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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.
HTC, Google Pixel, and Xiaomi: Power and volume down; Zebra and symbol devices: Right scan/action button; Sony: Power and volume up; Google Nexus: Power, volume up and volume down; On Samsung devices, (excluding the Nexus S and Galaxy Nexus devices), power, volume down and home has to be pressed for entering ODIN mode. This is a proprietary ...
Screenshot of Device Manager, containing a Qualcomm device booted in the Emergency Download Mode. The Qualcomm Emergency Download mode, commonly known as Qualcomm EDL mode and officially known as Qualcomm HS-USB QD-Loader 9008 [1] is a feature implemented in the boot ROM of a system on a chip by Qualcomm which can be used to recover bricked smartphones.
Unlocking the bootloader allows installing and running unsigned code on a device, including user customized software. Operating outside the manufacturer specification might usually result in voiding any warranties and may make the device susceptible to data theft, as the integrity of the operating system (as intended by the manufacturer) can no longer be guaranteed. [1]
Free software (most vendors) Yes No Unix-like Anything Fedora Media Writer: The Fedora Project: GNU GPL v2: Yes No Linux, macOS, Windows Fedora: GNOME Disks: Gnome disks contributors GPL-2.0-or-later: Yes No Linux Anything LinuxLive USB Creator (LiLi) Thibaut Lauzière GNU GPL v3: No No Windows Linux remastersys: Tony Brijeski GNU GPL v2: No [2] No
The Primary Bootloader (PBL), which is stored in the Boot ROM [3] is the first stage of the boot process. This code is written by the chipset manufacturer. [4]The PBL verifies the authenticity of the next stage.
A Samsung Galaxy A02s booted into recovery mode. The Android recovery mode is a mode of Android used for installing updates and wipe data. [1] [2] It consists of a Linux kernel with ramdisk on a separate partition from the main Android system.
Team Win Recovery Project (TWRP), pronounced "twerp", [4] is an open-source software custom recovery image for Android-based devices. [5] [6] It provides a touchscreen-enabled interface that allows users to install third-party firmware and back up the current system, functions usually not supported by stock recovery images.