1 Introduction to Mobile Devices

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Mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets are integral to modern society. As technology advances, so does the need for mobile forensics capabilities to recover information from these devices. This chapter will be a foundation for understanding smartphone and tablet models, mobile operating systems (OSs), data acquisition methods, how to identify devices by their Unique Device Identifiers (UDIDs), and overarching standards relevant to mobile forensics.

Logical and physical methods offer two broad approaches to data extraction from mobile devices. ...

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