diff --git a/apps/tests/file-system-tests.ts b/apps/tests/file-system-tests.ts
index 5a0a64ae4..daf97d56c 100644
--- a/apps/tests/file-system-tests.ts
+++ b/apps/tests/file-system-tests.ts
@@ -224,6 +224,24 @@ export var testFileRead = function () {
     // </snippet>
 };
 
+export var testFileReadWriteBinary = function () {
+    // <snippet module="file-system" title="file-system">
+    // ### Reading/writing binary data from/to a File
+    // ``` JavaScript
+    var fileName = "logo.png";
+
+    var sourceFile = fs.knownFolders.currentApp().getFile(fileName);
+    var destinationFile = fs.knownFolders.temp().getFile(fileName);
+
+    destinationFile.writeSync(sourceFile.readSync());
+
+    TKUnit.assertEqual(sourceFile.readSync(), destinationFile.readSync());
+
+    destinationFile.removeSync();
+    // ```
+    // </snippet>
+};
+
 export var testGetKnownFolders = function () {
     // <snippet module="file-system" title="file-system">
     // ### Getting the Known Folders
diff --git a/file-system/file-system-access.android.ts b/file-system/file-system-access.android.ts
index 383553d99..9b5bdae34 100644
--- a/file-system/file-system-access.android.ts
+++ b/file-system/file-system-access.android.ts
@@ -192,6 +192,35 @@ export class FileSystemAccess {
         return dir.getAbsolutePath();
     }
 
+    public read(path: string, onError?: (error: any) => any) {
+        try {
+            var javaFile = new java.io.File(path);
+            var stream = new java.io.FileInputStream(javaFile);
+            var bytes = new byte[javaFile.length()];
+            var dataInputStream = new java.io.DataInputStream(stream);
+            dataInputStream.readFully(bytes);
+            return bytes;
+        } catch (exception) {
+            if (onError) {
+                onError(exception);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public write(path: string, content: java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream, onError?: (error: any) => any) {
+        try {
+            var javaFile = new java.io.File(path);
+            var stream = new java.io.FileOutputStream(javaFile);
+            var bytes = content.toByteArray();
+            stream.write(bytes, 0, bytes.length);
+            stream.close();
+        } catch (exception) {
+            if (onError) {
+                onError(exception);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     public readText(path: string, onError?: (error: any) => any, encoding?: any) {
         try {
             var types: typeof typesModule = require("utils/types");
diff --git a/file-system/file-system-access.d.ts b/file-system/file-system-access.d.ts
index aa0ddfec4..891fbeee6 100644
--- a/file-system/file-system-access.d.ts
+++ b/file-system/file-system-access.d.ts
@@ -108,6 +108,14 @@
          */
         readText(path: string, onError?: (error: any) => any, encoding?: any): string;
 
+        /**
+         * Reads a binary content from a file with a given path.
+         * @param path The path to the source file.
+         * @param onSuccess A callback function which is called when a text is red.
+         * @param onError (optional) A callback function to use if any error occurs.
+         */
+        read(path: string, onError?: (error: any) => any): any;
+
         /**
          * Writes a text to a file with a given path.
          * @param path The path to the source file.
@@ -118,6 +126,15 @@
          */
         writeText(path: string, content: string, onError?: (error: any) => any, encoding?: any);
 
+        /**
+         * Writes a binary to a file with a given path.
+         * @param path The path to the source file.
+         * @param content The content which will be written to the file.
+         * @param onSuccess (optional) A callback function which is called when a text is written.
+         * @param onError (optional) A callback function to use if any error occurs.
+         */
+        write(path: string, content: any, onError?: (error: any) => any);
+
         /**
          * Gets extension of the file with a given path.
          * @param path A path to the file.
diff --git a/file-system/file-system-access.ios.ts b/file-system/file-system-access.ios.ts
index 4e8bfd049..d0aae5436 100644
--- a/file-system/file-system-access.ios.ts
+++ b/file-system/file-system-access.ios.ts
@@ -239,6 +239,17 @@ export class FileSystemAccess {
         }
     }
 
+    public read(path: string, onError?: (error: any) => any) : NSData {
+        try {
+            return NSData.dataWithContentsOfFile(path);
+        }
+        catch (ex) {
+            if (onError) {
+                onError(new Error("Failed to read file at path '" + path + "': " + ex));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     public writeText(path: string, content: string, onError?: (error: any) => any, encoding?: any) {
         var nsString = NSString.alloc().initWithString(content);
 
@@ -258,6 +269,17 @@ export class FileSystemAccess {
         }
     }
 
+    public write(path: string, content: NSData, onError?: (error: any) => any) {
+        try {
+            content.writeToFileAtomically(path, true);
+        }
+        catch (ex) {
+            if (onError) {
+                onError(new Error("Failed to write to file '" + path + "': " + ex));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     private getKnownPath(folderType: number): string {
         var fileManager = NSFileManager.defaultManager();
         var paths = fileManager.URLsForDirectoryInDomains(folderType, this.userDomain);
diff --git a/file-system/file-system.d.ts b/file-system/file-system.d.ts
index 579cecd69..8b1169b1e 100644
--- a/file-system/file-system.d.ts
+++ b/file-system/file-system.d.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
  */
 declare module "file-system" {
 
