Odin Alternatives
Odin is described as '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 are six alternatives to Odin for Android, Mac, Windows and Linux. The best alternative is Heimdall, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Odin are ROM Manager (Freemium), Anarchy-Droid (Free, Open Source), ROM Toolbox (Freemium) and Xiaomitool (Free).
- Heimdall is a cross-platform open-source tool suite used to flash firmware (aka ROMs) onto Samsung mobile devices.
Discontinued
Heimdall has not received updates since 2017 and does not support new versions of GNU/Linux distributions.
- ROM Manager is the must-have app for rooted Android phones that lets you download and manage custom ROMs, and backup and restore your phone from within Android itself.
- Anarchy-Droid is an application designed to help you install custom roms on your Android device. It is supposed to make the process of finding, downloading and installing a rom (with addons like F-Droid and microG) as easy as possible.
- ROM Toolbox combines all the great root apps into one monster app with a beautiful and easy to use interface. ROM Toolbox has every tool you need to make your Android device fast and customized to your liking.
- Mobile ODIN is the on-device firmware flasher of choice. Just throw those firmware files on your (internal or external) SD card, start Mobile ODIN and flash away.
Discontinued
New updates have stopped, replaced by free app Flashfire. See update release date (May 1, 2014) in Play Store listing.