Practical Mobile Forensics - Third Edition

Installing the device drivers

In order to identify the device properly, the computer may need certain drivers to be installed. Without necessary drivers, the computer may not identify and work with the connected device. The issue is that, since Android is allowed to be modified and customized by the manufacturers, there is no single generic driver that works for all Android devices. Each manufacturer writes its own proprietary drivers and distributes them over the internet. So, it's important to identify specific device drivers that need to be installed. Of course, some of the Android forensic toolkits (which we will discuss in the following chapters) do come with some generic drivers or a set of the most widely used drivers; they may not ...