-   /**
-    * Represents a single entity on the file system.
-    */
+    /**
+     * Represents a single entity on the file system.
+     */
     export class FileSystemEntity {
         /**
          * Gets the Date object specifying the last time this entity was modified.
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ declare module "file-system" {
         renameSync(newName: string, onError?: (error: any) => any): void;
     }
 
-   /**
-    * Represents a File entity on the file system.
-    */
+    /**
+     * Represents a File entity on the file system.
+     */
     export class File extends FileSystemEntity {
         /**
          * Checks whether a File with the specified path already exists.
@@ -91,6 +91,12 @@ declare module "file-system" {
          */
         readTextSync(onError?: (error: any) => any, encoding?: string): string;
 
+        /**
+         * Reads the binary content of the file synchronously.
+         * @param onError An optional function to be called if some IO-error occurs.
+         */
+        readSync(onError?: (error: any) => any): any;
+
         /**
          * Writes the provided string to the file, using the specified encoding (defaults to UTF-8).
          * @param content The content to be saved to the file.
@@ -105,6 +111,13 @@ declare module "file-system" {
          * @param encoding An optional value specifying the preferred encoding (defaults to UTF-8).
          */
         writeTextSync(content: string, onError?: (error: any) => any, encoding?: string): void;
+
+        /**
+         * Writes the provided binary content to the file synchronously.
+         * @param content The binary content to be saved to the file.
+         * @param onError An optional function to be called if some IO-error occurs.
+         */
+        writeSync(content: any, onError?: (error: any) => any): void;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -176,46 +189,46 @@ declare module "file-system" {
         eachEntity(onEntity: (entity: FileSystemEntity) => boolean);
     }
 
-   /**
-    * Provides access to the top-level Folders instances that are accessible from the application. Use these as entry points to access the FileSystem.
-    */
+    /**
+     * Provides access to the top-level Folders instances that are accessible from the application. Use these as entry points to access the FileSystem.
+     */
     module knownFolders {
-       /**
-        * Gets the Documents folder available for the current application. This Folder is private for the application and not accessible from Users/External apps.
-        */
+        /**
+         * Gets the Documents folder available for the current application. This Folder is private for the application and not accessible from Users/External apps.
+         */
         export function documents(): Folder;
 
-       /**
-        * Gets the Temporary (Caches) folder available for the current application. This Folder is private for the application and not accessible from Users/External apps.
-        */
+        /**
+         * Gets the Temporary (Caches) folder available for the current application. This Folder is private for the application and not accessible from Users/External apps.
+         */
         export function temp(): Folder;
 
-       /**
-        * Gets the root folder for the current application. This Folder is private for the application and not accessible from Users/External apps.
-        * iOS - this folder is read-only and contains the app and all its resources.
-        */
+        /**
+         * Gets the root folder for the current application. This Folder is private for the application and not accessible from Users/External apps.
+         * iOS - this folder is read-only and contains the app and all its resources.
+         */
         export function currentApp(): Folder;
     }
 
-   /**
-    * Enables path-specific operations like join, extension, etc.
-    */
+    /**
+     * Enables path-specific operations like join, extension, etc.
+     */
     export module path {
-       /**
-        * Normalizes a path, taking care of occurrances like ".." and "//".
-        * @param path The path to be normalized.
-        */
+        /**
+         * Normalizes a path, taking care of occurrances like ".." and "//".
+         * @param path The path to be normalized.
+         */
         export function normalize(path: string): string;
 
-       /**
-        * Joins all the provided string components, forming a valid and normalized path.
-        * @param paths An array of string components to be joined.
-        */
+        /**
+         * Joins all the provided string components, forming a valid and normalized path.
+         * @param paths An array of string components to be joined.
+         */
         export function join(...paths: string[]): string;
 
-       /**
-        * Gets the string used to separate file paths.
-        */
+        /**
+         * Gets the string used to separate file paths.
+         */
         export var separator: string;
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/file-system/file-system.ts b/file-system/file-system.ts
index f1f27fb60..bc91805b4 100644
--- a/file-system/file-system.ts
+++ b/file-system/file-system.ts
@@ -193,6 +193,47 @@ export class File extends FileSystemEntity {
         return !!this[fileLockedProperty];
     }
 
+    public readSync(onError?: (error: any) => any): any {
+        this.checkAccess();
+
+        this[fileLockedProperty] = true;
+
+        var that = this;
+        var localError = (error) => {
+            that[fileLockedProperty] = false;
+            if (onError) {
+                onError(error);
+            }
+        };
+
+        var content = getFileAccess().read(this.path, localError);
+
+        this[fileLockedProperty] = false;
+
+        return content;
+
+    }
+
+    public writeSync(content: any, onError?: (error: any) => any): void {
+        this.checkAccess();
+
+        try {
+            this[fileLockedProperty] = true;
+
+            var that = this;
+            var localError = function (error) {
+                that[fileLockedProperty] = false;
+                if (onError) {
+                    onError(error);
+                }
+            };
+    
+            getFileAccess().write(this.path, content, localError);
+        } finally {
+            this[fileLockedProperty] = false;
+        }
+    }
+
     public readText(encoding?: string): Promise<string> {
         return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
             var hasError = false;