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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.
Fastboot is a communication protocol used primarily with Android devices. [1] It is implemented in a command-line interface tool of the same name and as a mode of the bootloader of Android devices. The tool is included with the Android SDK package and used primarily to modify the flash filesystem via a USB connection from a host
Microsoft Software Updater (earlier Nokia Software Updater and Ovi Suite Software Updater) is a Windows [1] [2] and OS X [3] (though the Mac version is only in Beta) [4] based application launched in 2006, [5] that enables customers to update and recover their mobile device firmware [6] of a S40 or S60 or Lumia device from any Internet enabled access point.
The Android Bootloader (Aboot), which implements the fastboot interface (which is absent in Samsung devices). Aboot verifies the authenticity of the boot and recovery partitions. [4] By pressing a specific key combination, devices can also boot in recovery mode. Aboot then transfers control to the Linux kernel.
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 .
Generally, the phones included on this list contain copyleft software other than the Linux kernel, and minimal closed-source component drivers (see section above). Android-based devices do not appear on this list because of the heavy use of proprietary components, particularly drivers and applications. [7] [1] [8]
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.
An over-the-air update (or OTA update), also known as over-the-air programming (or OTA programming), [1] is an update to an embedded system that is delivered through a wireless network, such as Wi-Fi or a cellular network. [2] [3] [4] These embedded systems include mobile phones, tablets, set-top boxes, cars and telecommunications equipment.