Enhanced Forensic Framework For Rooted Mobile Phones And The Impact On User Data Integrity – A Case Of Android Smartphones

The proliferation of Android smartphones has propagated negative societal issues that resulted in successful arrests of the culprits, forensic examination and prosecution. Other such cases have collapsed due to alteration of forensic evidence as a result of inadequate forensic sound frameworks. The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate an enhanced forensic framework for Android smartphones with a key focus on data integrity. The research objectives included exploration of rooting techniques and the impact on data integrity; exploration of forensic frameworks and development of an e…