Android utility app suite SooperMo, operated by Gurgaon-based SooperMo App Studio Pte Ltd, has raised $100,000 (Rs 67 lakh) in seed funding from Dubai-based entrepreneur Lalit Vase. The vase is Red Entertainment Distribution FZCO, a distributor of interactive entertainment software in the Middle East region. The startup plans to use the capital raised to launch the beta version of its utility apps in the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Africa, and co-founder Pushkar Sinha told Techcircle.

The app suite will hit the Google Play Store in the first week of November.

Launched earlier this year by Sinha and Tapan Pandey, SooperMo is a single package of utilities that includes disk and battery optimization, clean-up, privacy control, spam SMS blocker, malware app, and checker. The app suite comes bundled with a brand engagement module that will reward users for using the app daily. The apps will be freemium.

Sinha and Pandey previously worked with desktop-based utility companies Disk Doctor Labs Inc. and Remo Software. Earlier this year, the company raised its first round of funding led by Raj Hajela, the founder and director of mobile e-commerce company Estel Technologies. In addition, Estel’s chief operating officer, Deepak Luthra, also participated in the round. With a majority stakeholding in SooperMo, Hajela undertakes an advisory role in the startup.

SooperMo competes with global brands such as Clean Master and CC Cleaner.

In India, AppsDaily Solutions Pvt. Ltd develops products that include mobile anti-virus, mobile insurance, backup solutions, mobile privacy, SOS, mobile utilities, and games. In July this year, the company raised $2 million (around Rs 13.5 crore) in a bridge round of funding from Kalaari Capital, Qualcomm Ventures, Russian venture capital fund run-Net, and Zodius Technology Opportunities Fund. AppsDaily had previously raised $26 million in funding.

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As a working system, Android has had some terrific achievements over the past few years. For a while, Android producers took a back seat to Apple; Android became excellent. However, the critics stated that iOS was higher. Over the previous couple of years, Android’s success has critics seeing the Apple enemy in an entirely new mild, with some suggesting that the destiny of the phone industry lies with Android producers and not with the Apple Corporation – a corporation that many as soon as a concept becomes invincible and beyond fail.

Android’s success was supposed to be an amazing factor; it became speculated that it would assist Android producers in seeing the fulfillment they may acquire and propel them to heights of which they’d by no means dreamed. Android’s fulfillment changed into purported to be the inducement and impact its manufacturers had to surpass Apple and iOS. I fear the worst, however: with Android’s rising fulfillment, its manufacturers are beginning to see their personal man or woman organizations as “superstars,” dividing Android, once a cohesive entire, into individual portions or fragments. We are getting ready for the fragmentation of Android.

Before you place this article down and walk away, earlier this week at the International CES, LG Electronics announced that the Nexus 4 turned into the first of collaborative efforts with Google:

“Through our collaboration with Google, we launched the LG Nexus four telephone. This is the primary of many gadgets to return from our developing partnership with this very selective business enterprise” (underline mine).

What this indicates is that we can stay up for a Nexus 5 and six, in all likelihood a “Nexus 9” or “Nexus Eleven” one in all in recent times (depending on how the Nexus smartphones are named, in contrast to the Nexus pills). Sometime after LG made this statement, however, the International Business Times claimed that “the Nexus 4 manufacturing ‘is said to have [been] halted,’ with LG interested in building its next-gen devices” (Chris Smith, “Nexus four production reportedly halted, as LG is specializing in destiny smartphones, Nexus five blanketed?”).

What does this mean? To be blunt, LG has determined to abandon the Nexus Four in favor of its smartphones. The LG Optimus G has made the enterprise grow confident in shifting forward to develop its motive. As for its assignment with Google? Well, LG appears to paint with them in the future, but no time has been given for when the two organizations will come together. Consumers who desire to get their palms on a Nexus Four are left watching for the subsequent Nexus venture (in 12 months or two).

In an article on the Google X Phone, I said it would not be wise for Google to push Samsung out of the manner. I assumed that Samsung would need to live within the Android manufacturing organization. While Samsung’s phones have made Android the OS to be envied, Samsung has also been working on an OS of its own: Tizen. Reports have surfaced within the past two weeks that Samsung will produce more Tizen phones this year than ever. This indicates that Samsung, which has never gone public about its “OS inside the wings,” intends to sell its personal OS in its hardware this 12 months. Some say that this is in reaction to Google’s plans to create an X telephone; thinking that Google posted its declaration first, I might no longer be amazed if Samsung’s selection to press forward has something to do with Google’s preference to rule Android (and Samsung’s desire to rule Tizen).

Now, LG has advanced and made the same pass as Google, determined to put its paintings ahead of the partnership between itself and Google. LG’s pass can also be a political reaction to Google’s X telephone assertion: given that Google is moving ahead with its cellphone, LG seems to do the same. Unlike Google or Samsung, it no longer has the monetary resources to preserve generating one line of smartphones even as it is working on a new line, so it has decided to tug its resources and start on some other phone (past the LG Optimus G and Nexus 4). This tells the client: “While LG and Google produced a first-class smartphone collectively, nothing topics more than our cell phone line and organization called. If left to pick out between our telephones and a partnership cellphone, the companion phone challenge may be the primary to head.” This no longer bode properly for a corporation that became unknown for its cellphone collections until the Optimus G and Nexus Four became unknown.

With Google’s flow to create hundred Google phones, Samsung’s move to have its independent Tizen OS, and LG’s withdrawal from its Google project to pursue its very own line, we have the start of what’s referred to as “the fragmentation of Android.” This curious assertion refers to the breakdown of a unified OS, a group of cellphone and software program manufacturers who, once unified, are determined to head their separate ways and create their own Android flavors that stick out from the relaxation. The fragmentation of Android refers to the breakdown of a unified OS into personal businesses and their tech achievements. In other phrases, businesses that once said, “It is approximately we” (a couple of producers) will now say, “It’s approximately me” (our one enterprise)!

This mindset, lamentably, will be detrimental to Android as a whole. Android has grown to be a hit through not only its cohesion but also its diversity. The variety of the Android atmosphere, operating together with the settlement of its hardware producers, has stored the running device collectively – even though the times while it struggled to compete with Apple’s iOS. There is team spirit in variety and diversity in unity, and these concepts have made Android what it is today. Unfortunately, Android producers are beginning to agree that there can be no variety in team spirit (handiest in the department); this mindset will allow Apple to divide and overcome its method to remain on the pinnacle within the international phone.

Apple has made its success happen with a dictatorial, special approach. The organization produces its personal OS console, controls its companies, and plans sternly. It does the whole lot for itself, and it does what it wants. Samsung had already shown in 2012, while it beat Apple within the closing sector ($8.3 billion vs. Apple’s $eight.2 billion), working with Google has been a successful challenge, as opposed to going on the tech industry by myself. Now that Samsung has verified that “there may be no ‘I’ in ‘crew,'” Android manufacturers must do what they can to push their economic earnings above Apple’s. This year, Android producers are starting to think they can accomplish more independently than they can collaborate with others. This is a dangerous attitude, but it is a good way to depart a route of destruction in the back effectively. The fact is in the sales: If consumers are compelled to choose between organizations in place of operating systems, Google and Samsung will rack up income while businesses consisting of HTC, LG, and other lesser-regarded names will lose within the smartphone warfare.

Englishman John Donne once wrote the statement, “No man is an island,” and if that is true, Donne’s phrases could not be truer than in the current Android situation. Android’s achievement has come via its collaboration and innovation—a mixture rather than isolation. Take away one of the two elements of the equation, and the Android “I-land” will become nothing in any respect.

Shopping is either natural bliss or torture, depending on who you ask. Regardless of which give up of the spectrum you are on, Android apps will help you shop money and will let you turn out to be a more efficient consumer (which I’m certain appeals to most of you). So what does that entail? It’ll deliver the shopaholics more bang for their dollar; that’s never a horrific factor. Perhaps even more importantly, those Android apps will provide hoplophobes what they crave- much less time in the stores!

