Android Forensics: Using ADB to Dig into Your Phone's Secrets!

👉 To learn for free on Brilliant, go to https://brilliant.org/FreshForensics Brilliant’s also given our viewers 20% off an annual Premium subscription, which gives you unlimited daily access to everything on Brilliant. 🧩 Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/FreshForensics 😎 Welcome to my channel! If you're looking to enhance your skills in Linux, tech, and more, you're in the right place! 🎥 In this video, we explore Android forensic and diagnostic techniques using ADB commands to better understand how Android systems store and report information. You’ll learn how ADB can be used to inspect system state, review application behavior, and perform analysis on devices you own or have permission to examine. This walkthrough is intended for education, troubleshooting, and security awareness, and focuses on supported ADB functionality rather than exploits or security bypasses. 🌐 Android Forensics Github ▸ https://github.com/DouglasFreshHabian/AndroidForensics 👉 YouTube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17VZx3ERdQsNvAvXQYjKKw/join 🛍 Shop My Artwork & Custom Linux Tools Check out my Shopify 🛒 Store for creative artwork, custom Linux tools, and open-source solutions! 🏬 Fresh Forensics Store: https://t10fpe-zh.myshopify.com 🎶 Music Credits 🔹 Fresh Forensics 📋 Additional Links: ▸ Dumpsys https://developer.android.com/tools/dumpsys ▸ Bugreports https://developer.android.com/studio/debug/bug-report ▸ ADB https://developer.android.com/tools/adb 📢 FTC Disclaimer This video was sponsored by Brilliant 🕘 Timestamps: 00:01 Intro 01:19 Learning with Brilliant 02:33 Android Forensics Github Repo 05:13 Installing Android Debug Bridge 07:24 Verifying Connection With lsusb 08:25 Install & Start Scrcpy 09:20 Enable USB Debugging 12:31 Gathering Basic Device Info 14:21 Get Info On Installed Packages 16:10 How Many Google Apps On Phone? 16:50 List 3rd Party Apps On Phone 17:45 Determine Path to Any App 18:32 Extract App From Phone 19:50 ADB Logcat Commands 21:27 Colorized Logs 23:40 Specify Log Buffers 24:44 Extract Battery & Power Stats 25:40 List Services With Dumpsys 27:07 List Phones' WiFi Connection History 29:08 Clone Android Forensics Repo 30:40 Dumpsys.sh Custom Bash Script 34:25 Extract.sh Custom Bash Script 35:50 Obtaining Bug Report