Greetings,
I am hoping for someone who can point me to the right direction/proper resources.Â
I have an old Android mobile device that I have not turned on during the course of 1-2 years, I am wondering if there would be any changes to the settings/configurations when I attempt to switch it back on?Â
Cheers. 😊Â
It's not a definitive answer - but I suspect that the major question to answer actually is "will it connect to a network ?"Â
If it is able to reach a network (cellular or WiFi) then it is possible that things would change as it would potentially initiate communications to pull up-to-date settings/patches/upgrades etc.
Other than that, it may update date & time if it can see GPS satellites or a network and it will probably write some log data when it starts purely as a normal part of booting up.
Assuming that you've got it isolated (faraday bag/cage) I would suggest that things are unlikely to change in the way of settings or configurations as there would be nothing to initiate the change - unless it fails and returns to a "default" state as part of the recovery of that failure.
This is conjecture though, I don't have evidence to support my hypothesis, and thus what I say should be verified before use in a proper forensic setting.
Hey Azrael,Â
Thanks for your reply anyways. Appreciate it, will consider it if I do boot up the old Android mobile device. 🙂Â
