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Forensically accepted way to Root HTC Wildfire S 2.3.5

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 indi
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I am doing a university mobile forensic project. I need to root HTC Wildfire S running 2.3.5. I tried many many ways but nothing root the device. Some says kernel is patched. |

Is there a way to temp root device?

Is root using custom recovery forensically accepted?

How to do forensic acquisition on Androids running 2.3.5

 
Posted : 22/06/2014 10:54 pm
(@mobileforensicswales)
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If you have a Cellebrite device, use the HTC file system extraction bypassing passcode lock. This uses a download method which bypasses the need for adb mode to be access the data on the phone. I believe this uses a memory flood type exploit and as such you get access to apps and app data normally only available with sudo/root privileges

 
Posted : 23/06/2014 3:41 pm
 indi
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Thank you very much for the reply, but unfortunately I am not having Cellebrite. Is the memory exploit publicly available? or any other way to root. Many thanks
indi

 
Posted : 26/06/2014 4:22 pm
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Have you tried SuperOneClick? Not sure if it supports your version but worth an explore.

 
Posted : 26/06/2014 6:54 pm
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I think the BST dongle may work for you. Does not require adb so probably a similar method http//www.gsmbest.com/en/ShowProduct.asp?Id=4

 
Posted : 26/06/2014 7:29 pm
 indi
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I tried many such as Super One click ,SRSroot, saferoot, none work. Besides that I used publicly available exploit binaries and end up with no success.

I will search on BST. It would be greate if I can get a assistance for software solution, then I can directly use it in my prototype of university final year project

Many thanks

 
Posted : 27/06/2014 1:06 pm
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Hello,

not sure if I'm too late or not, just saw your post. Anyway, I'm an Android expert and know far too much about and everything related to Android. If anybody got any querries please PM me directly, which will drop me a mail.

For your Wildfire S I have uploaded a rooting tool. Just install on PC and click the green button, it's an easy working one-click-solution for a variety of Androids incl. Wildfire S before Android version 4.0.4 (some people use unofficial custom ROMs with new Android versions).

Beware as with all rooting tools AV may mark it as virus, I assure you it's clean.
There's is a paid version of this tool supporting much more Androids, but that's just for lazy people, nobody needs to spend money on rooting Androids - no BST or Box needed. There's always a free solution.

Link Uploaded.to

 
Posted : 30/06/2014 2:46 am
 indi
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Hi,

Thank you very much it is great to hear from an expert. it s not late, until now I was able to root Wildfire S. I will give this a try.

As this is for forensic project may I know more details of your tool. Will it wipe my phone, any recovery is installed, what kind of exploit is it using etc..

Thank you!

 
Posted : 02/07/2014 7:51 am
Bendroid
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Indi, as this may be helpful for other people as well I post the related part of my reply to you here again, only saw it now

To answer your questions

1. There are three or four options to root Wilfire S, depending on Firmware version you have. To make it easy for you I choose a tool combining some exploits to make it work for a variety of devices and firmware versions, as I didn't know which version you are on.

It's impossible to tell from outside which exploit this tool uses for Wildire S, Kernel or Recovery or Bootloader or ADB exploit or whatever exploit, only the author of app would know who combined that package and tries to sell it on the internet. You may ask him on the following link, though I'm not sure he will give that answer. Anyway, check here http//www.unlockroot.com/download.html

Note if you download from that page please note they will let you download only webinstaller, that's why I got a fresh copy for you.

And yes, it should have an unroot option to restore previous state, you can also always restore manually very easyly, in fact just delete superuser binary and APK with file explorer and you're unrooted.

2. Yes it does make changes to the device. It is not possible to root forensically sound as we understand the term. Everytime you root your phone the following changes are made on phones file system

- superuser APK is installed providing GUI for binary
- superuser binary is pushed to /system/bin or /system/xbin
- permissions are set for binary file, chmod 4755
- if busybox commands are needed you have to install busybox binary as well (not always needed).

As you can see you don't alter, but you add system files, in minimun add two files and set permissions. Your root is permament. For some devices there are methods to only temp root.

Hope this answers your questions.

 
Posted : 03/07/2014 3:44 pm
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