The pure power and capability of those Android apps can make shopping truly an all-new experience. No, be counted if these apps are characteristic of a purchasing listing, database, storefront, or supplemental understanding supply; they’re all squarely aimed at one component: if you use them, they’ll save you cash!

You’re getting the feeling that Android shopping apps, in trendy form, would possibly assist you, right? Here are 10 Android apps that can save you money while helping you satisfy your shopping needs and desires. Oh, and did I mention that each of these ten is completely FREE to download?

SnapTell

Want to understand more about an item you noticed on the rack? Just use SnapTell to test the barcode of any CD, DVD, ebook, or video game, and you’ll be able to get all of the facts you may, in all likelihood, want. What type of statistics? If you want a few extra cursory records, that’ll work. Most appreciably, if you see how the charge stacks up to different distributors, you may try this for you in seconds. This app could be a large time-saver if you try to use it earlier than you make that subsequent media buy!

Key Ring Reward Cards

This is an available app to consolidate all your clutter in your purse/wallet while ensuring you do not lose precious praise/loyalty playing cards. How does it work? All you do is take a picture of the barcode of your reward card (pretty much any first-rate sized enterprise with a rewards program is in the database- over 650 programs) and enter some fundamental records about the store. That’s it; you’re now equipped to use your telephone as your reward card that saves in the future by pulling up your reward information from that keep in this Android app. It’s probably not for non-techies or folks who crave severe simplicity. It is, however, a remarkable concept and era that is a good way to achieve absolute confidence and get crisper within destiny.

If you don’t mind sporting all your reward playing cards and potentially dropping one or alongside the manner (and waiting to update the card), this loose Android app sounds like a waste of time. But, if the extra inch of now not-so-gentle plastic padding for your rump (or the misuse of perfectly suitable purse space- not to mention the ability lack of ability to use your chic tiny handbag out purchasing) isn’t always idyllic, this app is worth the short while to download and get the entirety set up nicely.

OurGroceries

This is the ideal app for the satisfied, busy family of Android phone users. It lets the kids add all their essential ingredients to the ad infinitum. When the objects are bought, they may be eliminated from the list (on all of the Android telephones it’s registered to), and then, 4 hours later, they can, without problems, be brought again onto the list! Joking apart, this is a remarkable app for the brand new-age, hyper-busy, hyper-tech households that need to come to be extra green.

Hey, it feels quite a little cash to preserve buying that more loaf of bread that your husband/spouse (or maybe you- thanks to that undecided hmmm, do not we want bread moment even though you bought loaves, the day has gone by sure you’re not by me!) picked up and will grow to be turning inexperienced earlier than each person has a chance to make a sandwich with it.

OI Shopping list

This app, named the OpenIntents Shopping list, is like OurGroceries for the single oldsters that are obtainable. A family wouldn’t benefit from this app; it simply has more capabilities and is now not as excellent in shape as the other app, which is for families that want an easy technique to keep up with their today’s buying needs. This app is a powerful workhorse that can save you countless hours and some first-rate cash at years’ quit.

US Yellow Pages Search

This is one of the more useful free Android apps available, and I’ll be honest, it would not be one hundred healthy with the subject matter of supporting you to save cash while buying. I ought to argue that it does; however, for simplicity, I’ll use an old cliche: Time is Money! Saving a while is as proper as saving coins on those busy days out and about. This app on your Android telephone is like having 300 first-rate-thick Yellowbooks from around the US stuffed into your back pocket. It’s not a bad factor if you tour a respectable quantity or enjoy living outside your house. It’s just a remarkable resource for those instances when you want to find a commercial enterprise’s range quickly.

eBay

This authentic app brings eBay to your Android telephone. It’s a form of crazy. However, I assume I like this UI better than the real Internet site on my computer. I don’t know if that’s a fantastic aspect of a horrific. Nonetheless, it gives you the concept that this Android app has evolved efficiently and has hit the mark. That is, in case you’re an eBay fan; if you’re now not, sorry!

Amazon.Com

Like eBay’s Android app, this splendor from Amazon brings all the functionality from the full-sized website to your Android telephone. It’s remarkable how seamless this transition seems for those massive resellers. This is a first-rate thing for us, though!

Craigslist

I promise the closing of the GIANT resellers’ Android apps on this list. If you don’t include Groupon in your listing of “resellers,” I haven’t lied to you. So, if you’ve ever used Craigslist, you know how essential it is miles to test out a potential “killer object” within five minutes of it being published and sooner or later be the primary handful of humans to touch the seller to have any hopes of actually ending up with it to your ownership.

That being said, if you use Craigslist and have an Android smartphone, YOU NEED THIS APP NOW! Haha, sorry to scream. If you’re going to apply this portal of goodness with the hopes of buying something you want/need sooner or later, you have to get entry to newly published items immediately. The simplest way to do this (I’m taking liberties assuming you are not a hermit and on your house computer 24/7) is to have access “on-the-move” to immediate notifications on your set of gadgets that hobby you and also a manner of viewing them. This app performs each of those vital movements and does them properly.

*Please, for your sake, in case you want to be the fellow (gal) bragging about the brilliant deal you bought on the “coolest element within the world” rather than the now not-so-glad model of you sadly telling the story about “the one that got away” to anyone who will pay attention, download this app!*

Groupon

This professional app is from the immensely famous and unexpectedly growing Groupon website. This site has a “cult-like” following (not in a bad way!), which advantages its customers. The more humans use their offerings, the more offers are offered to the users, which helps anybody shop for an awesome sum of money! This loose Android app ensures you’re never out of the “Groupon loop,” and you will have the opportunity to take advantage of the attractive offers anywhere.

The Coupons App

Another cash-saving coupon app? Yes! That’s all I can say- the potentiality of saving a dollar in this financial system is a powerful pressure. I’m nearly amazed at myself that I failed to completely inundate this “shopping list” with coupon apps (patting myself on the shoulder for spreading the love). If only I could cross lower back in time to 1989 and use this app in preference to clipping 500-plus coupons from the Sunday paper (for my mother). Well, the ones had been proper times- minus the paper cuts.

What’s this Android app going to do for you? It will do anything and everything coupon-related; it will bring the coupons with you to your cell phone and allow you to locate new ones even while you are at the store! That’s quite remarkable for those people not commanding “Top CEO” salaries.

Honorable Mention:

There’s the handiest unfastened Android app that I could not forget to put on this list. The cause is that it’s possibly the most essential app for everyone to download nowadays. I consider it more of an “obligatory app” than an Android shopping app, and that’s why it’s right here.

The app I’m talking about is the Barcode Scanner. Among other things, it permits you to browse the net on your PC and take a photo of the QR Code of an app you’re interested in downloading. Once the code is processed (which takes little or no time—speak me seconds), the corresponding Android app’s download page appears in the Google Marketplace! It’s that easy and works like an appeal when you get beyond the fast “operator mistakes” degree that plagues most people.

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Introduction

Time turned into when Google developer conferences buzzed around Google Maps, Web device kit, etc. But from the ultimate convention onwards, the limelight becomes on Android and Chrome in that order. Perhaps the humongous opportunity resting on smartphones has sunk deep into Google. This is a reality acknowledged by Larry Page himself when he quipped that he would like to run the business enterprise via his phone.

Google has sought to integrate its different products with Android and replace them in Android while not replacing Android to shape their incompatibility.

Updates

As cited in the previous paragraph, Android aficionados see a silver lining from the limited Android updates. Blogs are rife with how functions introduced from this version onwards do not necessarily need a replacement in the OS. It affords fodder for settlement because the fundamental premise for changing an OS’ model is to permit it to play all the historical or futuristic programs. The numerous versions and configurations (of man or woman cell hardware organizations like Samsung, HTC, Sony, and so forth) of Android created large firewalls to update even the proprietary Google apps. These apps provide the critical Android revel in. Google, via its function, replace, correctly tackles the problem of fragmentation as Google+, Gmail, Google Maps, and Google Play, apps which can be present in Android from versions Froyo onwards, a well as Google Music All Access, which can be delivered now can all are living in versions Froyo onwards without the want of an replace. It appears the fragmentation problem has been nailed with any luck.

