I am currently working on a project for my computer forensics course. I am trying to gather methods used to root Android's without having to install a custom ROM and lose the data held on the internal memory. I would appreciate it if people could help me generate a list of known methods for older and newer versions of Android.
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E.g. AndRoot - used on versions lower than v2.27.651.6?
Universal AndRoot - used on v2.1
SuperOneClick
Unrevoked
Z4Root
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I plan to roll back my HTC Hero to use the older ROM's and attempt the exploits. Does anyone recommend somewhere to get older stock ROM's from?
Once I have gained root on the phone, I plan to DD the memory and data carve the image to find any data of interest. Has anyone had an experience in doing similar? Any advice or tips?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
I'd say your best bet to get you started on the ROMs would be
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they have a lot of cooked ROMs, but you might be able to find an original there somewhere!
Best of luck…
Great thanks, Any ideas of root exploits?
haha, I'm in the same boat as you, sorry! We have the iPhone cracked, but not got around to trying an Android phone of how to bypass the screen / PIN lock/Swipe. When when you figure it out, post it on here please D
haha, I'm in the same boat as you, sorry! We have the iPhone cracked, but not got around to trying an Android phone of how to bypass the screen / PIN lock/Swipe. When when you figure it out, post it on here please D
Yeh, doesn't look like its been done before, so I doubt i'll even look into it, as I don't have long to do my project as it is.
What software would you recommend for data calving?
the swipe lock can be removed if usb debugging is available 😉
the swipe lock can be removed if usb debugging is available 😉
Yeh, I think I read something about being able to change the database file, but root was required to access the database file in the first place? Was this the exploit you had seen?
Check this link out for rooting the Droid 1 (A855).
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I'll mention the sbf's are for the droid 1 only, I've noticed the others primarily use Clockwork. I'm looking into using a program called Unrevoked on some other types of droids atm.
the swipe lock can be removed if usb debugging is available 😉
Yeh, I think I read something about being able to change the database file, but root was required to access the database file in the first place? Was this the exploit you had seen?
with debugging on you can go in and kill processes over adb