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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.
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 protocol, and tool, as an alternative to fastboot. The tool has a partial alternative.
Examples include the Wiibrew program BootMii used to fix semi-bricked Wiis, the Odin program used to flash firmware on Samsung Android devices, [7] or the fastboot Android protocol which is capable of re-flashing a device with no software installed. [7] A soft-bricked rooted Kindle Fire can be un-bricked by using unrooting tools.
Samsung: Easy (EU and others) Impossible (US) Development settings (except North American cellular variants), however, if modified or custom firmware is flashed, Samsung Knox will be permanently tripped, so Samsung Wallet, Secure Folder and applications made use of the Knox framework will be permanently unusable even if the bootloader is re-locked.
Over-the-air provisioning (OTAP) is a form of OTA update by which cellular network operators can remotely provision a mobile phone (termed a client or mobile station in industry parlance) and update the cellular network settings stored on its SIM card. This can occur at any time while a phone is turned on.
On Samsung smartphones, the Samsung Secure Boot Key (SSBK) is used by the boot ROM to verify the next stages. [5] On SoCs from Qualcomm, it is possible to enter the Qualcomm Emergency Download Mode from the primary bootloader. If the verification of the secondary bootloader fails, it will enter EDL. [6] [7]
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.
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.