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Welcome to Cell Phone Analyzer™ (CPA) by â and BKForensics, Inc.

CPA is a data interpreter for cell phone flash files. CPA is built to fulfill the gap in current mobile phone analysis tools and brings simplicity to cell phone forensics.

CPA comes ready to support most popular phones.  Updates will be made available when support for additional phones is developed.

CPA is designed to handle five types of files:
  • Full Flash memory dumps
  • PM (or Permanent Memory dumps)
  • NOR memory
  • NAND memory
  • XML formatted files created by the Forensic Card Reader from Becker and Partners, Inc.
  • Motorola SMG file (data file acquired with the Flash&Backup 3.0 tool from Motorola-Tools.com

    CPA is a tool designed to parse various types of data (often called a Flash File) originating from a logical or physical memory dump of a mobile phone or from a SIM card.  CPA will parse data files typically created by using devices known as card readers, in the case of SIM cards, or in the case of mobile phones, created by devices known as JAF, Twister, UFS, or Tornado Cables .  When forensically sound procedures are needed, devices which avoid write-protection should be used.

    Memory dumps from mobile phones and SIM cards often contain data structure or binary data making it difficult to read or understand.  CPA has been designed to parse the data and present it in readable format using a simple 1-2-3 step process.

    Step one - choose the analysis type; the type being the source of the data, such as memory dump of a mobile phone or a memory dump of a SIM card.

    Step two - choose which data you want from a list of data types parsed from the source file.  The data types may include:
  • Pictures
  • Phone Book
  • SMS (text messages)
  • Email messages
  • Email addresses
  • Web pages
  • Internet URLs
  • Call logs
  • SIM card information

    Step three - configure the report output.

    This help file is context sensitive.  Pressing F1 at anytime will bring up information about the current window your working with.

    The Start Up window, displayed upon starting the program, provides access to two menu selections, Tools and Help.

    The Tools menu options are shown below.



    From the Tools menu option you can Check For Updates and configure the following settings.  (Note the update option isn't available when using the DEMO version.)  This update process will automatically close CPA, check for and install updates, and then restart CPA.  You need an Internet connection to do this.

    We strongly recommend that you check for updates so you can receive the latest options and capabilities. 



    From the Tools menu option you can configure the settings for CPA to use.



    The Settings menu option provides access to various tabs that allow you to:
  • Set the current language
  • Set a path to your primary acquisition tool if so desired.
  • Configure settings to check for updates



    The Language Tab allows you to pick he language.  Future updates will populate this option with additional languages. 



    The Tools Tab allows you to configure your acquisition tool of choice.




    From the Help menu option you can:
  • Access the contents of this help file.
  • Get information about the currently installed CPA program. 
  • View What's New  (Brings up a text file with a description of the last update.)



    Shown below is an excerpt of what can be expected from View What's New.



    CPA is designed to use Window's standard font setting (96 dpi) and a minimum resolution of 800 by 600.  There are several images in this help file so viewing the file in full-screen may be desirable.

    Please visit our Websites at cpa..com or www.bkforensics.com.