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Chainfire's Holey Light app gets its biggest update yet with new Samsung and Google device support
XDA Senior Recognized Developer Chainfire's Holey Light app is getting its biggest update yet, with support for more devices, new features, and more.
XDA Senior Recognized Developer Chainfire's Holey Light app is getting its biggest update yet. The app now offers support for a bunch of new Samsung and Google devices, Android 11 compatibility, and much more. Read on to learn more about everything new in the latest Holey Light update.
Chainfire's LiveBoot app is now open source and works on Android 11
Chainfire has updated his LiveBoot and CF.lumen apps with support for Android 11. Moreover, LiveBoot is now fully open source.
We've talked about LiveBoot in the past and how it tweaks the default boot animation of your Android device by adding logcat and dmesg logging (bringing the good old Matrix digital rain vibe). Made by none other than XDA legend Chainfire, the creator of SuperSU, this incredibly innovative app has now received a new update after a brief hiatus. The update bumps the app version to 1.84 and finally makes it compatible with Android 11.
Chainfire's Holey Light app for showing notifications on the Samsung Galaxy S10's hole punch gets updated to support the Always on Display
XDA Senior Recognized Developer Chainfire's Holey Light app has been updated to support the Always On Display on the Samsung Galaxy S10, and more. Read on!
Chainfire's Holey Light app quickly catapulted into becoming a fan favorite, as users of the Samsung Galaxy S10 flagship lineup flocked in droves to turn the area around the hole punch display into a replacement for the missing notification LED functionality. The app had a few shortcomings at the time of its release, but XDA Senior Recognized Developer Chainfire is not known to shy away from challenges. As such, the app has received updates that now allow it to support the Always On Display on the Samsung flagships, as well as reduce the CPU and battery usage by the app.
Holey Light turns the Samsung Galaxy S10/S10e/S10+'s hole punch into a notification LED
Holey Light by XDA Senior Recognized Developer Chainfire turns the hole punch camera cutout on the new Samsung Galaxy S10 devices into a notification LED!
The Samsung Galaxy S10, Galaxy S10+ and the Galaxy S10e collectively represent the best technology that Samsung has to offer to consumers. But for all the goodness that they pack in, the devices do miss out on a small but meaningful feature: a notification LED. Since the front of the device (and the sides too) is occupied primarily by the display, there is very little room for an effective notification LED. Meet Holey Light, an app from veteran Android developer Chainfire that utilizes the space around the camera cutout on the new Samsung flagships to emulate a notification LED.
Chainfire's LiveBoot app now supports rooted Samsung devices on One UI, and Pixel phones on Android Q
Senior Recognized Developer Chainfire has just released a couple of big LiveBoot updates for some of you who are running One UI or Android Q beta.
LiveBoot is boot animation application that shows you the output of both logcat and dmesg while the device is booting up. Not only do people see it as a better boot animation than an OEM's logo, but it can also be useful as it can show you errors from these logs as they happen. The application is from XDA Moderator Emeritus and Senior Recognized Developer Chainfire and it has just received a couple of big updates for some of you who are running the latest software.
LiveBoot 1.7 adds Android Pie and Magisk support
Chainfire has announced a new update to his LiveBoot application that adds support for Android Pie and Magisk.
Chainfire may be known for SuperSU more than anything, but the man has released a number of different tools and utility applications that range from incredibly useful to quite fun. One such application is called LiveBoot and it is a boot animation that shows your logcat and dmesg outputs on the screen right as they happen. Chainfire has been taking a bit of a break lately after selling SuperSU, but earlier today he announced a new update to his LiveBoot application that adds support for Android Pie and Magisk.
500 Firepaper will stop working on June 15th as 500px closes down API
Chainfire announced that the 500px portal is closing down its API on June 15th. Hence, the popular wallpaper app 500 Firepaper will stop working.
Those of you who love having a random, but always great wallpaper, have surely heard about 500 Firepaper. It's an application that was created by XDA Senior Recognized Developer Chainfire and it has been changing the look of many Android home screens since late 2013. Unfortunately, according to the developer, 500 Firepaper will stop working this June as the 500px is shutting down its API.
Chainfire Retires from SuperSU, to Leave Fully February 24th
SuperSU was sold to the Chinese company CCMT two years ago, and now finally Chainfire is leaving the development for good.
Two years ago, Chinese company CCMT bought SuperSU from Chainfire, a move which did produce a lot of chatter, and in some cases negative emotions, in the Android enthusiast community. Today Chainfire has finally announced his retirement from working on SuperSU on his Google+ page, becoming only an advisor until February 24th when his contract fully expires. He will no longer be working on SuperSU in any capacity once his contract has ended. He also says that his root applications may be affected in time.
New SuperSU and suhide Updates Bring Minor Bug Fixes
Chainfire has rolled out new updates to SuperSU and suhide that add compatibility to the new version of TWRP and hides some of the left-overs from it.
