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Distinguishing a Virtualized Device from a Physical Device

Our customers sometimes ask about how their scripts and apps can determine if they're running on an AVH device.

In this article, we discuss a few methods depending on your device type.

Checking from an Android Device Command Line​

There are at least three methods to distinguish AVH devices using the command line.

Android Method 1​

You can determine the Android device manufacturer in the Android console using getprop ro.product.manufacturer. The response will be AVH on virtualized Android devices.

Android Method 2​

A second method for Android is to search the list of installed packages for the corellliumdhelper package.

The command pm list packages | grep corellium should return package:com.corellium.corelliumdhelper on virtualized devices.

Android Method 3​

A third method is to search for prop files matching the appropriate model name.

Running this command:

find . -name '*.prop' 2>/dev/null -exec grep -HIn 'Corellium Generic' '{}' ';'

will include the following response in the output:

./system/product/etc/build.prop:8:ro.product.product.model=Corellium Generic
./system/system_ext/etc/build.prop:8:ro.product.system_ext.model=Corellium Generic
./vendor/vendor_dlkm/etc/build.prop:8:ro.product.vendor_dlkm.model=Corellium Generic
./vendor/odm_dlkm/etc/build.prop:8:ro.product.odm_dlkm.model=Corellium Generic

Checking an Android Device from Its Display​

Follow these steps to determine visually if Corellium is virtualizing an Android device:

  1. Load an Android device to its home screen. We are using a Generic Android device running firmware version 12.0.0 for this example.

Load an Android device to its home screen

  1. Swipe up from the bottom of the screen to open the list of apps.

Swipe up from the bottom of the screen to open the list of apps.

  1. Open the Settings app.

Open the Settings app

  1. Scroll down to the bottom of the Settings menu and the "About emulated device" section.

Scroll down to the bottom of the Settings

  1. Scroll down to see that the Device name is "Corellium Generic," the phone number is "+1-555-123-4567," the SIM status is "Corellium," and the Model is "Corellium Generic."

Scroll down to see the Device name