Android Studio: this update does have the call android stamped on it! Meaning it’s miles Android in particular. The news is that Google plans to introduce Android Studio to replace the prevailing Eclipse development environment for Android apps. Google collaborated with JetBrains to create the Android Studio. This development has a few free ends to tie up, but Google feels this IDE, while released, could assist Android builders in growing their productivity. Here’s how it can help:

It combines the competencies of Maven and Ant to construct flexible and varied flavored solutions.
Excellent code editing competencies include locating inline assets and precise Android customizations. This is boosted by the aid of a superior editor UI that allows drag-and-drop of widgets, simulating output view in unique hardware configurations, and even previewing while modifying in XML.
Provides deep analytical capability to become aware of all varieties of insects
Provides wizards based on preset templates and additional access to different Google offerings.
It provides for smooth migration of projects from Eclipse (as export) or import into Studio (existing Eclipse IDE projects). Google has, like Android OS, made Android Studio free and open-source, which will be the sweetener.

Google Play: Android builders can use the Google Play services you purchased the preferred APIs to assemble maps, games, or social media (examine Google+) on Android devices (mobiles or pills).

Gaming: entertainment is moving to handheld devices using droves, putting a top rate on offering equal enjoyment to pc/gaming consoles. Google has stepped up the user revel in by introducing the following functions:

Leaderboards: a maximum of one hundred public and social leaderboards are furnished to permit builders to interact with customers by comparing rankings with different players. Leaderboards are created automatically for daily, weekly, month-to-month, or customized variations. Rewards gadget: developers can praise users for carrying out the game to supply standard or incremental achievements that can be viewed in a personal interface. They can use the developer consoles to govern the achievements.

Google presents the Cloud Saving APIs to save sports reputation and settings on the cloud. Developers can permit users to ask different players about the sport or play with random customers, with the most restrictions pegged at four. Google allows the development of place-aware apps with the aid of providing the following APIs:

Geofencing APIs: this API is used to outline geographical obstacles. It also affords the subsequent options:

to create alert filters for clients exiting a particular place
modify updates of location in response to locomotion habit(like on foot, riding, or driving)of the client (see Activity popularity API)
add or delete geographical obstacles
Fused area issuer: this API uses an underlying schema to offer the apt results for your question on places, even complicated stage queries. It is quick, flexible, and utilizes less battery electricity.

Activity recognition issuer: This API uses energy sensors to discover the purchaser’s modern pastimes, such as driving, walking, riding, idling, etc. It is utilized in tandem with the Geofencing API to offer the client the apt updates.

Single Sign-on through Google+: This accounts for the fact that customers frequently switch cellular devices. Those gadgets may also run an exclusive OS; Google offers the API to sign up via Google+ on any device. This obliterates the need to make services like Google Wallet and Games device-specific. There are libraries for those services that respond to the automobile sign request using their method.

Google Cloud Messaging: Google has made it possible to check in apps using its Single Method. It also gives messaging to 3rd birthday party servers through its bi-directional messaging (XMPP) using the Cloud Connection Server. Users can synchronize notifications throughout gadgets using Google’s APIs for user notification.

Google Play Developer Console: Google has been helping its huge Android developer network, and this year’s convention brought the fillip.

App Translation Service: The Google localization help team allows you to avail yourself of translation services for a nominal fee and upload the strings to be translated into the language of your preference. If required, it activates the apt localization string in the app snapshots, APK, or the About the Product sections. This sooner or later allows developers to reach a wider target audience.

Analytics and Monetization: Keeping track of an app’s overall performance iso be less difficult. Google Play and Google Analytics complement offerings like app views, downloads, and engagement metrics. Google has introduced the order repute API to permit builders to view the order reputation of an in-app from their servers. It has also decided not to take a look at bills for in-app to look at purchases.

Alpha and Beta Trying Out and Staged Rollouts: Google has introduced the alpha-beta checking out to let builders break up their apps into variations, such as alpha and beta, and get them tested by exclusive person corporations. If wanted, testers for Google+ also can be added to test these variations.

Henceforth, developers can roll out updates best to their apps to a batch of customers to gauge their remarks. Developers can set the percentage of customers who could use the update.

Verdict

Perhaps it might be a dampener for those waiting for Android’s handiest chants at the Google I/O 2013. But those familiar with the maverick that Google is will vouch for the intelligent manner that indulges the Android community. Updates to Google Play, its offerings, the launch of the Android Studio, cloud messaging, and the capability to signal into Google services sans OS or hardware requirements are significant game-changers. In brief, it’s miles about updating functions without the need to replace the OS.

Google’s I/O 2013 changed into an Android winner in a hush-hush manner!

*Androider= keen on Android and swears by it anytime, anywhere!

At a media discussion board on Thursday, July eight, 2010, at Allen & Co’s Sun Valley conference, Google executives Larry Page and Sergey Brin, knowledgeable Journalists, said that Steve Jobs turned to re-writing Android’s history to align with Apple’s hobbies. They argued that contrary to Steve Jobs’ claims, Google had been running on Android long before the iPhone was launched in 2007.

According to Mr. Page: “We had been running on Android for a very long time, with the perception of manufacturing phones which might be internet-enabled and have appropriate browsers and all that because that did not exist inside the market vicinity. The characterization of people coming in after the iPhone was delivered is unreasonable. ” Google co-founder Larry Page opined that Mr. Jobs declared that Google went into the telephone commercial enterprise if you wanted to project the Apple iPhone, which became false.

However, an assessment of telephone history will show that Google acquired Android in 2005 and started making phone prototypes soon afterward. Informed sources say the version of the Android telephones that Mr. Jobs saw at that point appeared more like the Blackberry. This indicates that Google’s preliminary idea might not have been to make phones seem like the iPhone.

Now, most industry watchers are asking whether Google has been operating on an Android-powered phone. Why did they wait until September 2008, 1,2 months after the iPhone was released, to introduce the G1 telephone? In addition, the records advise that it became due to tensions over Google’s access to the phone commercial enterprise, which could contribute to the out of Mr. Eric Schmidt from the Apple board. Analysts agree that Google might also have been running on an Android-powered cellphone before the iPhone was added. Still, the iPhone was regarded to have given them better insights into perfecting their cell phones. This is, in particular, authentic, given the resemblance of the Nexus One to the iPhone.

An additional affirmation of Google’s reason for launching the Android phones could be gleaned from the feedback they made at the Google I/O conference held in May. On that occasion, Google explained that they had introduced Android to purchasers so that Apple could not collect sizable effects that could turn out to be draconian.

In addition, the information appears to signify that Google went into the cellphone enterprise following the belief that the destiny of computing might be in portable devices like phones and tablet computers. As a result, they went into the telephone commercial enterprise to dominate the web search on that platform, just like they had finished with the computing device. Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, supports this belief in the posted feedback he made in an interview with the UK Guardian newspaper on June 25, 2010. In that interview, Mr. Schmidt cautioned that he wishes Android to be the Windows of Mobile.

Also, Mr. Schmidt made vital comments about Microsoft Windows in that equal interview. He said: “You ought to ask how on the planet Windows Phone – on the way to have a paid-for license – is ever going to attract any handset makers. However, it must be loudest for builders thinking about whether the shrinking, forwards-incompatible pool of Windows Mobile phones is truly worth bothering with.”

In the assessment, Apple seems to have long passed into the telephone commercial enterprise as a re-positioning method and intends to make massive revenue from selling clever cellphone hardware. Also, with the advent of smart telephones, Apple realized that there was a big opportunity in the location of mobile advertising. This was why they sought to accumulate Admob. While Apple turned to negotiating to buy Admob, a cellular Advertising enterprise, Google quickly stepped in and bought Admob. As a result, Apple acquired Quatro Wi-Fi, which is Admob’s biggest competitor. In response to Google’s acquisition of Admob, Apple has re-written the rules of its mobile advertising platform known as and, therefore, shut out Admob, which has been received with the aid of Google.

