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Odin is a utility software program developed and used by Samsung internally which is used to communicate with Samsung devices in Odin mode (also called download mode) through the Thor (protocol). It can be used to flash a custom recovery firmware image (as opposed to the stock recovery firmware image) to a Samsung Android device.
Samsung Kies (/ ˈ k iː z /) [1] is a freeware software application used to communicate between Windows or Macintosh operating systems, and Samsung mobile phone and tablet computer devices, usually using a USB connection (though wireless LAN Kies connectivity is now possible using some devices).
Samsung Knox provides hardware and software security features that allow business and personal content to coexist on the same device. Knox integrates web services to assist organizations in managing fleets of mobile devices, which allows IT administrators to register new devices, identify a unified endpoint management (UEM) system, define the organizational rules that govern the use of devices ...
TouchWiz was the former name that Samsung used for its UI and icons. It was originally released in May 2008 for the SGH-F480 mobile phone. Reviewers had criticized Samsung for including too many features and software bloat, especially in the Galaxy S4, which included what many users called a Samsung "feature creep". [2]
One UI was designed as part of a goal to make Samsung's hardware and software "work together in perfect harmony" and provide a more "natural" experience on large-screen smartphones. One UI displays most of the features [ 7 ] that were in the Samsung Experience UX.
"Bixby Home" (which has been now named "Samsung Daily" on One UI 2.1, & recently replaced with "Samsung Free" in the latest One UI software update) [21] was a vertically scrolling list of information that Bixby can interact with, [clarification needed] for example weather, fitness activity and buttons for controlling their smart home gadgets. [20] "
TouchWiz is used by Samsung's own proprietary operating systems, Bada and REX, [3] as well as by phones based on the Android operating system prior to Android 7. It is also present in phones running the Tizen operating system. TouchWiz was abandoned by Samsung in late 2016 in favor of Samsung Experience.
The Samsung S8500 Wave was launched with version 1.0 of the Bada operating system. Samsung soon released version 1.0.2, which included minor fixes for European users. [17] Version 1.2 was released with the Samsung S8530 Wave II phone. [18] The alpha-version of Bada 2.0 was introduced on 15 February 2011, with the Samsung S8530 Wave II handset.