Is DevSwitch safe?

DevSwitch turns Developer options, USB debugging and Wireless debugging on and off from one screen and from three Quick Settings tiles. It writes the same system settings Android's own Settings app does, so the system reacts immediately: adbd starts or stops, and the Developer options screen appears or hides. One-time setup Android only lets an app change these settings if it holds WRITE SECURE S…

Developer: retransmit
Category: Development
Earliest archived version: 22 Sept 2026
License: GPL-3.0-or-later (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Release notes

Release notes from F-Droid

12 Oct 2026

1.3

Spanish and French interface - The app language can be chosen per app in Android's settings (Android 13 and newer)

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08 Oct 2026

1.2

New home screen widget with a switch for each of the three settings - New shortcuts on the app icon: long-press it to flip a setting without opening the app - The Wireless tab now shows the right address after wireless debugging is switched off and on again; it could keep showing the old port…

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03 Oct 2026

1.1

Chinese interface: Traditional (繁體中文) and Simplified (简体中文), contributed by Bhavyashah94 and lxBlazarxl - The app language can now be chosen per app in Android's settings (Android 13 and newer)

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03 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDapp.devswitch

Latest APK SHA-25650e5dc1c713f5ff1e6acb0fdd39f817ae63ebc339ab79a5489baffa369c901a8

Signing certificate16:15:28:67:F6:11:7A:20:AB:8C:4F:3B:40:96:84:2B:95:BA:29:C0:51:CD:EF:99:E4:FE:C3:D1:2E:21:84:45

MIN ANDROID26TARGET36ARCHITECTUREarm64-v8a · armeabi-v7a · x86 · x86_64

04 / History

Archive history

5 versions in WIKI archive: earliest 1.0 (22 Sept 2026), latest 1.3 (12 Oct 2026).

No change in android.permission.* between 1.2 and 1.3.

05 / Version archive

Documented releases

5 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

1.312 Oct 202626+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→1.208 Oct 202626+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→1.103 Oct 202626+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→1.0.125 Sept 202626+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→1.022 Sept 202626+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→

06 / Safety & access

Safety verdict

Authentic — file hash matches the source indexNo ads or tracking flagged by the source

IntegritySHA-256 verified vs source

SourceOpen-source · fdroid

Permissions6 declared · 1 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessCAMERA

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE android.permission.CAMERA android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS app.devswitch.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION moe.shizuku.manager.permission.API_V23

Tracker status: Not assessed by WIKI for Android.

07 / Sources

Evidence ledger

Each entry is a captured public reference backing this record.

RepositorySource package page↗Source codeSource repository↗