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Android Debug Bridge
Android Debug Bridge
(
adb
) is one of the crucial components in Android forensics. Al-
though we will learn about adb in detail in the coming chapters, we will focus on a basic
introduction about adb for now. Android Debug Bridge (adb) is a command-line tool that
allows you to communicate with the Android device and control it. You can access the adb
tool under
<sdk>/platform-tools/
. Before we discuss anything about adb, we need
to have an understanding about the
USB debugging
option. The primary function of this
option is to enable communication between the Android device and a workstation on which
the Android SDK is installed.
On a Samsung phone, you can access this under
Settings
|
Developer Options
, as shown in
the following screenshot. Other Android phones may have different environments and con-
figuration features. The examiner may have to force the developer options by accessing the
build mode. These steps are all device specific and can be determined by researching the
device or reading the instructions provided by your forensic tool of choice.
