Odin (firmware flashing software)

Odin 3.10.6 running on a Windows machine

Odin is a utility software developed and used internally by Samsung which can be used to flash a Custom Recovery firmware image (as opposed to the Stock recovery firmware image) to a Samsung Android device. It is also used as a way of unbricking an Android device. There is no account of Samsung ever having officially *openly* released it, though it mentions it in the developer docs for Knox SDK [1] and some docs even instruct the users to use ODIN [2]. Some other docs on Knox SDK reference "engineering firmware"[3][4], which presumably can be a part of the SDK alongside with ODIN. Publicly available binaries are believed to be the result of leaks.[5] Odin is Windows-only software, providing no support for other operating systems, though it is possible to use Wineskin on the Odin executable, allowing it to run on OS X.[6]

There is a free/libre similar software called Heimdall.[7]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.samsung.com/at/business-images/resource/solution-brief/2013/12/samsung_knox_glossary-0.pdf
  2. ↑ "How can I change or download the device firmware? - SEAP". seap.samsung.com.
  3. ↑ "How can I check if my device firmware is an engineering or commercial build? - SEAP". seap.samsung.com.
  4. ↑ "How can I make my app work properly on a device with engineering firmware? - SEAP". seap.samsung.com.
  5. ↑ "Where does Odin come from ?". XDA Developers.
  6. ↑ "Tips - Odin for Mac [Download]".
  7. ↑ "Heimdall - Glass Echidna". glassechidna.com.au.
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