As the smartphone struggle rages on Bloomberg, information reports that Apple has sold over 50 million iPhones since its creation. According to Apple CEO Steve Jobs, the contemporary model, iPhone four has offered more than 3 million units when you consider its June 24, 2010, debut. Analysts agree that iPhones account for nearly 35 percent of Apple’s $42. Nine billion revenue. Also, the iPhone has over two hundred 000 packages and over 5 billion downloads.

The rapid growth of programs in Apple’s surroundings might be traced to the business enterprise’s initial incentive to developers. For example, at the beginning, which allows you to encourage Applications to run on the iPhone, Apple made an indirect investment under a $ hundred million mission-capital fund installation by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Today, considering that inception, Apple has paid over one billion dollars to developers.

Apple’s success has spurred other players in the phone market, such as HP, LG, RIM, Google, Palm, Nokia, and Microsoft, to develop cell stores where clients with cellular structures pay and download programs.

Like Apple, Google has reached its Android-powered smartphones as income has grown dramatically. An affirmation of Android’s boom may be gleaned from the wonderful feedback made by Google’s Senior VP of Product Management, Jonathan Rosenberg, in July 2010. According to Mr. Rosenberg, there are 160,000 Android-based totally devices being activated daily. He said Android Seek grew by 300 percent within the first half of 2010, with a robust increase predicted to continue within the second half.

Mr. Rosenberg explained that normal sales jumped by 24 percent 12 months on 12 months, and income accelerated by 19 percent. Informed reports display that as of May 2010, there were 50,000 Android Apps; however, today, they’re over 70, 000 and by the end of the year, they need to attain hundred,000. In addition, Google has attempted to inspire builders of packages for Android working devices through competition. Also, in step with facts made to be had by Andro Lib, Android customers have recently downloaded more than one billion utilities.

Interestingly, another degree of the success of the Google Android telephone may be seen from nice figures published by HTC, the Taiwanese phone manufacturer in the 2d sector, in 2010. In July 2010, the agency announced that its net income rose 33 percent for the second zone, and overall sales turned 58 percent greater than the ultimate year’s figures. According to the Wall Street Journal, for the second region of 2010, HTC made earnings of $268 million.

HTC’s rise in profit mirrors Google’s fulfillment because analysts agree that Android phones are riding the agency’s boom. The wide recognition of HTC’s Google Android-powered phones like Evo 4G, the Droid Incredible, the Google Nexus One, and T-Mobile-My Touch 3 is helping to place HTC as the main smartphone manufacturer.

A pointer to the rapid boom of Google’s Android will be discerned from the reality Comscore reported on July 8, 2010. Google’s Android platform grew to utilize forty-four percent from February to May. According to Comscore, in the three-month time frame from December to February, Android had a median market proportion of approximately nine percent of the cell phones inside the United States. However, in the following three-month time frame, from March to May, the Android market proportion grew to about thirteen percent.

Despite the growth in Android’s market proportion, the Comscore document showed that as of July 2010, RIM became primary with forty-one. Seventh, there is a percent share of U. S. phone subscribers, followed by Apple, which has 24.4 percent. Microsoft changed into third with thirteen. Two percent; Google’s Android was 4th with 13 percent, and Palm was fifth with a 4.8 percent market proportion. Market analysts say a review of the totality of the Market will tend to signify that Android is growing at a fee to see it outpace all its competitors.

The Google-Apple face-off within the smart smartphone market is growing to be like the Apple-Microsoft battle of the ’80s and ’90s. In the Apple-Microsoft conflict of the ’90s, Microsoft gained an aggressive advantage over Apbecausefact. At the same time, Microsoft began forming partnerships with PC vendors; Apple stored its operating system closed for use in only its very own computer structures. In that arrangement, Microsoft Windows soared in marketplace proportion even as Apple stagnated.

In the existing case, Google’s Android platform is growing rapidly because its miles lose so many handset producers display a desire for it. Also, it is available on multiple vendors like AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, and T-Mobile. However, the Apple iPhone Os runs simplest on an unmarried tool -the iPhone and one carrier, ATT. Experts believe that if this fashion maintains it, it can slowly increase the number of iPhones in the market.

Industry resources say it can be fair to compare the Apple iPhone and other smartphones strolling on Android on a man or woman foundation to decide how well each one stacks up towards the iPhone. Experts accept as true that together, the smartphones jogging on Android may also, in the end, have extra market share over the Apple iPhone smartphone that is an unmarried device; however, for my part, not one of the Android telephones might in all likelihood outsell the iPhone which is regarded as the fastest-selling smart cellphone in records.

A pointer to the future of the telephone marketplace will seem to be contained in the latest record posted by IDC, a market intelligence organization. According to IDC’s evaluation in 2013, Symbian can be the number one cellular OS worldwide, even as Android could be the No. 2. IDC predicts that Android may also, in all likelihood, reap the quickest increase of any cell working gadget ever.

Mobile Development Platforms Comparison

Introduction

Software giants like Google are disrupting the otherwise safe and installed players inside the mobile software improvement enterprise. Newcomers like Android have caused great structural modifications to impose their guidelines on the future of cell application improvement. These modified surroundings are no longer the most effective in bringing additional possibilities. However, they additionally add positive constraints. These days, developers need to assess their alternatives and determine how they can benefit from these modified surroundings.

While cellular computing has caught the attention of utility developers, little or no work has been done to examine its programming ease. We can check the most broadly available cell development environments—Android and Windows Mobile—and explore and verify those options from a developer’s perspective.

Android

Android was released through Google in 2007 as an open supply platform for mobile software development. The Android platform was launched as a part of the Open Handset Alliance. The primary goal of this alliance is to install open requirements for smartphones. Android is a Linux primarily based, open-supply running gadget for mobiles. As a mobile running device, it permits developers to create managed codes in Java by using Java libraries that have evolved with the aid of Google. Android offers a cell-running device with improved surroundings; it also gives a custom virtual gadget called the Dalvik Virtual Machine for walking packages and acts as the middleware between the running system and the code. Regarding application improvement, Android allows using 2D and 3D-De libraries, advanced network skills together,ge, and WLAN, and a customized SQL engine for chronic storage.

Windows Mobile

Developed with the aid of Microsoft, Windows Mobile is a running system for mobile devices. Based on Microsoft Windows CE 5.0, Windows Mobile is a working gadget on many smartphones, PDAs, and touchscreen devices. Windows Mobile helps create custom-written programs in controlled and native codes. The Application Programming Interface (API) in Windows Mobile is extensible and has rich capabilities at the side of a programmable layer. Besides that, Windows Mobile additionally benefits from the talents of Microsoft.Net surroundings.

We will evaluate those systems and carefully examine their strengths and weaknesses. The platforms will be compared based on implementation and performance components and developer assistance. We have chosen these criteria for the assessment as they constitute the most essential aspects of cellular software program builders.

Implementation

We will use continual storage as the idea for evaluating the implementation factor. The era used for continual garage in the cellular varies between diverse mobile development environments. Both Windows Mobile and Android can potentially use an on-device database that facilitates less complicated manipulation and extraction of facts. Also, as the local report garage is worried, both environments help reminisce about playing cards for added storage space. However, the difference lies in the way the storage area is exploited. While Android can’t deploy applications on reminiscence playing cards, Windows Mobile permits it. Both Android and Windows Mobile systems have a relational database. Also, the libraries have quite some useful endurance functions on both platforms. Once the libraries are initialized, entry to a database is made through an object-oriented interface that can be accessed without problems by builders.

Performance

Performance figures are critical for each user and developer. The performance comparison of the two structures might be completed based on the report size. The fundamental purpose of measuring file size is to better understand the configuration and the run-time dependencies protected in packaged packages.

