Oxygen software

Oxygen Software was founded in 2000 and is the maker of advanced forensic data analysis tools for smartphones and other mobile devices, covering a wide range of mobile devices running Android, iOS, Blackberry, Windows Phone, Symbian and other operating systems.

Oxygen Forensics, Inc., founded in 2013, has been heavily disrupted after the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) exposed that the prominent digital forensics firm hid its secret Russian ownership and development teams. In late September 2026, U.S. federal authorities dismantled the company's operations following a major investigation.

Customers

Oxygen Software customers include various U.S. and European federal and state agencies such as the IRS, U.S. Army, U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Postal Service, U.S. Supreme Court, European Commission, London Metropolitan Police, French National Police and Gendarmerie, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young, and many others.

Oxygen Forensic Suite

Oxygen Forensic Suite is a mobile forensic software for logical analysis of cell phones, smartphones and PDAs developed by Oxygen Software.

The suite can extract device information, contacts, calendar events, SMS messages, event logs, and files. In addition, the vendor claims the suite can extract metadata related to the above.

As of December 2014 the suite supported more than 8,400 devices, including Nokia, Apple iPhone series, Apple iPod Touch, Apple iPad, Vertu, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, Motorola, Blackberry, Panasonic, Siemens, HTC, HP, E-Ten, Gigabyte, i-Mate, Chinese (Mediatek) Phones and other mobile phones. The suite also supports devices running Symbian OS, Windows Mobile 5/6, Microsoft Windows Phone 8 and Android OS devices.

Forensic Soundness

The suite accesses devices using advanced proprietary protocols. Some devices like smartphones require an Agent installation. Of course, installing software onto the device being examined will impact the forensic soundness of the investigation. If such information is not obtainable by other means and the impact is documented, it may still be admissible under the Best Evidence Rule.

Previous Names

Oxygen Forensic Suite has also been known by the names "Oxygen Forensic Suite 2" and "Oxygen Forensic Suite 2014".

Version history

Version 6.5, released September 19, 2014

Changes:

Extract data from iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus
Acquire contacts and calls from Windows Phone devices
Live BlackBerry 10 acquisition
Import Nokia NBU backup files

Oxygen Phone Manager II

Oxygen Phone Manager II was superseded by the Oxygen Forensic Suite, which was previously marketed as "Oxygen Phone Manager II (Forensic Edition)".

Oxygen Phone Manager II for Symbian OS smartphones v2.7.6 is an extended forensic mode of data access which is compatible with Windows and supports a wide range of phone-connectivity options, including Bluetooth. While users gain total access to the content of Symbian-powered phones, they leave data untouched with no noticeable changes.

The program reads the content of a phone and stores it as an image on the hard drive. This relieves users from running synchronization and ensures faster data access with more efficient processing. Oxygen Phone Manager II consists of options to access and edit contacts, calendar items, to-do tasks, messages and multimedia content. The data can also be exported to other standard applications, such as MS Outlook and Address Book etc. The image saved to the hard drive also serves as a backup copy. It protects you against accidental loss of valuable forensic evidence. It ensures fast migration between phones of different models and producers. At the same time, Oxygen Phone Manager II allows a full-scale interactive access to phone content. You can use PC to edit and send out messages, create or import contacts, access and modify multimedia content. The program is a go-between that immediately translates content changes between two operating systems. They can access contacts, calendar, to-dos and the gallery from a tree of expandable folders. There is a details panel in the phone browser that shows the file size and other attributes. It also shows the overall size and number of images, melodies and video clips, and their drive in which they are present (local, flash card or ROM).

Separate windows show contacts, calendar items and to-dos. The fields accessible from menus and submenus in Symbian media appear in one grid and are easy to revise. It has an Outlook-style interface that provides access to Unicode SMS, MMS, e-mail and other messages. It offers many options that you have in an email service such as file attachment support, a reply with the original message included, a one-click attachment playback, and others.

Forensic Edition Features

No data can be loaded into the program
No changes can be written to the phone
Support for Symbian-powered smartphones (Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, BenQ, Panasonic, Vodafone, etc.)
Support for cable and wireless connectivity (IrDA, Bluetooth)
Interactive access to contacts, calendar items, to-dos, messages, and multimedia content
Ability to save phone contents to a hard drive and flash drives
Support for Unicode SMS, MMS, e-mail, BIO and other message formats
Ad-hoc data editing in separate edit windows
Data export and import capabilities to PST, WAB, CSV, XML and other formats
Support for RNG, MID, WAV, AMR, AWB, MP3, AU, and XMF multimedia formats
Contact editing from both phonebook and vCard window
Easy management of meetings, reminders, anniversary, and other calendar items
Add-ons for Arabic, Croatian, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Turkish languages