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SuperSU
Original author(s)Chainfire
Developer(s)Chainfire and CCMT
Final release
2.82.1[1] / 2 January 2018; 6 years ago (2018-01-02)
Operating systemAndroid
Websitewww.supersu.com at the Wayback Machine (archived November 3, 2019)

SuperSU is a discontinued proprietary Android application that can keep track of the root permissions of apps, after the Android device has been rooted.[2][3] SuperSU is generally installed through a custom recovery such as TWRP.[4] SuperSU includes the option to undo the rooting.[5] SuperSU cannot always reliably hide the rooting.[6] The project includes a wrapper library written in Java called libsuperuser for different ways of calling the su binary.[7]

History

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Since 2012, SuperSU app is all maintained by the original author Chainfire himself.[8]

In 2014, support for Android 5.0 was added.[9]

In September 2015, SuperSU was acquired by a Chinese company called Coding Code Mobile Technology LLC (CCMT), raising concerns about privacy, but Chainfire promised he was closely auditing the changes that CCMT made.[10]

In 2018, the application was removed from the Google Play Store[11] and the original developer Chainfire announced their departure of SuperSU development, although others continue to maintain it.[12] As of 2018, many users already switched to Magisk.[13]

References

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  1. ^ "Download SuperSU APKs for Android". APKMirror. Archived from the original on 2023-04-15. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  2. ^ Immler, Christian (2016). Android Hacking Ihr Smartphone kann mehr, als Sie denken: Hacken Sie Ihr Gerät, bevor es andere tun ([1. Aufl.] ed.). Haar bei München. p. 54. ISBN 978-3-645-60378-2. OCLC 903695577.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ "SuperSU for Android Manages Root Permissions So You Don't Have To". Lifehacker. 21 March 2012. Archived from the original on 2021-09-11. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
  4. ^ Zak, Robert (July 6, 2018). "How to root your Android phone using Windows 10 and TWRP Recovery". TechRadar. Archived from the original on 2021-09-11. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
  5. ^ Wallen, Jack (October 30, 2014). "Pro tip: How to unroot your Android device so you can update". TechRepublic. Archived from the original on 2021-09-11. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
  6. ^ Summerson, Cameron (3 July 2017). "How to Unroot Your Android Phone". How-To Geek. Archived from the original on 2021-09-11. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
  7. ^ Elenkov, Nikolay (2015). Android Security Internals: an In-Depth Guide to Android's Security Architecture. San Francisco, CA: No Starch Press. p. 374. ISBN 978-1-59327-581-5. OCLC 896723300.
  8. ^ Grush, Andrew (September 30, 2015). "Chainfire handing over ownership of SuperSU to new company". Android Authority. Archived from the original on January 28, 2023. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
  9. ^ "Nederlandse root-app SuperSU krijgt ondersteuning voor Android 5.0". Tweakers (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2021-09-11. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
  10. ^ JC Torres (October 4, 2017). "Chainfire is retiring from SuperSU development". SlashGear.com. Archived from the original on May 16, 2022. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
  11. ^ Davenport, Corbin (2018-10-02). "SuperSU has been removed from the Play Store". Android Police. Archived from the original on 2022-12-23. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
  12. ^ "Chainfire, creator of SuperSU, announces end of development for his root apps". Android Police. 2018-05-05. Archived from the original on 2021-09-11. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
  13. ^ Rahman, Mishaal (2018-05-05). "End of an era: Chainfire is halting development on all root-related apps". XDA Developers. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
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