Mobile Odin Pro (software)

In mobile technology, Mobile Odin Pro is an Android app specifically for Samsung devices which allows the user to install firmware onto a device that has Mobile Odin Pro running on it, excluding the need to connect the device to a PC or Mac via USB.

The project's goals are:

To exclude the need for a PC or Mac.

This was completed in November 2011, when developer Jorrit Jongma, better known as Chainfire released the first version. Jorrit Jongma also developed the well known CF-Auto Root andorid app.

Technical overview

Mobile Odin Pro has the ability to flash official OTA ZIPs as well as Update CWM ZIPs on most devices that have Mobile Odin Pro. Mobile Odin Pro will attempt to detect if the OTA wants to flash kernels, recoveries, and modems, and if so will compare the signatures to your currently installed kernel, recovery, and modem.
Mobile Odin Pro is for Samsung devices running on Android OS.

Name

The project is named after the official Samsung desktop program, Odin.

References

Jorrit Jongma Profile
XDA Developers Mobile Odin v4.20
Chainfire XDA Developers
Samsung Odin Desktop version-softpedia
Jorrit Jongma website