Chainfire publishes preview of FlashFire, the successor to Mobile Odin

If you’ve ever rooted, flashed a custom rom, kernel or mod on a Samsung smartphone or tablet, there’s a good chance that you’ve used a tool developed by Chainfire at some point. You can count the SuperSu app, Triangle Away  and 500 Firepaper apps among his many creations, and now we have a new app called FlashFire which is currently in Beta status. Chainfire says the new app is the spiritual successor to Mobile Odin.

Mobile Odin is a tool for flashing Roms, OTA’s, kernels and other mods without having to install a custom recovery on your device. Flashfire continues that tradition, and has so far been used to update various Samsung devices from Android 4.xx to 5.xx as well as block-level OTA’s on Nexus devices. It should be noted that the FlashFire app is currently in Beta status, and as such is in its testing phase. The only way to gain access to the app is by joining the Google Plus community, after which you will be able to download the app from the Google Play Store. Unless you feel you can help with testing and feedback though, you should probably wait until the full release.

If you have Mobile Odin Pro installed on your device, then the Pro version of FlashFire will be unlocked. As yet though there are no Pro features available, so it’s a placebo effect for the moment. That said, it’s nice to see a developer reward his loyal supporters. It should go without saying that the FlashFire app is not a game or something to be played with. If you aren’t sure what all the jargon means or what exactly the app does, its probably best to wait until Chainfire makes it available to the general public with a full description and detailed instructions. You can read more about its functions as well as post feedback and questions about the app here.

Source: XDA

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