Forensic Data Recovery for Mobile Devices

Forensic Data Recovery for mobile devices is considerably different from digital forensics for computers. Once upon a time, digital forensics for a mobile device mostly consisted of gathering data like call history, text messages, phone books, photos, calendars, notes, and anything stored on the available storage. That is usually not the case anymore. With the rise of smart phones, you are essentially carrying a miniature computer around in your pocket. If data needs to be recovered from a smart phone, the process can often become complex.

Just as with digital forensic recovery of a hard drive, digital forensic recovery of a mobile phone requires stringent adherence to guidelines that preserve the chain of custody and ensure the evidence is not corrupted in any way. As a general rule of thumb, it’s very important to return cell phones in the conditioned they were received, which means they cannot be disassembled. With the wide variety of storage options available to cell phones - including internal storage, removable storage, and even internet / cloud storage - a good forensic report must include everything that can be gathered from these different storage types. One of the most common goals of a forensic report on a mobile device is to recover data that was deleted. This is where FileRetrieval can help.

Aside from traditional digital forensics, which finds and gathers the data from a mobile device in accordance with any restrictions placed on the access of the device, it is often necessary to restore data that was deleted or damaged. This could be due to physical damage or to purposeful (or accidental) deletion by the user. No matter the reason for the loss, FileRetrieval can help you recover the data, and ensure that the chain of evidence remains intact. Trust FileRetrieval to gather all the data that is unreachable to traditional digital forensics and put it all together in a nice, neat Forensic Report.

One of the most important features to most customers is the intuitive, easy-to-follow layout of the Forensic Report. In and of themselves, emails and chat sessions can be difficult to follow, and may not actually support any conclusion you might be trying to reach. At FileRetrieval, we provide a detailed report that allows you to follow email chains and chat conversations, as well as data like physical location, to follow a timeline of the mobile device’s user. This allows you to effortlessly follow the data gathered from the device and determine if the evidence supports your hypothesis about the situation.

As smart phones become the norm, gathering data from them, especially in regards to gathering forensic evidence, is more and more important. If you’re looking for Forensic Data Recovery specialist, it’s important that the specialist you choose can support the device you need to gather evidence from. At FileRetrieval, we can gather data from nearly any mobile device, including:

• Apple iOS
• RIM BlackBerry
• Google Android
• Windows Mobile Operating Systems
• SIM cards
• iTunes and backup files

The operating system of the device is much more important than the model or brand of the device. The operating system is what determines how the data is stored and how it can be accessed.

No matter what reason you are wanting to recover data from your smart phone - personal or legal - FileRetrieval can make it fast and painless. With a Forensic Data Recovery for Mobile Devices case, you’ll benefit from:

• Clear, documented chain of custody
• Retrieval of:
  • Call History
  • Chat History
  • Address Book
  • Images
  • Browser History
  • Physical movements via geo-tagging
  • Information that has been deleted
  • And More
• Intuitive, easy to understand Forensic Report

None of the data on the phone will be touched; all examination will be completed from a copied data image, rather than the original data. Whether you want to check up on a loved one, or you need evidence to submit in court, FileRetrieval can make your Forensic Data Recovery case simple. Contact us today for a no-risk quote.