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Mobile Forensics Cookbook

By : Igor Mikhaylov
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Mobile Forensics Cookbook

By: Igor Mikhaylov

Overview of this book

Considering the emerging use of mobile phones, there is a growing need for mobile forensics. Mobile forensics focuses specifically on performing forensic examinations of mobile devices, which involves extracting, recovering and analyzing data for the purposes of information security, criminal and civil investigations, and internal investigations. Mobile Forensics Cookbook starts by explaining SIM cards acquisition and analysis using modern forensics tools. You will discover the different software solutions that enable digital forensic examiners to quickly and easily acquire forensic images. You will also learn about forensics analysis and acquisition on Android, iOS, Windows Mobile, and BlackBerry devices. Next, you will understand the importance of cloud computing in the world of mobile forensics and understand different techniques available to extract data from the cloud. Going through the fundamentals of SQLite and Plists Forensics, you will learn how to extract forensic artifacts from these sources with appropriate tools. By the end of this book, you will be well versed with the advanced mobile forensics techniques that will help you perform the complete forensic acquisition and analysis of user data stored in different devices.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Title Page
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface

Unlocking locked Android device


There are different methods of unlocking locked Android devices. Some of them delete the file that contains the lock password of the device by some means or other. In this chapter, you will learn how to delete this file by flashing the modified firmware on the Samsung GT-I9300 smartphone.

For successful flashing of the modified firmware, the bootloader of the device has to be unlocked. If the bootloader is locked, it can be unlocked via a hardware device--flasher. As a rule, different models of flashers are used for mobile phones produced by different companies.

Getting ready

Charge the battery of the device. Download the Odin program. Download and unpack the modified firmware.

How to do it…

  1. Switch off the smartphone.
  2. Boot the device into the downloading mode by pressing volume down and home buttons and then the power button.
  3. You will see the disclaimer; press volume up to continue.
  4. Plug in the device and start Odin.
  5. Click on AP button and choose the tar file with...