Why would you need your phone forensically extracted and analyzed?

Why would you need your phone forensically extracted and analyzed?  Here are a few reasons to do so. Example 1: Deletion of Personal Information - A Client requested a “dump” of her cellphone. Dump meaning data extraction.  Even though she had backed up the phone to the cloud some photos were not there, and she could not access text messages that she had deleted in a moment of anger from her device. The messages contained attached photos and information required by her employer. Example 2: Evidence Needed for Court - An attorney requested to have his Client’s phone Cloned. Cloned meaning a Forensic Extraction of Data. He was in the pre-liminary stages of representing his Client in an Employment Sexual Harassment Case. His Client’s boss [...]