Android packages come packaged in apk (Android Package) files. The. APK record normally has a set of.DEX (Android software files) files function as a single application document for utilization inside the Android platform. The. APK record is essentially the compressed version of the contents within the ‘Android manifest.XML’ record.

Windows Mobile applications use cab documents for software packaging and deployment. The first step in creating a distributable file involves packaging the application in a CAB (Cabinet) file. This CAB file can be deployed to different gadgets, where it can be multiplied and mounted. A CAB record is an executable archive containing the software, resources, dependencies like DLLs, and other resource files.

A comparative look at cell improvement environments was performed with Tom Morten Gronli, Jarle Hansen, and Gheorghita Ghinea of Brunel University, London. In this comparative observation, a demo example software was created in Windows Mobile and Android development platforms to illustrate the deployment record length for every utility. The demo instance utility turned into a simple program that published a line of text on the display screen. The result from the code instance turned into as follows:

The deployment size of the demo software inside the Windows Mobile environment was 2.Eight KB.
The deployment size of the demo software inside the Android surroundings was nine—3 KB.
The file sizes, as denoted, have no obfuscator or shrinker software program. This is the sort of document an end-user might download or get shipped and then hooked to their tool. As may be visible from above, the demo application in Windows Mobile had a record length of two. Eight KB simultaneously as Android turned into approximately three times the scale at 9.Three KB. This indicates the entire quantity of configuration documents and runtime dependencies that must be bundled at the side of every patron program. Regarding the number of traces of code, Windows Mobile requires the handiest eleven traces, whereas Android wishes 28.

Developer Support Comparison

Developer assistance is a crucial element in gaining speed and ease throughout the development method. While each cell improvement system has similarities, the developer guide has a few particular differences. The differences emerge clearer when we consider the incorporated developer environment (IDE) and the tooling.

The most effective choice for improvement in Windows Mobile is Visual Studio, which Microsoft again develops. With Visual Studio, Windows Mobile wishes Microsoft backing earlier than it can affect and ship new features in the IDE. The network can handiest make suggestions but does not have any direct effect. However, an advantageous facet of consistency is assured. Also, Microsoft’s first-rate approval process to deliver new products guarantees satisfaction.

Alternatively, there are several Android tooling alternatives with some IDEs. Android has open-source groups that contribute to IDE improvement by supplying and assuring the quality of plugin functionalities for the software program. However, the multiple IDE environments may be quite a venture for retaining consistency and a fine warranty. Consistency becomes an undertaking as extension functions may be had for only some competing IDEs. Quality warranty becomes a chief task as development achieved with the aid of the community isn’t always governed by using a standard that is not unusual for first-class development before making the newly incorporated developer environment feature available. Quality warranty of the delivered code is important for turning in convenient merchandise. These elements can potentially make code and application portability between environments impossible.

One of the differences between the Android and Windows Mobile improvement systems is that developer help and an excellent warranty are more prevalent within the testing environment. Let us take a closer look at observing this through unit checking out of both improvement systems.

Unit testing is essentially a high-quality guarantee and validation tool for checking out small computer or cellular application elements. The aim is to have each segment remoted and tested individually. This will help isolate and guarantee the quality of the utility’s distinctive units.

Unit trying out for Android is considerably honest as the API uses the JUnit test framework. The JUnit framework enforces hierarchical business enterprise of the various test units, which is a prime benefit. Besides that, the JUnit pattern guarantees the independence of the check units and minimizes interference. This is completed by first growing, after which destroying these days created a test environment before and after every check method is administered. Android even takes JUnit a step further by allowing one tool to try out of the code. The test libraries are included as part of Android’s well-known libraries.

However, one task with Android’s tool trying out compared to Windows Mobile is the consequences’ readability. Android’s on-device checks don’t have a consumer interface to display the test’s consequences. To view outcomes of the take a look at, a handler that offers callbacks from Android’s test runner has to be carried out.

Windows Mobile alternatively exhibits excessive readability and visibility, while the Android platform is difficult to apply to performance. The problem with Android is the absence of remarks issued robotically via visible equipment in the incorporated development environment in Windows Mobile.

Windows Mobile implements a version of the xUnit framework. The code for test training is saved in a separate project, although it remains one answer in the IDE. Like Android, Windows Mobile’s xUnit also allows tool checking out. As noted earlier, the biggest distinction is that it examines comments. Windows Mobile has an extra complete user interface that offers remarks based on each check run. This makes it easier for developers to comprehend better which check succeeded and why a specific test failed.

A debugging guide is also vital for application development as it is a real-time step-by-step code execution that can assist in finding and connecting insects. The debugging manner may depend on the included development environment inrcarryingmission. Both Windows Mobile and Android platforms support grade-by-grade debugging. Besides that, both systems additionally include an on-device debugging feature that allows software to run on a cellular tool even as debugging runs inside the IDE.

Conclusion

Android and Windows Mobile benefit from being closely included with the cellular smartphone’s working device. This results in notable integration between the mobile tool and the improved environment. The primary strength of Windows Mobile is its near connection with Microsoft as a sole seller. This ensures the steadiness of the development surroundings and an excessively pleasant guarantee of functions enabled for application developers. On the other hand, Android has introduced a thrilling way of dispensing apps through the Android market.

As the Windows Mobile improvement platform is a product from Microsoft, it’s completely Visual Studio-based. Visual Studio is also based on the Windows operating machine, so you don’t want to use it here. For Android, however, Google gives the Eclipse plugin. Developers aren’t locked into Eclipse as IntelliJ IDEA and Netbeans offer developer help. This way, the builders can choose the IDE and working gadgets they need. Development ease in diverse regions can significantly influence the selection of cell improvement platforms for creating assistive environment applications.

The world needs no introduction regarding the contention between iOS and Android smart telephones. Theme time, the packages, and the facilities supplied with each Android and iOS running structure aid are very different. Still, every new release from these giants affects the international clever phone patron base. While iOS devices are recognized for their excessive-stop contemporary smartphones, the Android operating machine allows people to access all advanced technologies at several cheap fees.

Every time a new device from either manufacturer is introduced in the marketplace, the world eagerly compares it. This fashion has been observed for the last few years, and it does not appear to end anytime soon. With the release of Android L and iOS 8 in the coming fall, this rivalry is predicted to increase, and the famous warfare between them is virtually going to bloom.

Looking at this persisting contention, how can we stop ourselves from making comparisons between Android L and iOS 8? Without wasting any more time, let’s examine better Android L (walking on Nexus five) and iOS 8 (going for walks on iPhone 5S).

Lock Screens and Home Screens

Observiangobservationcof k display screen of Android L has undergone some commendable adjustments. Earlier, we had to pull down the screen from the pinnacle to examine the notifications; however, now we can see the notifications right in the center of the screen. This function, come what may, seems to be followed by iOS. By double-tapping a notification in Android L, that specific app gets launched, so one can disregard it; you only want to swipe it to both aspects. While a swipe on iOS eight may be used to reply to an email or mark it as READ. These functions are well-justified in each Android L and iOS 8.

In iOS, the notification light can be on for long enough for the user to read the message, while in Android L, the RGB notification light will burst off. Also, a shortcut to the Phone application is present at the lock display of Android L, something that is not there on iOS 8. But the digital camera software is a gift at the lock monitors of both Android L and iOS 8.

Interestingly, iOS 8 has room for third-birthday celebration widgets in its notification region, while Android L has no such provision. As a purchaser, I will marvel at the future customers of Android L. By genuinely flattening the notification panel in iOS 8; users can get entry to those third-party widgets.

Distinctively, the home displays in Android L and iOS 8 have been stored similarly to their earlier variations. Android L is an excellent reference for people who want to personalize their smartphones, and iOS 8 is extremely good for people who want a customized appearance but with a hint of simplicity.

Contacts, Keyboard, Dialer

The keyboard in Android L has been barely modified; however, it’s miles no exclusive from an ordinary keyboard that we’ve used on Android gadgets in advance. All the capabilities, including the automobile- accurate, emoticons, and word prediction- are good for Android L. However, Apple has correctly protected some tremendous phrase- predictions in iOS 8. The context and motive of the ongoing conversation are understood with an algorithm, which then makes some smart predictions.

