Practical Mobile Forensics - Fourth Edition

Checking for the modified recovery mode and ADB connection

In Android, recovery refers to the dedicated partition where the recovery console is present. The two main functions of recovery are deleting all user data and installing updates. For instance, when you factory-reset your phone, recovery boots up and deletes all the data. Similarly, when updates are to be installed on the phone, it is done in recovery mode.

There are many enthusiastic Android users who install custom ROM through a modified recovery module. This modified recovery module is mainly used to make the process of installing custom ROM easy. Recovery mode can be accessed in different ways, depending on the manufacturer of the device; information on which method is right for ...