire has just released his update to SuperSu. This brings SuperSu to version 2.74 Beta. The new build includes support for the N Preview 3, but also the new build of SuperSu includes a fix for Samsung Security Policy updates. A few days ago...

Rooting most Android phones is a pretty simple task as long as the bootloader on the device is unlocked. Normally you would just need to install a custom recovery and flash the SuperSu.zip. Things are not as simple with the HTC 10. This device handles encryption kind of awkwardly. If you S-Off...

The Android N Developer preview has only been out for a few weeks. Of course Chainfire had it rooted in a matter or hours, but it seems that many root users are having problems with specific root apps. Chainfire has offered his explanation of why. According to Chainfire the reason these...

Chainfire has already released SuperSU for the Android N developer preview builds! This is still mostly untested and could cause bootloops, and crashes. Don't say you weren't warned if you decide to flash now. This has only been tested by Chainfire on the Nexus 5X so you could wait for other...

Unfortunately the Beta build of Marshmallow for the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge is only available for the UK variant. If you are willing to tinker around a bit you can actually run the Marshmallow Beta build on other variants. If you are able to get 6.0 loaded on your S6 or S6 Edge you can actually...

Chainfire keeps chipping away at SuperSU. Before long it will be perfect, working flawlessly across devices. The latest update brings SuperSU to version 2.64. The major change is with the zip installer. It will now try and detect 6.0 firmwares that are rootable without doing a systemless...

If you want a quick method to easily root your Nexus 10 the Root Toolkit by Mskip is one of the easiest ways. He has just added support for the latest Android update. This includes systemless root for installing SuperSU without having to flash a patched boot image. To obtain the update you will...

One of the main reasons we root is to have full access to the /system partition of our phone. This gives us full control over customizing our devices. Chainfire the man responsible for the root method in Android 6.0 Marshmallow posted a warning today regarding changing anything in the system...

A few months after Chainfire said that he would be taking a step back from supersu development his work on the app has seemingly not missed a beat. The last few updates install SuperSU without modifying the system since boot.img is being modified anyhow. The latest update to v2.61 will work with...