If you have rooted an Android phone or tablet with an app, it is highly likely that you have come across the SuperSU app. The app is made for advanced management of Superuser access rights. For the average user, the SuperSU app for Android is a tool to root Android phones and tablets.
As it’s all very technical and not all basic users can understand it, here are the features that the SuperSU APK offers, lifted straight from its Google Play Store page.
– Superuser access prompt
– Superuser access logging
– Superuser access notifications
– Per-app notification configuration
– Temporary unroot
– Deep process detection (no more unknowns)
– Works in recovery (no more segfaulting)
– Works when Android isn’t properly booted
– Works with non-standard shell locations
– Always runs in ghost mode
– Wake on prompt
– Convert to /system app
– Complete unroot
– Backup script to survive CyanogenMod nightlies
– Icon selectable from 5 options + invisible
– Theme selectable from 4 options
– Launch from dialer: *#*#1234#*#* or *#*#7873778#*#* (*#*#SUPERSU#*#*)NOTE: Not all phones take both codes. On some phones you need to use single *# instead of double *#*#
The Pro version additionally offers:
– OTA survival mode (no guarantees)
– Full color-coded command content logging (input/output/error)
– Per-app logging configuration
– Per-app user override
– Grant/deny root to an app for a set amount of time
– PIN protection
– Per-app PIN protection
– Adjust auto-deny countdown
SuperSU recently got updated to vesion 2.65 (build 265). SuperSU 2.65 APK download file is compatible with all devices running Android 2.1 and above. The file is just 5.83 MB large.
Here’s the changelog for the new SuperSU APK update:
– (systemless) Add /su/xbin to su.img and PATH
– ZIP: Fixed force close issue when custom boot image is used
– ZIP: Reworked remounting (prevents bugged write to r/o /system on flo)
– ZIP: Added warning that first reboot may take a few minutes/loops
You can download SuperSU 2.65 APK free from apk4fun.com.