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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Using Android Device Manager
Most of the latest Android phones come with a service called Android Device Manager, which helps the owner of a device to locate their lost phone. This service can also be used to unlock a device; however, this is possible only when you know the Google account credentials that are configured on the device. If you have access to the account credentials, then follow these steps to unlock the device:
- Visit http://google.com/android/devicemanager on your workstation.
- Sign in using the Google account that is configured on the device.
- Select the device you need to unlock and click on Lock, as shown in the following screenshot:
Android Device Manager
- Enter a temporary password and click on Lock again.
- Once it's successful, ...