Extract from Albert Robinson’s article “Android Forensics, Smart Flow, Selective File System Extraction”
Cellebrite released many updates to its digital intelligence and forensics solutions in 2022. These updates were covered in a recent on-demand webinar you can watch here.
This blog is part 2 in the series and will highlight the mobile device forensic tool updates supporting Android devices. You can read Part 1 here: iOS Forensics Advanced Logical File System Extraction and Checkm8 – Cellebrite Solutions 2022 Update Summary.
Android Live consent-based collection
We have introduced the universal Android Live consent-based collection which is a unique industry-leading capability that provides the widest range of coverage for lawfully unlocked Android devices. The extraction method has been introduced in the latest UFED – Version 7.60, and is being added to the Android Smart Flow.
Universal Android Live supports the most popular SoCs (System on Chip) in the market:
- Qualcomm MTK
- Kirin
- Unisoc (Speadtrum)
- Exynos
- and the newly introduced SoC JLQ used in the Xiaomi Pro C
This capability supports a very wide range of devices that were not previously supported.
