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Mobile Forensics Cookbook

You're reading from  Mobile Forensics Cookbook

Product type Book
Published in Dec 2017
Publisher
ISBN-13 9781785282058
Pages 302 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Author (1):
Igor Mikhaylov Igor Mikhaylov
Profile icon Igor Mikhaylov

Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Title Page
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
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Preface
1. SIM Card Acquisition and Analysis 2. Android Device Acquisition 3. Apple Device Acquisition 4. Windows Phone and BlackBerry Acquisition 5. Clouds are Alternative Data Sources 6. SQLite Forensics 7. Understanding Plist Forensics 8. Analyzing Physical Dumps and Backups of Android Devices 9. iOS Forensics 10. Windows Phone and BlackBerry Forensics 11. JTAG and Chip-off Techniques

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...
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