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iOS Forensics Cookbook

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Product type Book
Published in Jan 2016
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ISBN-13 9781783988464
Pages 184 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Authors (2):
Bhanu Birani Bhanu Birani
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Bhanu Birani has more than 7 years of experience in the software industry. He is passionate about architecting, designing, and developing complicated applications. He specializes in creating web, backend as a service, and mobile products suitable for B2B and B2C context. He has expertise in end to end development to create innovative and engaging applications for mobile devices. After years of programming experience in different programming languages, he started developing applications for iOS devices. He started software development around the same time as his graduation and was really interested in learning about the new technologies emerging in the market. He then joined a game development company. After contributing to the gaming domain, he started working on content-based applications and radio applications. He also contributed to hyperlocal geo-targeting using BLE (iBeacons). Over the years, he has gained experience in all phases of software development as requirement gathering, feasibility analysis, architecture design, coding and debugging, quality improvement, deployment, and maintenance.
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Mayank Birani Mayank Birani
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Mayank Birani has more than 4 years of experience in the software industry. He was a star from the beginning of his career, and he worked with many start-ups. Soon after graduation, he started working on iOS/Mac technologies and is an R&D engineer for Apple Inc. India. He has an inherent passion for coding and developing applications to make the world a better place. He has contributed actively to many start-ups with revolutionary ideas. In the early stages of his career, he was the sole author of Learning iOS 8 for Enterprise by Packt Publishing.
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters

iOS Forensics Cookbook
Credits
About the Authors
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. Saving and Extracting Data 2. Social Media Integration 3. Integrating Data Analytics 4. App Distribution and Crash Reporting 5. Demystifying Crash Reports 6. Forensics Recovery 7. Forensics Tools Index

DFU and Recovery modes

In this section we'll cover both the DFU mode and the Recovery mode separately.

DFU mode

In this section, we will see how to launch the DFU mode, but before that we will explore what DFU means. DFU stands for Device Firmware Upgrade, which means this mode is used specifically with iOS upgrades. This is a mode where a device can be connected with iTunes and still do not load the iBoot boot loader. Your device screen will be completely black in DFU mode because neither the boot loader nor the operating system is loaded. DFU bypasses the iBoot so that you can downgrade your device.

How to do it...

We need to follow these steps in order to launch a device in DFU mode:

  1. Turn off your device.

  2. Connect your device to the computer.

  3. Press your Home button and the Power button, together, for 10 seconds.

  4. Now, release the Power button and keep holding the Home button till your computer detects the device that is connected.

  5. After some time, iTunes should detect your device.

  6. Make sure that...

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Profile icon Bhanu Birani
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Bhanu Birani has more than 7 years of experience in the software industry. He is passionate about architecting, designing, and developing complicated applications. He specializes in creating web, backend as a service, and mobile products suitable for B2B and B2C context. He has expertise in end to end development to create innovative and engaging applications for mobile devices. After years of programming experience in different programming languages, he started developing applications for iOS devices. He started software development around the same time as his graduation and was really interested in learning about the new technologies emerging in the market. He then joined a game development company. After contributing to the gaming domain, he started working on content-based applications and radio applications. He also contributed to hyperlocal geo-targeting using BLE (iBeacons). Over the years, he has gained experience in all phases of software development as requirement gathering, feasibility analysis, architecture design, coding and debugging, quality improvement, deployment, and maintenance.
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Profile icon Mayank Birani
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Mayank Birani has more than 4 years of experience in the software industry. He was a star from the beginning of his career, and he worked with many start-ups. Soon after graduation, he started working on iOS/Mac technologies and is an R&D engineer for Apple Inc. India. He has an inherent passion for coding and developing applications to make the world a better place. He has contributed actively to many start-ups with revolutionary ideas. In the early stages of his career, he was the sole author of Learning iOS 8 for Enterprise by Packt Publishing.
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