{"id":463,"date":"2016-03-22T14:25:21","date_gmt":"2016-03-22T14:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.digitalforensicscorp.com\/blog\/?p=463"},"modified":"2024-12-11T19:26:07","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T19:26:07","slug":"physical-acquisition-of-a-locked-android-device","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digitalforensics.com\/blog\/software\/physical-acquisition-of-a-locked-android-device\/","title":{"rendered":"Physical acquisition of a locked Android device"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, you got a locked Android device. What&#8217;s next? Is USB debugging enabled? No, it&#8217;s not. But still, there is a solution. Today our patient will be a locked Samsung GT-I9300 smartphone.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, to perform a physical\u00a0acquisition we must root the device. In our case USB debugging disabled, but we can flash a custom recovery. Our smartphone running Android 4.1.2 and has its bootloader unlocked. To flash custom recovery we&#8217;ll need Odin 3.07.<\/p>\n<p>To flash the recovery we should boot the device into downloading mode, to do it press Volume down and Home buttons, and then Power button. You&#8217;ll see the disclamer, press Volume up to continue. Plug in the device and start Odin. Press PDA button and choose the *.tar file with the custom recovery:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-464\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitalforensicscorp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Odin_weare4n6.png\" alt=\"Odin_weare4n6\" width=\"877\" height=\"647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digitalforensics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Odin_weare4n6.png 877w, https:\/\/www.digitalforensics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Odin_weare4n6-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/www.digitalforensics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Odin_weare4n6-768x567.png 768w, https:\/\/www.digitalforensics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Odin_weare4n6-512x378.png 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 877px) 100vw, 877px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now the easiest part lest &#8211; just press &#8220;Start&#8221; and wait for the &#8220;PASS&#8221; to show. Our patient is rooted and has the custom recovery.<\/p>\n<p>Press\u00a0Volume up\u00a0and Home buttons, and then Power button to boot into the custom recovery. It&#8217;s high time to use ADB. We&#8217;re going to use Windows version:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-465\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitalforensicscorp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/adb_weare4n6.png\" alt=\"adb_weare4n6\" width=\"472\" height=\"24\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digitalforensics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/adb_weare4n6.png 472w, https:\/\/www.digitalforensics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/adb_weare4n6-300x15.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As you can see, we have the root shell. Let&#8217;s check mounted partitions:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-466\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitalforensicscorp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/mount_weare4n6.png\" alt=\"mount_weare4n6\" width=\"476\" height=\"98\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digitalforensics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/mount_weare4n6.png 476w, https:\/\/www.digitalforensics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/mount_weare4n6-300x62.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The illustration shows that the data partition is not mounted. Let&#8217;s fix it. On the smartphone: go to &#8220;mounts and storage&#8221; and press &#8220;mount \/data&#8221;.\u00a0Let&#8217;s check mounted partitions again:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-467\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitalforensicscorp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/mount_weare4n6_2.png\" alt=\"mount_weare4n6_2\" width=\"471\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digitalforensics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/mount_weare4n6_2.png 471w, https:\/\/www.digitalforensics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/mount_weare4n6_2-300x70.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 471px) 100vw, 471px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As you can see, the \/data partition is located at \/dev\/block\/mmcblk0p12. Let&#8217;s get a bit-to-bit copy of it using dd. Start from mounting SD card: use custom recovery options, choose\u00a0&#8220;mounts and storage&#8221; &#8211; mount &#8220;sdcard&#8221;. We are ready to image the \/data partition:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-468\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitalforensicscorp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/dd_weare4n6.png\" alt=\"dd_weare4n6\" width=\"468\" height=\"19\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digitalforensics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/dd_weare4n6.png 468w, https:\/\/www.digitalforensics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/dd_weare4n6-300x12.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it. Now we have a RAW image of the \/data partition. Let&#8217;s import it in a forensic suite, we prefer Oxygen Forensic Analyst for mobile forensics:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-469\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitalforensicscorp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/oxygen_weare4n6.png\" alt=\"oxygen_weare4n6\" width=\"1265\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digitalforensics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/oxygen_weare4n6.png 1265w, https:\/\/www.digitalforensics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/oxygen_weare4n6-300x101.png 300w, https:\/\/www.digitalforensics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/oxygen_weare4n6-768x258.png 768w, https:\/\/www.digitalforensics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/oxygen_weare4n6-1024x344.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.digitalforensics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/oxygen_weare4n6-512x172.png 512w, https:\/\/www.digitalforensics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/oxygen_weare4n6-920x309.png 920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1265px) 100vw, 1265px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As you can see, our physical image is successfully parsed with the tool and ready for in depth analysis.<\/p>\n<p>About the authors:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/igormikhaylovcf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Igor Mikhaylov<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Interests: Computer, Cell Phone &amp; Chip-Off Forensics<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/oleg-skulkin-96652a87\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Oleg Skulkin<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Interests: iOS forensics, Android forensics, Mac OS X forensics, Windows forensics, Linux forensics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"So, you got a locked Android device. 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