January 2018
Beginner to intermediate
402 pages
10h 6m
English
book
Practical Mobile Forensics - Third Edition
by Rohit Tamma, Oleg Skulkin, Heather Mahalik, Satish Bommisetty
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DFU mode
During the boot-up process, if the Boot ROM is not able to load or verify the LLB, then the iPhone displays a black screen. This mode is known as Device Firmware Upgrade (DFU) mode. DFU mode is a low-level diagnostic mode and is designed to perform firmware upgrades for the iPhone. During a firmware upgrade, the iPhone goes through a different boot sequence, as shown in the following figure. Most forensic tools use DFU mode to perform a physical acquisition on old iOS devices (iPhone 4 and older).
A secure boot chain of an iPhone in DFU mode
In DFU mode, the Boot ROM boots first, which, in turn, verifies and runs the second-stage ...