A mobile device including a memory including computer-executable instructions for synchronizing a virtual machine and a processor executing the computer-executable instructions, the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations including executing a virtual machine using a memory; executing a hypervisor providing a synchronization daemon, the synchronization daemon monitoring the memory, the synchronization daemon generating a checkpoint indicating a change in the memory; the hypervisor initiating transmission of the change in the memory over a wireless network for delivery to a standby mobile device to synchronize the virtual machine on the standby mobile device.