# Mobile App Data Recovery

> Master mobile app data recovery. Learn to extract, decrypt, and analyze data from third-party apps like WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram on iOS and Android.

Canonical: https://codelivly.com/rooms/mobile-app-data-recovery
Last updated: 2026-09-16

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| Level | Intermediate |
| Category | Forensics |
| Lessons | 4 |
| Estimated time | 30 min |
| XP | 100 |

This module focuses on the complex challenge of recovering and analyzing data from third-party mobile applications. You will learn how to locate, extract, and decrypt application-specific databases (such as WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram) on both iOS and Android. Key topics include understanding app-specific encryption (like SQLCipher), extracting encryption keys from device keystores, analyzing app caches, and recovering deleted media and messages. By mastering mobile app data recovery, you will be able to uncover hidden communications and bypass application-level security measures in corporate and legal investigations.

## Lessons

1. What Is App Data Recovery and Why Does It Matter (30 min)
2. Common Messaging App Artifact Locations (30 min)
3. Recovering Deleted Records from SQLite (30 min)
4. Guided Lab: Reconstructing a Deleted Conversation (30 min)

## Related

- [Learning path: Mobile Device Forensics](https://codelivly.com/learning-paths/mobile-device-forensics)
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