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2. Odin (firmware flashing software) - Wikipedia

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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.

3. Bootloader unlocking - Wikipedia

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   The WPInternals tool is able to unlock bootloaders of all Nokia Lumia phones running Windows Phone, but not phones like the Alcatel Idol 4 or HP Elite x3. [27] [28] Version 1.0 was released in November 2015. [29] In October 2018, the tool was released as open source software when the main developer René Lergner (also known as HeathCliff74 ...

4. Rooting (Android) - Wikipedia

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   The process of rooting varies widely by manufacturer and device but sometimes includes exploiting one or more security bugs in the firmware (i.e., in the version of the Android OS installed on) of the device. [40] Once an exploit is discovered, a custom recovery image that will skip the digital signature check of firmware updates can be flashed ...

5. Sideloading - Wikipedia

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   Files and folders on the device may be copied to the PC, and the PC may copy files and folders to the device. Transfer performance of USB sideloading varies greatly, depending on the USB version supported, and further still by the actual engineering implementation of the USB controller.

6. Software cracking - Wikipedia

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   Software crack illustration. Software cracking (known as "breaking" mostly in the 1980s [1]) is an act of removing copy protection from a software. [2] Copy protection can be removed by applying a specific crack. A crack can mean any tool that enables breaking software protection, a stolen product key, or guessed password. Cracking software ...

7. iOS jailbreaking - Wikipedia

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   iOS jailbreaking is the use of a privilege escalation exploit to remove software restrictions imposed by Apple on devices running iOS and iOS-based [a] operating systems. It is typically done through a series of kernel patches.

8. SIM lock - Wikipedia

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   The company will then provide the unlock code for the handset. For some brands such as Nokia and Samsung various services also offer special remote-unlocking software with instructions, where a cable is needed to remove the SIM lock at home. Such companies may email the unlocking code or software which will remotely unlock the device.

9. Software protection dongle - Wikipedia

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   There are potential weaknesses in the implementation of the protocol between the dongle and the copy-controlled software. For example, a simple implementation might define a function to check for the dongle's presence, returning "true" or "false" accordingly, but the dongle requirement can be easily circumvented by modifying the software to always answer "true".