Android L’s Phone app has gone through some commendable modifications. All the starred contacts are located effortlessly at the bottom edge of the display screen, giving them quick access. Meanwhile, the Search and Last Dialled contacts are on the top. On the other hand, no modifications have been made to the phone app in iOS 8, which is understandable. Still, Apple leads right here because of features such as blocking texts and calls from desired contacts.

In Android L, the touch list is compact compared to earlier versions, with little space between each contact and a small profile photo. In iOS eight, there may be no space for a profile picture, possibly because the builders recognize that the majority of them will stay clean.

Multitasking, Notification panel, Quick controls

Android L has carried out commendable activity in listing notifications consistent with their priority. The most important ones are positioned on the pinnacle, and so on. For example, all emails are placed on the top, even as updates are at the lowest. However, Apple has taken a more organized path, and by pulling the notification panel down, climate reports and users’ everyday agenda may also be displayed. Notifications are positioned one after the other, and the order in which those are listed may be changed by going into the device’s Settings.

Like earlier, a Quick Controls menu is present inside the pull-down panel of Android L. This new design is really a plus—factor at the side of the brightness slider and an added toggle for adjusting the screen’s orientation. Similarly, the Quick Control menu in iOS 8 is likewise loaded with commendable functions. However, one has to be careful while scrolling down any webpage, as this might pull the panel downwards.

Camera and Gallery

In Android L, the Camera app from Google has been used regularly. You can, without problems, get the right of entry to this app from the Play Store. This app needs no advent, and it’s far recognized for its smooth-to-apply interface. The constructed-in digital camera modes in Android L are presupposed to fulfill every casual person. On the other hand, iOS Eight Digicam has a few precise functions to reinforce approximately. Shooting time-lapse motion pictures, controlling consciousness, self-timer, and impartial exposure are some tasks in iOS eight.

In Android L, the Photos app allows us to view the pix. There are separate tabs for coping with pics and highlights; one contains all the pictures. This app has a computerized backup and arranges your photographs in exceptional folders, depending on their date. There are diverse modifying tools; you do not need to be a PRO to apply them. Similarly, iOS eight also arranges your pix via date and time. Backup is likewise available to ensure that you never lose any of them. The enhancing features in iOS eight are genuinely fewer than those in Android L, but the simplicity and simplicity of use are something to understand.

Conclusion:

These are simply a few of the functions that we’ve compared. However, Android L and iOS 8 are destined to undergo a few modifications before their release date. It is completely up to the users to decide which smart cellphone to invest in. Looking at the current developments, Android and Apple will again be at loggerheads.

While growing mobile apps, businesses target Android because of its large worldwide mobile running device marketplace proportion. Alphabet has made Android an open-source cellular platform. Also, it updates the cellular running gadget at normal durations with new capabilities and improvements. However, the penetration fee for personal versions of the cell-running gadget differs.

The alphabet does not alter the synthetic Android smartphones, tablets, and phablets via various groups. Hence, the gadgets manufactured by one-of-a-kind organizations come with multiple hardware features, whether powered with the aid of the equal model of Android. That is why developers need to build cellular apps by targeting a huge range of devices powered by one-of-a-kind Android versions.

While planning, developing, and testing the cell app, they want to focus substantially on its accessibility, capability, overall performance, usability, and protection of the mobile app to keep the users engaged regardless of their choice of Android tool. Also, they need to explore approaches to make the app supply personalized person revel across various devices and running device models. They must cope with several demanding situations to expand a sturdy Android app.

Understanding 7 Common Challenges Faced Using Android App Developers.

1) Software Fragmentation

As cited earlier, the marketplace proportion of Android variations for men and women differs. According to the brand new data launched via Google, the most current version of its cell operating system – Nougat – has a marketplace percentage lower than its predecessors – Marshmallow, Lollipop, and KitKat. Each new version of Android comes with numerous new capabilities and improvements. The builders have to encompass precise functions in the app to deliver the most advantageous consumer experience by benefitting those new capabilities. At the same time, they want to make sure that the app promises wealthy and personalized people to enjoy on devices powered by using older variations of Android. The builders should target a couple of Android versions to make the utility famous and profitable quickly.

2) Varying Hardware Features

Unlike different cellular working systems, Android is an open supply. Alphabet permits tool manufacturers to customize their running machines to fit their needs. Also, it does now not alter the Android devices launched using numerous producers. Hence, the devices include various hardware functions despite being powered by the same Android version. For instance, devices powered by Android Nougat might also range from different inside the class regarding display screen size, resolution, digital camera, and other hardware features. While growing an Android app, developers must ensure that it can provide customized updates to every consumer using his device’s hardware capabilities.

3) No Uniform User Interface Designing Processor Rules

Google has no longer launched any common person interface (UI) designing technique or regulations for the cell app builders. Hence, most developers build Android apps without following fashionable UI development systems policies. When the builders create custom UI interfaces in their own manner, they do not always look or feature throughout specific gadgets. The incompatibility and variety of the UI impact the person revels in introduced by way of the Android app without delay. The smart builders choose a responsive layout to hold the UI consistent throughout many devices. Also, the developers have to comprehensively test the UI in their mobile app by combining each actual gadget and emulator. But frequently, developers discover it daunting to lay a UI that makes the app look regular throughout various Android devices.

4) API Incompatibility

Most developers use 1/3-celebration APIs to decorate the mobile app’s capability and interoperability. However, the high-quality third-party APIs available for Android app developers differ. Some APIs are designed for a particular version of Android. Hence, these APIs do not paint on devices powered through distinctive versions of the mobile working machine. The developers must discover methods to make a single API painting on unique versions of Android. However, they often find it challenging to make the app work smoothly on distinctive Android devices with identical APIs.

5) Security Flaws

Its open-source nature makes it less complicated for tool producers to customize Android consistent with their desires. However, its openness and market share made Android vulnerable to frequent protection attacks. There are many instances while protecting tens of millions of Android devices that have been impacted by protection flaws or insects like Stagefright, ‘Certified-gate’ me, FakeID, Installer Hijacking, and TowelRoot. The builders must have sturdy safety features within the utility and use modern encryption mechanisms to hold user statistics comfortably despite focused security attacks and protection flaws in Android.

6) Android Search Engine Visibility

The cutting-edge information posted on diverse websites shows that Google Play Store has a far higher number of mobile apps than the Apple App Store. Also, many Android device users opt for unfastened apps to paid apps. Hence, developers must aggressively promote their cellular apps to accomplish better download numbers and improve app monetization options. They also want a complete virtual advertising and marketing strategy to promote the app by concentrating on the most applicable customers. Many builders must avail themselves of the offerings of virtual advertising experts to sell their apps aggressively.

7) Patent Issues

Users can select from several Android apps that supply equal capabilities and functionalities. However, developers often find building apps with particular features and functionality formidable. They regularly include features and functionalities within the app, making it just like some of the apps in the Play Keep’s equal category. Unlike Apple, Google now does not enforce stringent recommendations to evaluate the exceptionality of the latest apps submitted to its app save. The lack of standardized excellent assessment recommendations frequently makes developers deal with troubles related to a patent. Some developers must lay and adjust their apps in Destiny to avoid patent problems.

The role of a Digital Forensics Investigator (DFI) is rife with non-stop mastering opportunities, especially as generation expands and proliferates into every nook of communications, leisure, and enterprise. As a DFI, we address a daily onslaught of the latest devices. Like the cellular telephone or pill, many gadgets use common running structures with which we want to be acquainted. Certainly, the Android OS is predominant in the tablet and mobile phone industry. Given the predominance of the Android OS in the cell device marketplace, DFIs will run into Android gadgets in the direction of many investigations. While numerous models endorse tactics for obtaining statistics from Android devices, this newsletter introduces four possible strategies that the DFI must remember when evidence is amassing from Android gadgets.

