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I am no lawyer, but I have been on the other side of an arrest(charges were dropped). If I remember correctly your property is returned to you after you are released. And again, I do not presume to know the law here, but I do not believe the authorities have free rein over your possessions just because you have been placed under arrest. I would not want them chewing my gum or spending my cash, so why should they be able to play with my phone? Retreving data(in any form) from private property should ALWAYS require a warrant.
People are wrongfully arrested all of the time and it is not reasonable to think the authorities should be able to treat your personal possessions as a playground just because they placed you under arrest. I'd have to call violation of the 4th here.
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