April 2020
Intermediate to advanced
400 pages
10h 12m
English
book
Practical Mobile Forensics - Fourth Edition
by Rohit Tamma, Oleg Skulkin, Heather Mahalik, Satish Bommisetty
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Identifying the device cable
The physical USB interface of an Android device allows it to connect to a computer to share data, such as songs, videos, and photos. This USB interface might change from manufacturer to manufacturer and also from device to device. For example, some devices use mini-USB while some others use micro-USB and USB Type C. Apart from this, some manufacturers use their own proprietary formats, such as EXT-USB, EXT micro-USB, and so on. The first step in acquiring an Android device is to determine what kind of device cable is required.
There are different types, such as mini-USB, micro-USB, and other proprietary formats. The following is a brief description of the most widely used connector types:
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