A Bit of History of the Android OS

Android’s first industrial release changed in September 2008 with model 1.0. Android is the open supply and ‘loose to use’ working gadget for mobile gadgets advanced by Google. Importantly, early on, Google and other hardware corporations formed the “Open Handset Alliance” (OHA) in 2007 to foster and aid the growth of Android within the marketplace. The OHA now consists of 84 hardware groups, including giants like Samsung, HTC, and Motorola (to name a few). This alliance became set up to compete with businesses regarding their marketplace offerings, including competitive devices provided via Apple, Microsoft (Windows Phone 10 – now reportedly dead to the market), and Blackberry (which has ceased making hardware). Regardless of whether an OS is defunct or no longer, the DFI ought to understand approximately the various versions of more than one operating machine platform, specifically if their forensics recognition is in a particular realm, including mobile devices.

Linux and Android

The modern iteration of the Android OS is primarily based on Linux. Remember that “based totally on Linux” does not suggest that the standard Linux apps will usually run on an Android; conversely, the Android apps you may enjoy (or are acquainted with) will not always run on your Linux desktop. But Linux is not Android. To clarify the factor, please note that Google selected the Linux kernel, the vital part of the Linux running system, to manage the hardware chipset processing. Google’s builders would not be worried about the specifics of ways processing takes place on a given set of hardware. This lets their builders know the broader operating gadget layer and the personal interface features of the Android OS.

A Large Market Share

Because of its open-source nature, the Android OS has a large market share in the cellular device marketplace. An extra 328 million Android devices had been shipped as of the 0.33 quarter of 2016. And, consistent with netwmarketshare.com, the Android operating gadget had the bulk of installations in 2017—almost 67%—as of this writing.

As a DFI, we can anticipate coming upon Android-based total hardware within the direction of a typical investigation. Due to the open supply nature of the Android OS and the numerous hardware structures from Samsung, Motorola, HTC, etc., the sort of mixtures among hardware type and OS implementation offers an extra challenge. Consider that Android is presently at version 7.1.1. Yet, every smartphone producer and cellular device provider will commonly adjust the OS for the precise hardware and carrier services, giving the DFI an extra layer of complexity because the method of records acquisition may vary.

Before we dig deeper into additional attributes of the Android OS that complicate the approach to records acquisition, let’s observe the concept of a ROM version to be carried out to an Android tool. As an overview, ROM (Read Only Memory) software is low-degree programming. This is near the kernel degree, and the unique ROM application is frequently known as firmware. Suppose you watched in terms of a pill in comparison to a mobile phone. In that case, the pill could have exceptional ROM programming compared to a mobile cellphone because the hardware capabilities between the pill and cell phone will be extraordinary. However, both hardware gadgets are from equal hardware producers. Complicating the need for more specifics within the ROM program, add within the particular requirements of cellular provider carriers (Verizon, AT&T, and many others.).

While there are commonalities in obtaining information from a cellular telephone, no longer all Android gadgets are identical, in particular in mind that there are fourteen principal Android OS releases available on the market (from variations 1.0 to 7.1.1), more than one provider with model-precise ROMs, and further infinite custom user-complied versions (patron ROMs). The ‘consumer compiled variants’ also are model-unique ROMs. In popular, the ROM-stage updates applied to every WiFi tool will contain running and device fundamental packages that work for a particular hardware tool, for a given seller (for instance, your Samsung S7 from Verizon), and for a specific implementation.

Even though there’s no ‘silver bullet’ method to investigating any Android device, the forensics research of an Android tool needs to comply with the same trendy manner for the collection of proof, requiring a structured manner and approach that deals with the investigation, seizure, isolation, acquisition, examination, and evaluation, and reporting for any digital proof. When a request to look at a device is received, the DFI begins with planning and instruction to include the requisite method of acquiring gadgets, the vital office work to aid and report the chain of custody, the improvement of a motive announcement for the examination, the detailing of the device model (and different precise attributes of the obtained hardware), and a listing or description of the data the requestor is seeking to acquire.

Unique Challenges of Acquisition

Mobile gadgets, including mobile phones, capsules, etc., face precise challenges at some stage in evidence seizure. Since battery life is restricted on cellular devices and it is not normally endorsed that a charger is inserted into a tool, the isolation level of evidence amassing can be critical in obtaining the device. Confounding proper acquisition, the cell statistics, WiFi connectivity, and Bluetooth connectivity should also be blanketed in the investigator’s awareness of the acquisition. Android has many security capabilities built into the telephone. The lock-display screen characteristics can be set as PIN, password, drawing a pattern, facial recognition, location recognition, depending on on-device popularity, and biometrics together with fingerprints. An expected 70% of customers use some security protection on their smartphones. Critically, there is an available software program that the user may have downloaded, which could deliver them the capability to wipe the telephone remotely, complicating acquisition.

It is not going throughout the seizure of the cell tool that the screen might be unlocked. If the device isn’t locked, the DFI’s examination could be simpler because the DFI can exchange the settings on the phone right away. I enter the cellular cellphone, turn off the lock display, and exchange the display screen timeout to its maximum fee (which may be as much as 30 minutes for a few gadgets). Remember that the key importance is to isolate the smartphone from any Internet connections to save you from the far-flung wiping of the tool. Place the phone in Airplane mode. Attach an outside energy supply to the telephone after being positioned in a static-free bag to block radiofrequency alerts. Once comfortable, you must permit USB debugging later to allow the Android Debug Bridge (ADB), which could provide good facts. While it could be essential to examine the RAM artifacts on a cell tool, this will not take place.

Acquiring the Android Data

Copying difficult power from a computing device or PC in a forensically sound way is trivial compared to the records extraction strategies used for mobile tool facts acquisition. Generally, DFIs have geared up physical entry to a tough power with no limitations, allowing for a bit of circulation picture to be created by a hardware replica or software program. Mobile devices have their records saved on the interior of the cellphone in difficult-to-reach locations. Extraction of records via the USB port can be a mission. However, it can be achieved with care and luck on Android gadgets.

After the Android tool is seized and secure, it is time to look at the telephone. There are numerous statistics acquisition techniques to be had for Android, and they vary extensively. This article introduces and discusses four primary methods of records acquisition. These five methods are mentioned and summarized below:

1. Send the device to the producer: You can ship the device to the producer for statistics extraction, which costs extra time and money. However, it can be important not to have the precise talent set for a given tool or the time to learn. In particular, as mentioned earlier, Android has many OS versions based totally on the producer and ROM version, including the complexity of acquisition. Manufacturers typically make this service available to government corporations and law enforcement for most home gadgets, so if you’re an unbiased contractor, you will want to check with the manufacturer or gain support from the enterprise you are operating with. Also, the producer research alternative may not be available for several worldwide fashions (just like the many no-name Chinese phones that increase the market – think of the ‘disposable smartphone’).

2. Direct bodily acquisition of the data. One of the guidelines of a DFI investigation is to in no way to regulate the statistics. The physical acquisition of data from a cellular phone must bear in mind the equally strict procedures of verifying and documenting that the bodily technique used will not alter any device statistics. Further, as soon as the device is connected, the jogging of hash totals is essential. Physical acquisition permits the DFI to achieve a full picture of the tool using a USB wire and forensic software program (at this point, you need to consider writing blocks to prevent any changing of the data).

Connecting to a cell cellphone and grabbing an image isn’t as smooth and clear as pulling information from tough pressure on a desktop pc. The hassle is that depending on your chosen forensic acquisition device, the precise make and model of the smartphone, the carrier, the Android OS version, the person’s settings on the phone, the foundation reputation of the device, the lock status, if the PIN code is thought, and if the USB debugging alternative is enabled on the tool, you may no longer be able to accumulate the records from the tool beneath investigation. Put, physical acquisition ends up in the realm of ‘simply attempting it’ to look at what you get and appear to the courtroom (or opposing facet) in an unstructured manner to gather facts, which could locate the facts acquisition at risk.

