Blocking ODIN mode so only Firmware Over The Air updates are installed?

[android_freak1]

Is there a way to block ODIN Mode so that only Firmware Over the Air (FOTA) updates are allowed to be installed on the device. Other methods for installing updates (such as ODIN or Samsung KIES) are needed to be blocked and cannot be used to update the firmware. This provides insurance against local, physical attacks that could change the software unknowingly.

 

[mustang7757]

Is there a way to achieve this? I just need to block ODIN mode Firmware Over the Air (FOTA) updates are allowed to be installed on the device. If this is too technical to answer, then its no big deal. Thanks!

Only Firmware Over the Air (FOTA) updates are allowed to be installed on the device. Other methods for installing updates (such as ODIN or Samsung KIES) are blocked and cannot be used to update the firmware. This provides insurance against local, physical attacks that could change the software unknowingly.

I'm not sure what you trying to say here, but OTA updates are done by your carrier and Odin is a tool you download to computer to connect to your device so you can manually flash or install updates, there is no automatic update in Odin.

 

[android_freak1]

Correct, my intention here is to just disable ODIN mode (download mode)?

 

[Rukbat]

How about just not running Odin? (And not giving your phone out to other people and not watching what they're doing with t?)

 

[joeldf]

There's nothing to disable. Just don't go into download mode to begin with. With the finger contortions you have to do to get it into download or recovery in the first place, it's not like you can access it accidentally.

 

[android_freak1]

Sorry, I should of explained this a bit more in detail as to what I need.

There are CC Mode APK files which can be installed from the below link. Since I do not want to risk my phone being "bricked" along with other issues, I just need to prevent non-OTA firmware updates. So my question would be, how can I do this under the phone's settings without installing CC Mode APK?
https://support.samsungknox.com/hc/en-us/articles/115015195728-Common-Criteria-Mode

CC Mode will prevent non-OTA firmware updates, but I need to disable this function without CC Mode installed to my device as it may cause issues and I don't have a test phone to test CC Mode.

If it cannot be done in the phone settings, its no big deal.