https://github.com/benjamin-dobell/heimdall

Heimdall is a cross-platform open-source tool suite used to flash firmware (aka ROMs) onto Samsung Galaxy devices.
https://github.com/benjamin-dobell/heimdall

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Heimdall is a cross-platform open-source tool suite used to flash firmware (aka ROMs) onto Samsung Galaxy devices.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/benjamin-dobell/heimdall
• Owner: Benjamin-Dobell
• License: mit
• Created: 2010-12-03T05:16:45.000Z (about 14 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-08-17T12:07:53.000Z (5 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-01-08T18:03:22.046Z (14 days ago)
• Topics: android, firmware, flashing, mobile, odin, samsung
• Language: C++
• Homepage:
• Size: 8.58 MB
• Stars: 2,642
• Watchers: 147
• Forks: 591
• Open Issues: 251
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
  • License: LICENSE

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# Heimdall

Heimdall is a cross-platform open-source tool suite used to flash firmware (aka ROMs) onto Samsung mobile devices.

## Supported Platforms

Officially, AMD64/x86-64 (64-bit) or x86 (32-bit) computers running:

 * Linux

 * macOS

 * Windows (XP, Vista, 7 etc.)

However, several third-parties have reported success running Heimdall on ARM chipsets

(in particular Raspberry Pi), as well as additional operating systems such as FreeBSD.

## How does Heimdall work?

Heimdall connects to a mobile device over USB and interacts with low-level software

running on the device, known as Loke. Loke and Heimdall communicate via the custom

Samsung-developed protocol typically referred to as the 'Odin 3 protocol'.

USB communication in Heimdall is handled by the popular open-source USB library, [libusb](http://libusb.info).

## Free & Open Source

Heimdall is both free and open source. It is licensed under the MIT license (see LICENSE).

Heimdall is maintained and predominantly developed by [Glass Echidna](http://glassechidna.com.au/),

a _tiny_ independent software development company. If you appreciate our work and would like

to support future development please consider making a [donation](http://glassechidna.com.au/donate/).

## Documentation

For more details about how to compile and install Heimdall please refer to the

appropriate platform specific README:

#### Linux

 - Linux/README ([online](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Benjamin-Dobell/Heimdall/master/Linux/README))

#### OS X

 - OSX/README.txt ([online](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Benjamin-Dobell/Heimdall/master/OSX/README.txt))

#### Windows

 - Win32/README.txt ([online](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Benjamin-Dobell/Heimdall/master/Win32/README.txt))