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Dynamic analysis of Android applications' interaction
There are two or even more Android applications that somehow interact with each other:
Application A invokes application B or sends request to it directly or via third application C. I don't have the ...
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APK/Apktool If I decompile and recompile sources the app does not start
I'm trying to reverse an apk but there is a strange thing that happens, probably something new for me, basically if I decompile only the resources (not dex files) and recompile it zipalign/sign, the ...
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IDA Pro: JDWP error: ABSENT_INFORMATION - Desired information is not available
I am trying to debug a dex file from an APK file in IDA Pro. I set some breakpoints when launching the activity. When I start the process, the application waits for the debugger. After some time, IDA ...
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JEB pro is not showing xrefs for native code (arm)
i have this problem when analyzing arm shared object.
when working with IDA pro, it finds all xrefs but in jeb, most of xrefs are missing.
when JEB finfishes, the final analysis lacks most of xrefs. I ...
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What is the best emulator/environment for android debugging?
I know the question smells like I want a ready solution but I have been trying many things and after a lot of headaches, still I can't do what I want.
There are fast emulators but they don't provide ...
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Gdb hardware watchpoint error on android
After failing to find a solution to this I have started using Gdb and have encountered another error.
Gdbfails to set hardware watchpoint when I'm remote debugging a rooted arm7-a target. It supports ...
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LLDB debugging on android?
I currently don't have a pc. I have two rooted devices Arm64 host device with Debian rootfs and the device to be debugged which contains the lldb-server binary armv7. I am trying to remote debug my ...
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Debug shared library in Android application
There is an Android application that has a shared library (.so) file in split_config.arm64_v8a.apk that I want to debug .
When I look at /proc/PID/maps I don't see that library (I do see the ...
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Debugging Native Lib using IDA Pro Fails to Load Registers and other Information
Currently, I am debugging a native library in a test APK, however I am running into issues. First of all, I can connect to the debugger and attach to the process without any issues. In the first image ...
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Why IDA debugger on android doesn't show all threads?
My IDA Version is IDA Pro 7.5 SP2. And I'm trying to debug a .so file inside a .apk file.
Here's what I've done:
download a x86_64 system image android emulator from android studio
install that .apk ...
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analyze how data is read in android usb device
I've a huawei envizion 360, which doesn't provide any API for other application. But I want to read raw data from this device, to an android or to a raspberry-pi for debugging and development purpose. ...
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Debug 3rd-party apk with .so-files missing debug symbols
Apologies, if this has been asked before. I am reverse engineering a chinese app that connects to a BLE device, so I can inspect how it transmits the data. Using this official guide I decompiled my ...
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capture traffic of an android app
I was trying to test and intercept traffic from an app developed on Rhodes open source framework, I setup a proxy with burp, and of course I have installed burp certificate on my device hence I can ...
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Instruction trace using frida in android emulator
i have a emulator named "Ldplayer" in my windows os and I'm trying to log all instructions executed by the app that uses ARM JNI libraries. basically, the app is running in an x86 emulator ...
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Unable to intercept traffic of an android app even after patching ssl pinning
Recently, I was trying to test an app developed on Rhomobile, I setup a proxy with burp, and of course I have installed burp certificate on my device hence I can intercept other apps on my device but ...
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