How to Use Odin to Flash Firmware on Any Samsung Devices

Flashing the stock firmware on Samsung devices can be quite easy to perform using the Odin flash tool. It’s a reliable method for updating, flashing, repairing, or customizing Samsung’s software. It’s known to all that Samsung devices have a specific way of installing official ROM that may require attention to detail. In case, you’re interested in installing the stock firmware or want to restore the stock ROM, check out this guide to use Odin to Flash Firmware on Samsung Devices.

Sometimes, your Samsung Galaxy device may be stuck in the bootloop or bricked for several reasons. Plenty of Samsung Galaxy users prefer to flash custom firmware or root but may end up with crashes and performance issues. Luckily, Odin is the primary tool for flashing the stock ROM on Samsung Galaxy devices to avoid such problems easily. But you don’t need to worry about it. The Odin flash method for the firmware works pretty well. So, without further ado, let’s get into it.

What is Odin?

Odin is a powerful tool developed by Samsung that is used primarily for flashing stock firmware onto Samsung Galaxy devices running Android. It was meant to be used for developers to install official firmware, custom ROMs, recovery files, bootloaders, and more. But available for the public who want to recover their bricked Samsung Galaxy devices manually or upgrade their stock firmware version.

It’s also known as Odin Download Tool as Samsung devices boot into the ‘Download Mode’ before flashing the firmware file. Additionally, you can use this tool for downgrading the firmware version, flashing the custom recovery, enabling root access, changing to the carrier or region-specific software version, and more. You’ll need to select the correct firmware file depending on the device model and region variant.

What is a Stock Firmware

Stock Firmware is the official ROM that the manufacture ships into your device. Although it is still based on Android, yet it is further optimized by the respective OEMs. They tend to add new features, customize the existing ones, or make some changes as they deemed fit. More often than not, all the devices from a particular smartphone manufacturer have near-identical customized Android OS. For example, in the case of Samsung, all the devices, whether they are the entry-level device or its flagship, ship with the latest OneUI operating system.

Although the offering and features will definitely vary, yet the underlying UI and stock options will be the same. Earlier, Samsung shipped their devices with Samsung Experience UX followed by TouchWiz. Now it comes with OneUI for Android 9 devices and OneUI 2.0 for devices running on Android 10. With that said, let’s check out the advantages of the stock firmware. After that, you will show you how to install stock firmware on your Samsung device via Odin.

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Advantages of Stock Firmware

Not everyone wishes to tweak their device’s OS, yet this user base is constantly increasing owing to the massive custom development support. As a result, users just have to meet one requirement, that is an unlocked bootloader, and then there an abundance of things to try out. Installing custom ROMs is at the top of the priority list. But by doing so, they are inviting some associated risks as well. Some users do end up bricking their devices. In that case, there is a handy escape route available.  You could flash the stock firmware and return it to working condition.

Apart from that, not all custom ROMs are stable and bug-free. One can hardly deny that even though these custom ROMs offer many more features than stock firmware, they can never match the stability of the stock firmware. Furthermore, since your device manufacturer officially releases them, there is a complete surety from a safety point of view. Furthermore, if there are any bugs, they will release a new update pretty quickly and patch that issue on the go. So all these might have given you a rough idea of the importance of the stock firmware. Let’s check out how to install stock firmware on your Samsung devices using Odin.

Pre-requisites

• Before you go ahead with the procedure, make sure to back up your Samsung phone completely.
• Install the appropriate Samsung USB drivers.
• Make sure to charge your device to at least 60%.
• Download the latest version of the Odin tool.
• Make sure to enable USB Debugging:
  – To do that again, head to the Settings>>Developer Options>> allow USB Debugging.
• Enter your Galaxy device into the Download mode by pressing Volume Down + Home + Power buttons for Samsung phones with capacitive buttons and Volume Down + Bixby + Power for newer models.

How To Install Stock Firmware on Samsung Phone Using Odin

1. Download the appropriate Galaxy stock firmware for your phone.
2. Extract the contents of the firmware zip file.
3. Notice that the extracted files will be in “.tar” or “.tar.md5” format.
4. Now download and extract the Odin tool on your PC.
5. Open the extracted folder and click on the Odin.exe file.
6. You need to connect your Galaxy device to the PC while it is in Download Mode.
7. Notice that the CO port will light up on Odin once you connect your phone.
8. Click the AP button and select the firmware.
9. Do the same for BL, CP, and CSC.
10. Remember that the regular CSC file erases the entire data set. To save the data, select the ‘HOME_CSC‘ file.
11. Don’t forget to select Auto Reboot and F.Reset Time in the Options tab.
12. Click the Start button to install the firmware on your Samsung device.
13. That’s it! You will see a PASS message once the installation is complete.

Troubleshooting

Below is the list of issues you might encounter while installing the Samsung firmware using the Odin tool. You can quickly troubleshoot the issue by following the solution mentioned below:

• Device not detected by Odin: Ensure that Kies is disabled and that you have installed the correct Samsung USB Drivers on your phone.
• FAIL message on Odin: Download the correct Odin tool and use the correct USB drivers. Try force-shutting down the device and following from step 1.
• The device enters a boot loop. To boot into the stock recovery and factory reset your device, hold the Volume Up + Home/Bixby button and Power key together for a few seconds. On the No command screen, keep holding the Power button and tapping the Volume Up key once. Then select the Wipe data/factory reset button and confirm.

So, there you have it from my side in this post. I hope you guys liked this post and were able to install stock firmware using Odin on your Samsung phone. Let us know in the comments below if you encounter any issues while following the abovementioned steps. Until the next post…Cheers!