Three. JTAG forensics (a version of bodily acquisition cited above). As a definition, JTAG (Joint Test Action Group) forensics is an extra advanced acquisition method. It is essentially a physical approach that entails cabling and connecting to Test Access Ports (TAPs) at the device and processing commands to invoke a switch of the uncooked facts saved in memory. Raw facts are pulled from the linked tool using a unique JTAG cable. This is considered low-level records acquisition because there is no conversion or interpretation and is just like a bit-copy done when acquiring evidence from a computer or laptop hard drive.

JTAG acquisition can frequently be achieved for locked, damaged, and inaccessible (locked) devices. Since it is a low-level reproduction, the acquired data will still need to be decrypted if the tool becomes encrypted (whether via the user or the unique producer, including Samsung and a few Nexus devices). Since Google decided to remove complete-device encryption with the Android OS 5. Zero launches, the whole-tool encryption limitation is a piece narrowed, except the user has decided to encrypt their tool. After JTAG statistics are acquired from an Android tool, the acquired facts can be further inspected and analyzed with equipment consisting of 3zx (hyperlink: http://z3x-crew.Com/ ) or Belkasoft (link: https://belkasoft.Com/ ). JTAG tools will automatically extract key virtual forensic artifacts along with call logs, contacts, location statistics, browsing records, and plenty more.

4. Chip-off acquisition. This acquisition technique calls for the elimination of reminiscence chips from the device. Produces raw binary dumps. Again, this is considered an advanced, low-degree acquisition and will require the de-soldering of memory chips, the use of very specialized tools to cast off the chips, and other specialized gadgets to read the chips. Like the JTAG forensics mentioned above, the DFI dangers that the chip contents are encrypted. However, if the information is not encrypted, a chunk copy may be extracted as a raw image. The DFI will want to contend with block address remapping, fragmentation, and, if a gift, encryption. Also, numerous Android tool manufacturers, like Samsung, enforce encryption that can not be bypassed through or after the chip-off acquisition has been completed, even though the proper passcode is known. Due to the get entry to problems with encrypted gadgets, chip-off is confined to unencrypted devices.

Five. Over-the-air Data Acquisition. We are each conscious that Google has mastered information series. Google is understood to retain large numbers of cellular phones, drugs, laptops, computers, and other gadgets from various working machines. If the user has a Google account, the DFI can access, download, and examine all facts for the given person beneath their Google consumer account, with the right permission from Google. This includes downloading data from the user’s Google Account. Currently, Android customers do not have any complete cloud backups. Data that can be examined include Gmail, touch statistics, Google Drive data (which may be very revealing), synced Chrome tabs, browser bookmarks, passwords, a list of registered Android gadgets (where place history for each device may be reviewed), and much more.

The five strategies mentioned above aren’t always comprehensive. A regularly repeated observation surfaces about records acquisition: proper and correct documentation is important- while working on a mobile device. Further, documentation of the processes and approaches used and adhering to the chain of custody strategies you’ve hooked up will ensure that the proof gathered can be ‘forensically sound.’

Conclusion

As discussed in this article, cell tool forensics and Android OS differ from the conventional digital forensic procedures used for laptop and desktop computers. While the personal PC is without problems, the garage may be effortlessly copied, and the tool may be saved, so the safe acquisition of cellular gadgets and data may be and frequently is tricky. A based approach to acquiring the mobile device and a deliberate technique for statistics acquisition is essential. As cited above, the five strategies introduced will allow the DFI to benefit from getting the right of entry to the tool. However, numerous other methods are not discussed in this text. Additional research and device users via the DFI can be important.

This guide looks at how to buy the best Android phone for you and your budget. We show you what to look for when purchasing your next Android phone. Have you always wanted an Android phone but were afraid of making a mistake? Are you tired of your iPhone and want to upgrade? In this post, I’ll show you how to get the right Android phone, regardless of your budget. This post is about buying the best Android phone for you. Whether you want the latest and greatest or are more concerned with features like the camera, battery life, and screen size, there are plenty of options. This post will help you navigate the sea of Android phones available and find the one that is best for you. An Android phone is a personal computer that allows you to use all your apps, browse the web, play games, download music, watch videos, and make calls. They’re popular, with over one billion sold since their introduction in 2008. If you’re wondering what kind of phone to buy, I want to share my recommendations based on everything I’ve learned about what makes an Android phone great.

What is an Android phone?

An Android phone is a mobile device running the Android operating system. While iOS is a closed operating system, Android is an open-source platform. Google owns Android. It is a Linux-based mobile operating system that is free to use. It is one of the most popular mobile operating systems around. This guide will teach you how to get your Android smartphone. You can buy a phone outright or lease it. This guide will show you how to set up and customize your new Android phone. The benefits of owning an Android phone There are many reasons people choose to have it. Some people like the flexibility that comes with Android. Others like the fact that they are not tied into a long contract. They can customize the software and hardware in impossible ways with Apple’s iPhone.

How to buy an Android phone?

Android is the most popular smartphone OS, and for good reason. It is very customizable, meaning you can add your favorite apps, change the look and feel of your phone, and do a lot of cool stuff. However, choosing between phones can be difficult. In this post, I’ll go over the main aspects to consider when buying an Android phone and how to decide which model is best for you.

How to install an Android phone?

You probably know how to “flash” a new ROM onto your phone. But what if you don’t know how to flash the latest version of Android? Or if you’re not comfortable doing so? Android is an open-source platform, and the community has built various tools. The most popular is Magisk. Magisk allows you to install and remove any version of Android you like and customize your device to your liking. In addition, it will enable you to make your phone as secure as you’d like.

How to use an Android phone?

In this article, I’ll explain how to get the best Android phone for you, regardless of your budget. For a long time, iPhone fans have told us there is no better Android phone than the iPhone. However, after the iPhone X release, Apple fans have started to say that the iPhone X is now the best Android phone. I’ll share with you what I think the best Android phone is and why it’s different from the iPhone. The iPhone X has the best display, and it’s also the most expensive. If you’re worried about the price, plenty of other great options exist. The iPhone X is a sleek device with a premium design. But you can get a much cheaper, mid-range smartphone if you want to save a few bucks. The Google Pixel 3 is a good choice for an affordable smartphone. It’s Google’s first smartphone, one of the most powerful devices on the market. The iPhone X has the best screen, and it’s also the most expensive. If you’re worried about the price, plenty of other great options exist. The iPhone X has the best display, and it’s also the most expensive. If you’re worried about the pe, plenty of other great options exist.

How to download apps for Android phones?

While you can download any app on your iPhone, you must be very careful when downloading Android apps. First, ensure that the app you’re downloading is supported on your Android device. Many apps aren’t, and you may have to wait for an update. Second, make sure you install the app from the official store. Scams and fake sites will offer you free apps, but you’ll never see a refund. Finally, make sure that the app is free. There are a lot of free apps out there, but you’ll rarely find a paid version.

Frequently asked questions about the Android phone.

Q: Is it true that you are really into Android phones?

A: Yes! My main phone is a Droid X, and I also have an LG Optimus One, which has some pretty cool features. The phone is easy to use, and the interface is very simple. I use the apps a lot; they all work great on my phone.

Q: What type of phone are you?

A: I have a black HTC Incredible. It has a touch screen, so I can use it with one hand. I’m not big into texting, though.

Q: What apps do you use the most?

A: I use Skype, Facebook, Twitter, and Google Talk.

Q: What’s the best part about the HTC Incredible?

A: I love how easy it is to use. You pick up the phone, turn it on, and start using it.

Myths about Android phoness

1. The screen can be scratched.

2. It is difficult to replace a broken screen.

3. There is no such thing as a broken screen.

4. You cannot replace a broken screen yourself.

Conclusion

You’ve been searching for an Android phone but don’t know where to start. Well, I will show you how to get an Android phone that is perfect for you. I have researched the different Android phones out there, and I am confident that this list has the best ones on the market. I’ve included many of the top features, along with some other nice touches.