SAMSUNG ODIN

As a leading mobile phone and accessories manufacturer Samsung always introduces new hardware and software innovations.among them, Samsung Odin is a firmware flashing software that is very useful.That is a utility software which can be used to upgrade a custom recovery firmware image to a Samsung Android device.Also, Samsung Odin can be used to unbrick an android device.This a windows based Rom rooting tool has been specially designed for Samsung smartphones and tablets.Odin is an essential tool to flash stock  or custom firmware

Samsung has never officially announced this software.but Samsung mentions Odin in the developers' docs for Samsung Knox SDK which is an enterprise mobile security solution development kit.And also some docs guide users to use Odin.some other docs on Knox SDK refer this as engineering firmware that can be an of SDX.Binaries that publically available considered being the outcome of leaks.Odin is only can be used for windows.Samsung Odin can be used any kind of windows OS.but Odin does not support any other os other than windows.but there is a way to use Odin in another Os .it should be used with wineskin to activate Odin executable on os x.also you can use software named Heimdall instead of wineskin.as well as you can use jOdin online tool to flash Samsung firmware from the search engine with using java runtime environment.

Advantages of ODIN tool

Samsung Odin is a program that only can be run on windows pc and load and upgrade firmware image files on to Samsung smartphones

upgrading stock firmware when Android device is stuck or bricked- boot loop, crash or any issue related to software operation can be solved with ODIN

upgrading custom firmware - ODIN Is the best way to replacing content aiming modification in the firmware.Odin is very effective

Flashing root packages and gaining root access- 

Flashing stock recovery

Flashing custom recovery

Upgrading kernel

The latest version of Samsung Odin is  3.12.

How to download Samsung Odin

Step 1: download device driver software to your windows computer

Visit Samsung official websites and get the relevant driver software and install.once you have installed restart your computer

Step 2: Download and extract the official firmware 

Step 3: Download and extract Odin on your PC

After extracting open as administrator

Step 4: open download mode on your device

Power off your device

Volume Down key+Home key+Power key  press and hold

Release power key while keep holding volume down key+home key when your phone vibrates

press volume up key to activate download mode.you will see green figure when it is activated

Step 5:connect your device to pc

your device will be automatically recognized by Odin.

Step 6: To add tar.md5you have extracted click PDA or AP and then start.

whether it is PDA or AP depends on the version of the Odin you are using.but MD5 file goes with both PDA and AP

STEP 7: Click start to flashing process after adding the file.

*, DO NOT REMOVE  OR OPERATE YOUR DEVICE UNTIL YOU GET THE FAIL OR PASS RESULT.

Step 8: After getting the resulting reboot your device and it is safe to unplug your device