sdcard and /ext_card: In this specific case, we got sdcard for internal storage and ext_card for external storage. Due to security reasons, data in each directory cannot be accessed by other applications. User data resides on the “ /data/data//” directory. The following figure shows how each installed application’s binary can be seen on the device (the output is truncated). This requires root privileges, which mean a user without a rooted device cannot see the contents of this directory. We can see the executable files of each application installed in the “ /data/app” directory. data: It contains user-specific data such as data stored by an SMS application. system: It contains operating system-specific data.Īs we can see in the above figure, this directory contain various sub directories to hold information about the system apps, fonts, libraries, executable etc. The most important locations for a forensic analyst are /system, /data, /sdcard, /ext_card. The above figure shows many files and folders on the current device. The following figure shows the file system of my device “Sony Xperia E” using “ adb shell“. It is also possible to see the directory structure of the device using DDMS. We can look at the directory structure of the device using “ adb shell“.
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Android directory structureĪndroid has got a directory structure specific to it. It is important to understand file systems, directory structures, and how and where the data is stored on the devices before getting into actual forensics. We may look for the following data on Android devices: SMS, MMS, emails, call logs, contacts, photos, calendars, notes, browser history, GPS locations, passwords, data stored on SD cards, etc. It supports various file systems which are specific to Android. Android forensics is different from regular disk forensics because of various reasons.
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