While many of us were enjoying our weekend off from the stress of our daily lives, Chainfire was busy wrapping up two small bug fix updates for two of his applications. We aren't to expect any big features or changes in these updates, but SuperSU as well as suhide both received new updates that bring some small but important updates. These updates are both now available to the public and it brings SuperSU up to version 2.82-SR5 while suhide is now up to version 1.09.
Chainfire Announces Firmware.mobi, a Website Hosting Stock Boot and Recovery Images
Chainfire has announced a new website called firmware.mobi which hosts stock boot and recovery images, and even automatically roots images before downloads!
If you've ever tried to search for stock images to fastboot flash on your device, it can be pretty annoying. Having to navigate old XDA threads trying to find the right version can be a complete pain as very few companies, other than ones like Google and OnePlus, actually release their stock images. To help tackle this problem for users, XDA Senior Recognized Developer Chainfire has announced his newest project called firmware.mobi.
Chainfire Updates LiveBoot to Support SuperSU's SBIN mode, Adds Oreo Support to FlashFire
After his vacation, Chainfire has pushed out small but important updates to his LiveBoot and FlashFire applications that add support for Android Oreo.
Chainfire is known for his work on SuperSU as it enables root access on thousands upon thousands of Android devices. However, the man also works on a number of other applications that are also quite popular among the Android community. Two of them in particular are LiveBoot and FlashFire. Now that Chainfire is back from his vacation, he has just pushed out two small but important updates to these two applications via the Play Store.
Since September, XDA Recognized Developer Chainfire started a new versioning system for SuperSU. This began with version 2.78 SR1 of SuperSU, and today the man has released 2.78 SR5. Instead of labeling them as a Beta, he changed this to a Service Release naming scheme. He felt this would be a good way of reducing the number of people trying to upload beta releases to non-Google Play app stores since it would continue to carry the same version number.
SuperSU Updated to work with TWRP on Pixel and Pixel XL
SuperSU has just been updated to work alongside the latest TWRP alpha on the Google Pixel and Pixel XL, according to a Google+ post by Chainfire.
Last night, the first alpha release of TWRP was announced for the Google Pixel and Pixel XL. We delved into much detail about the release, including the changes to the installation procedure as well as what's new and what's broken. One of the caveats we mentioned in the article is that installing TWRP would cause SuperSU to no longer function.
Root is now available for the Google Pixel and Pixel XL: Here's what Changed and what Works
The Google Pixel and the Pixel now have root, courtesy of XDA Senior Developer Chainfire! Head on over to know more about how you can root your pixel!
As promised, systemless root for the Google Pixel and Pixel XL is now available. XDA Senior Recognized Developer Chainfire was working on root for the Google Pixel phone running Android 7.1 Nougat these past few days, and he has reached a stage in his development where he is now comfortable enough sharing his work with the community.
Google’s SafetyNet has been a huge thorn in the side of anyone who wants to use Android Pay while having full control over their phones. Until recently, it has mostly been about disabling Android Pay on devices with Root, but a couple days ago, Google took it one step further -- they are triggering SafetyNet even on devices with unlocked bootloaders.
SuperSU v2.78 SR1 Released with su Binary Bugfixes and New Versioning Scheme
Chainfire from XDA has released an update to his popular SuperSU app. Read on to see what is new in this update, and what is in store for SuperSU!
XDA Recognized Developer Chainfire has released an update to his SuperSU app, involving a few bugfixes and one critical update to supolicy.
Experimental suhide Mod for SuperSU Hides su Binary from Applications
Suhide Mod for SuperSU hides the su binary from applications that detect root. Read on to find out what makes suhide different from other cloak apps!
XDA Senior Recognized Developer Chainfire needs no introduction in the world of third party development, so we'll spare you some time.
Unoffical Systemless Xposed is Now Available -- OTAs and Pay Unaffected!
A new build of Xposed lets you get OTAs on your ROM, find out how to install it at XDA!
Recognized Contributor topjohnwu has modified the Xposed Framework (V.85.1) to work alongside Chainfire's systemless SuperSU in order to also run without modifying the system partition.
Chainfire's FlashFire can now Create Fastboot Flashable Backups
Now you can make and flash fastboot-flashable backups using using Flashfire!
Custom ROM users are probably familiar with the process of making regular backups and restorations because of unexpected hiccups causing your phone to enter into a bootloop. It's imperative to backup your device in the off chance that such an event were to occur or you'll have to deal with the frustration of resetting all your app's preferences.
You love to live at the bleeding edge, so you hopped on board and installed Google's new Android N preview builds. If you're running the software as your daily driver (maybe you like things crashing and burning, who knows?) then you've likely noticed many of your favorite apps simply not work at all. You've flashed Chainfire's SuperSU beta for Android N to alleviate some of the misery with better system control, but many root apps also break. Why? And how can they be fixed? According to Chainfire, the reason is because Google is shifting away from toolbox towards toybox (and has been since Android Marshmallow), and has now removed toolbox mount support. If you've had problems with root apps in the past, you've probably seen the word 'toolbox' before. If you haven't, I'll let Chainfire explain what it is: