Kali Nethunter Pros and Cons - Nexus 6 General
Hey all! Not sure if this is the right place, but I didn't see anything specific for Nexus 6 and Nethunter. All my research so far shows that everybody who's tried hunter is very pro, but uh.. nobody seems to be talking any smack about it. No security flaws, no warnings about root, and even to some degree no real description of it's compatibility forward.
Does anyone have a list of pros and cons about Nethunter?
Maybe explain a bit about what this is? I haven't heard of it so I'm not sure if what I looked up on the intent is what you are talking about.
It's a pentesting ROM made for a few android devices (Nexus 6 now supported). Wifi hacking tools and the like preloaded and support built into the system rom and kernel for these kinds of tools. It looks pretty cool I'll have to check it out myself (on multi rom maybe). One problem I do see with it is you do need to use an external USB wifi adapter (via usb otg adapter), as the internal wifi apparently doesn't support monitor mode or packet injection which are required for many of the tools. It may be possible to add that later but given that those binaries are usually closed source (Qualcom) I'm doubting it. Still looks very cool.
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compuw22c said:
It's a pentesting ROM made for a few android devices (Nexus 6 now supported). Wifi hacking tools and the like preloaded and support built into the system rom and kernel for these kinds of tools. It looks pretty cool I'll have to check it out myself (on multi rom maybe). One problem I do see with it is you do need to use an external USB wifi adapter (via usb otg adapter), as the internal wifi apparently doesn't support monitor mode or packet injection which are required for many of the tools. It may be possible to add that later but given that those binaries are usually closed source (Qualcom) I'm doubting it. Still looks very cool.
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This isn't entirely true. It is NOT a ROM at all. It's more of a "package" type of thing. Think of it this way, you go flash CM and then have to flash Gapps after. It's the same thing for NetHunter. You flash whatever AOSP ROM you want then flash the NetHunter zip file. It will install busybox, terminal emulator, a keyboard, and a few other things along with an app named NetHunter home. It's pretty much an app to launch NetHunter tools/features/services. I'm currently running Google's factory image of Android 5.1 and have NetHunter installed.
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This isn't entirely true. It is NOT a ROM at all. It's more of a "package" type of thing. Think of it this way, you go flash CM and then have to flash Gapps after. It's the same thing for NetHunter. You flash whatever AOSP ROM you want then flash the NetHunter zip file. It will install busybox, terminal emulator, a keyboard, and a few other things along with an app named NetHunter home. It's pretty much an app to launch NetHunter tools/features/services. I'm currently running Google's factory image of Android 5.1 and have NetHunter installed.
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I stand corrected. As I said, I do need to try it. Sounds nice though if it's that universal and unobtrusive
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It may not be a full rom, but it does include a kernel. Just an fyi.
Nexus 6 Nethunter
Hey, so ive been playing arround with nethunter for acouple months now and ive been loving every moment. I think ive had it since this post came out. I have always wanted a little power house of a device that can do more than just search the internet, call and text people , and take pictures. From an easy start flashing the ROM to learning alot about Kali I must say its about time something like this came along.
For con's it doesnt come with RFCOMM support, ive been having trouble with bluetooth dongles even after days of researching the only conclusion is you will have to recompile the kernel to enable Rfcomm. Secondly also with NFC there is no mifare support, wasnt going too deep into this one, i figured it would be the same answer as Rfcomm. Thirdly some tools listed on the Kali website cannot be loaded and installed onto the Nexus like Burp Suit. There is no GTK support for GUI tools, meaning the tools you use can only be used in a terminal interface, unless you use a HTML interface and set the GUI's up somehow using a localhost. Lastly, the internal devices like WIFI bluetooth and NFC card can not be used for monitoring or injection. You must have a separate dongle. However you can change your wlan0 mac with macchanger and i believe you can clone non mifare chipsets with the built in nfc card. (Old nfc devices)
For the pro's, it is mobile with 2.6 gHz quadcore snapdragon 805 and 3Gb of ram, usual usage is 20-30% Ram keeping it clean with AllinOne Toolbox otherwise with alot running you'll use more ram. Battery watching youtube with brightness about 33% lasts 8 hrs or so but when it comes to using dictionaries for password cracking it uses 100% of your CPU so battery consumption is much greater. . . just keep it plugged in or save the files for your pc to crack. Other than that theres alot of preloaded tools and an app menu which includes HID attacks and also its own menu with SET. It also comes with acouple other apps like droid drive which you can load up any O/S from your Nexus via usb to any computer. And i also believe that it does not touch the hard drive on the pc.
So far using wifite it can crack any wep key in under 10 min WPA key in about 2 hrs. Max was about 2000 keys/sec and on average 1100 keys/sec. Using a randomly selected word from the Rockyou.txt file it took over 2.5 million keys to find it... but it was successful. You can download tools like cupp.py or crunch to customize lists to your liking. Also i havent tried it yet but reaver for wps takes roughly 4-10 hours. Any tools that use a GUI cannot be displayed properly without configuring the files your self. For say the tool driftnet it will not display the images gathered... rather you will have to save them into a file and view them separately from that file.
As far as security nmap cannot discover any open ports from a fresh install of nethunter on my home network. But Nethunter can discover many open ports on my old DV6. If uou want to stay anonymous you can use tor app.
In all if you really want a fun, powerful, mobile pentesting device this is it.
Does it support all of SET? The web server, cloning existing sites and infecting them, the email sending and so on?
I'm very interested in this rom but there's still one question for me left: if I flash it with TWRP is forced encryption on aigan?
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Hey, so ive been playing arround with nethunter for acouple months now and ive been loving every moment. I think ive had it since this post came out. I have always wanted a little power house of a device that can do more than just search the internet, call and text people , and take pictures. From an easy start flashing the ROM to learning alot about Kali I must say its about time something like this came along.
For con's it doesnt come with RFCOMM support, ive been having trouble with bluetooth dongles even after days of researching the only conclusion is you will have to recompile the kernel to enable Rfcomm. Secondly also with NFC there is no mifare support, wasnt going too deep into this one, i figured it would be the same answer as Rfcomm. Thirdly some tools listed on the Kali website cannot be loaded and installed onto the Nexus like Burp Suit. There is no GTK support for GUI tools, meaning the tools you use can only be used in a terminal interface, unless you use a HTML interface and set the GUI's up somehow using a localhost. Lastly, the internal devices like WIFI bluetooth and NFC card can not be used for monitoring or injection. You must have a separate dongle. However you can change your wlan0 mac with macchanger and i believe you can clone non mifare chipsets with the built in nfc card. (Old nfc devices)
For the pro's, it is mobile with 2.6 gHz quadcore snapdragon 805 and 3Gb of ram, usual usage is 20-30% Ram keeping it clean with AllinOne Toolbox otherwise with alot running you'll use more ram. Battery watching youtube with brightness about 33% lasts 8 hrs or so but when it comes to using dictionaries for password cracking it uses 100% of your CPU so battery consumption is much greater. . . just keep it plugged in or save the files for your pc to crack. Other than that theres alot of preloaded tools and an app menu which includes HID attacks and also its own menu with SET. It also comes with acouple other apps like droid drive which you can load up any O/S from your Nexus via usb to any computer. And i also believe that it does not touch the hard drive on the pc.
So far using wifite it can crack any wep key in under 10 min WPA key in about 2 hrs. Max was about 2000 keys/sec and on average 1100 keys/sec. Using a randomly selected word from the Rockyou.txt file it took over 2.5 million keys to find it... but it was successful. You can download tools like cupp.py or crunch to customize lists to your liking. Also i havent tried it yet but reaver for wps takes roughly 4-10 hours. Any tools that use a GUI cannot be displayed properly without configuring the files your self. For say the tool driftnet it will not display the images gathered... rather you will have to save them into a file and view them separately from that file.
As far as security nmap cannot discover any open ports from a fresh install of nethunter on my home network. But Nethunter can discover many open ports on my old DV6. If uou want to stay anonymous you can use tor app.
In all if you really want a fun, powerful, mobile pentesting device this is it.
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What WiFi dongle are you using... I've been lurking around the Kali website for a couple years. Tried nethunter when it first dropped for the nexus 6. Looking to learn it a little better and give it a try. Maybe we can pm?
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What WiFi dongle are you using... I've been lurking around the Kali website for a couple years. Tried nethunter when it first dropped for the nexus 6. Looking to learn it a little better and give it a try. Maybe we can pm?
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hey you can pm me at [email protected] its easier. Sorry i havent been on here in a while just got my self a raspberry pi 2 and was playing arround with that for a bit. Its all the same stuff as kali but with a few less hardware capabilities like i have listed. It is pretty powerful tho considering the physical size of the device. Many generic wifi dongles do work just check the chipset on google and make sure it is one that is listed on the kali website.. usualy atheros brodcomm ralink and some others generaly work well. or you can juat plug it right in at the store and do a quick airmon-ng start wlan1 to see if it works. The linksys im using is older and only supports g speeds. so its good for just acouple things.. nothing speedy. Its a good close range mission dongle. I herd athros ones have good rep tho for range and preformance. here is my dongle info if your wondering.
[email protected]:~# lsusb
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 05c6:90a4 Qualcomm, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 13b1:0020 Linksys WUSB54GC v1 802.11g Adapter [Ralink RT73]
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
[email protected]:~# airmon-ng
PHY Interface Driver Chipset
phy0 wlan0 ?????? non-mac80211 device? (report this!)
phy3 wlan1 rt73usb Linksys WUSB54GC v1 802.11g Adapter [Ralink RT73]
[email protected]:~#
Internal Wifi Card Support on Nexus 6p?
So I'm very new to pentesting and am trying to learn so please bear with me. I was actually doing some research on putting kali on my nexus 6p (to avoid carrying around a netbook) hopefully on a partition (which I'm not entirely sure how to do, but will perservere until I'm told it cant be done) to try to maintain the normal function of my phone on stock android, and boot into kali when needed.
I came across this thread and discovered what NetHunter was. Through my earlier research, I determined that the Nexus 6p's onboard card is a broadcom bcm4358 which supports monitoring and (according to aircrack-ng's compatibility chart) packet injection after a driver patch.
My question then is this: would it be possible to use this device with either kali linux or nethunter without an external (and not so stealthy) wifi card?
If I have some missing piece of info or some of what I have is incorrect, please help me find the correct information to continue my reasearch.
i have a fair amount of independent troubleshooting? and through a year and a half of nexus 5 to the 2 nexus 6 i have. i written anything worth of measurable difference between one set of "build" compatibility and also meta building on top of ROMs. one rule of thumb i need to stress is the systemless root that is now commonly standardized in most ROMS will need to be pulled out. also, consistent busybox throughout the system. (new/old shouldnt really coexist). i have found Velcro to a case and the adapter you plan on using helps keep it all organized (needless to say i buy a new case when a buy a new wifi dongle and change the case)
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devin761 said:
So I'm very new to pentesting and am trying to learn so please bear with me. I was actually doing some research on putting kali on my nexus 6p (to avoid carrying around a netbook) hopefully on a partition (which I'm not entirely sure how to do, but will perservere until I'm told it cant be done) to try to maintain the normal function of my phone on stock android, and boot into kali when needed.
I came across this thread and discovered what NetHunter was. Through my earlier research, I determined that the Nexus 6p's onboard card is a broadcom bcm4358 which supports monitoring and (according to aircrack-ng's compatibility chart) packet injection after a driver patch.
My question then is this: would it be possible to use this device with either kali linux or nethunter without an external (and not so stealthy) wifi card?
If I have some missing piece of info or some of what I have is incorrect, please help me find the correct information to continue my reasearch.
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if aircrack has it on a supported list, there will still be an amount of time where the build could exploit it without your own development?
at the moment....yes.an adapter would be required. nexus 5 is internally supported(as far as i have dug up)...a good example of why we need an external adapter(overall) is https://store.pwnieexpress.com/product/pwn-phone2014b/
i have been using the nexus 6 with the tp link 822n with considerable compatibility. it was $20 at Frys. very easy to pick up OTC without hunting something down online
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i also have a built image of kali across a laptop. it has a detrimental amount of exploitation abilities. i would prefer not to explore this too far because each build will require a different customized image and "help" is going to cause confusion unless i had the SAME laptop. my laptop is mainly for defensive environments. and my devices are for setting up or info gathering to prepare for my laptops secure (no detection) measures.
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*hopes this helps*
Hi I also am having trouble getting both the RF to work and an external wifi dongle to run. Where do i how do I compile a new Kernal?
I don't use it frequently but I love having Nethunter on my device. I use an Alfa AWUS036NEH adapter with an otg adapter and it works flawlessly. My phone actually cracks wireless networks faster than my laptop. If you take the time to learn about penetration testing, the possibilities are endless! I used to own a WiFi Pineapple Nano but sold it because I found that I could do everything with Nethunter. The Pineapple has a great GUI and it's great if you want to to do things without actually learning anything. I actually just ordered a book on Metasploit, as I'm really eager to master the framework. I think it's an extremely powerful tool but I don't know too much about it yet.
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Hi I also am having trouble getting both the RF to work and an external wifi dongle to run. Where do i how do I compile a new Kernal?
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goggling the adaptors model and version will turn up with its chip-set. it would be best to form the adapter to the device and not the device to the adaptor......there are plenty of chip-sets supported. going out of ones way to rebuild a kernel: warrants specific needs.
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Fuse8499 said:
I don't use it frequently but I love having Nethunter on my device. I use an Alfa AWUS036NEH adapter with an otg adapter and it works flawlessly. My phone actually cracks wireless networks faster than my laptop. If you take the time to learn about penetration testing, the possibilities are endless! I used to own a WiFi Pineapple Nano but sold it because I found that I could do everything with Nethunter. The Pineapple has a great GUI and it's great if you want to to do things without actually learning anything. I actually just ordered a book on Metasploit, as I'm really eager to master the framework. I think it's an extremely powerful tool but I don't know too much about it yet.
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I learned after one time of asking a fry's employee, that there are specific questions that might not throw up red flags in your mind as to a specific hardware or firmware requirements...but it will be too specific for a "floor guy" to remedy. they will do the right thing by getting a higher-up to assist you with your questions. long story short.....i found the host controller i was looking for and it ran about $250.i believe that so many red flags went up somewhere along the line. that several of the low end host controllers replaced the high end ones(on the shelf)with the specific adaptor i was looking for. i returned a few weeks later with a friend so he could get one (to make sure it was the SAME one i had)...it was gone and no one really wanted to answer the questions for us. i thought to myself, "dont go the hardware store and ask for a duplicate of a bump-key"
I use an Alfa AWUS036NEH adapter with a $6 otg adapter and it works flawlessly. Imo, that's the best adapter to use with Kali!
i have used nethunter allot and i can say it runs ok, if your a pen tester it has allot of tools for you. However battery life is not great and speed is slow. i would say its comparable to stock rom maybe a tad slower.
can do everything i even captured a wpa2 wifi handshake with wifite.
7.1.1 and nethunter
Has anyone had any experience with nethunter on the Nexus 6 running 7.1.1? I like the features of Nougat and don't want to have to give up the security patches or features by going back to 6.0.1 to get full nethunter support. I have heard some people mention having to manually copy/paste ducky payloads because that functionality wasn't working with nethunter on nougat; but wondered if anyone here has had any experience. Thanks to all who reply!
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Has anyone had any experience with nethunter on the Nexus 6 running 7.1.1? I like the features of Nougat and don't want to have to give up the security patches or features by going back to 6.0.1 to get full nethunter support. I have heard some people mention having to manually copy/paste ducky payloads because that functionality wasn't working with nethunter on nougat; but wondered if anyone here has had any experience. Thanks to all who reply!
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Yes, indeedy.
It took me more than a few frustrated attempts, but it's working well now.
Although it has a couple idiosyncrasies, the workarounds are quite straightforward. No need to manually install the payloads, or anything like that.
If you're still interested in giving it a go, I would be happy to list out the steps. :good:
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Ubuntu development
okay. since Android got it self a forum, i thougt we need a Ubuntu thread. I have no idea if this post belong here, but i belive it needs to be somewhere. I love to have a full Ubuntu running with WiFi at least. The Andriod and Ubuntu thread is overwhelmd with Andriod dev so here i go. If the Ubuntu developers for HD2 want to setup a thread of there own i would love it Also read the first sticky Linux post for current info and files . Im not a developer just a user hoping for further development on Ubuntu, and i hope im not alone out there My story so far: I have used Ubunto now for a while with a USB hub with a mouse, keyboard, soundcard and external power. So far i found Ubunto to be a bit unstable. Feels like its easy to make it drop out. I have ended up with no startmeny and no computer icons, leaving me with just desktop pic and i have to press power/hangupp button to shut it down. Also playing music in included music player is a bit shaky, sometime i dont get audio and need to change a couple of tracks to get it to play again. BTW anybody have a password problem? If i want to change time as a example,i need to type a password and its not accepting "ubuntu"? Also, anybody have managed to get landscape somehow? Would also be nice to get WiFi up and running, so if a dev has any ideas on possible updates on progress would be nice. I have no mobile usb dongle so i havent been able to try that. So how your experience so far? Type away and lets at least share what we know. Best regards from me. ROM, latest NRG cookie dilink glass edition Radio, 2,12,50
only ubuntu download link i found gamesquare.co.uk/ubuntuh.html
wow, talkabout being the only one wanting Ubuntu on my HD2. Sorry, wont ask again.
I would definitely be interested in running Ubuntu on my HD2 - it is the OS of choice for my desktop. Is there any bluetooth support at present? I have a BT keyboard / mousepad combo and that would make it very useable for me.
ok but if i don't have a keyboard for my phone and i want to use ubuntu .. i reallt can't use it ? is there any virtual keyboard ..?
Bluetooth and WiFi is currently not working, also no sound. BUT there is built in usb support. I went to rhe cheepest electronic store and bougt a USB HUB that has its own power adaptor, also som USB cables and adaptors. A regular pc keyboard, mouse, mobile internet dongle etc. Everything being USB can be used. And i also found in a drawer of mine a usb stick soundcard. So basicly as it is now, all works with some cheep usb tec, but as stated, i have no mobile internet so dont know if it works.I did get to borrow a dongle for like 5min and it found the internet supplyer etc so should work i guess. Now i realise for some that they might go banana because they cant use Ubuntu without USB gadgets. But thats one reason to try to get the developers attention. If you get to connect some usb stuff(mouse being the least, no k-board if you want to just try it out, i belive you will get hooked on the idea and trying out stuff of your own. I find it fun connecting all old USB stuff i have lying around. Next step is to add my 1TB usb drive, maybe get to watch some movies. So, its Ubunto is its birth at least crawling. But with the full attention on Andriod it seems Ubuntu is getting forgotten, hence this thread, so they notice us, and while we wait, try it and report here in lack of space, only wish this could be a sticky or a seperat dev Ubuntu thread because, were drowning in the Android happiness going on. I will keep testing its 0,1 beta further to se what makes it tick. But im no developer, just a concernd fan, but im having fun, so i report my findings, fun to be in the edge, or birth of something so comon, bring out the dea...ops, i mean bring out your USB gadgets and play, who knows, you might have fun as i.
..oh, sorry for missing one reply here. Found no virtual keyboard so far, this password thing is my biggest concern atm, its like admin rights i need. Some touch screen implementation is in there, so you can use your fingers to move around and dubble tapp opens SOME stuff and menys. Not very presise but it works if your patient. Heres a list of USB gadgets im using atm. HUB: Plexgear, 4 usb ports + 1 data port (its where you plugin you HD2) + power adaptor (Incl in the package) Mouse: A old Microsoft 2.0 wired mouse and a reaaally sheep wirless mouse, just tried if wireless mouse would work, and i can confirm it does. Keyboard: A mini keyboard named Zippy with built in blue lights, got to type in style =) Sound: A no name usb stick not much larger then the usb reciver for a wirless mouse. All it says on the stick is " USB Audio Controller. I belive i heard somthing they going for the amout of 17$ or somthing. Harddrive: Tryed my 1TB drive, maybe its to large to get recognized or something, but i cant find it atm.
BTW Anybody have a small USB HD lying around they could test?
Nakazul said: okay. since Android got it self a forum, i thougt we need a Ubuntu thread. I have no idea if this post belong here, but i belive it needs to be somewhere. Click to expand... Click to collapse 'HD2 Android Development' naming is erroneous for that reason. I vote we rename the forum Linux and Android development. -Most elementary progress is seated in the kernel - which has nothing to do with android in the first place. The kernel is Linux and not android. -Android is not the only userland usable. As seen here there is ubuntu and other stuff. edit: Find a thread discussing this issue here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=654560 I can fix you ubuntu 0.2 with wifi and all kinds of stuff soon.
Nakazul said: wow, talkabout being the only one wanting Ubuntu on my HD2. Sorry, wont ask again. Click to expand... Click to collapse cant wait to boot up ubuntu on my hd2. But still cant even boot up with v0.1.
dcordes, ur great man! love how the team actually progresses to achieve the current state. just would like to ask issit possible, technically, to tap on gprs while running ubuntu? Was thinking bout it but not technically sure.
wangiles said: dcordes, ur great man! love how the team actually progresses to achieve the current state. just would like to ask issit possible, technically, to tap on gprs while running ubuntu? Was thinking bout it but not technically sure. Click to expand... Click to collapse you're welcome. yes that's possible I'm working on it as we speak.
speedwie said: cant wait to boot up ubuntu on my hd2. But still cant even boot up with v0.1. Click to expand... Click to collapse Hmm, thats bad. I read the read me file and it booted up nicly. Are you using stock rom or somthing? What happent for you? What i did was basicly just extract the folder "Ubuntu and copied it to storage card so the Ubuntu folder was in the root of the SD. First try i had no hub or mouse or anything connected just to se if it worked. Im using latest NRG rom from 24th, cookie Dinik version with 2.12.50 radio, i have 575MB activated.
dcordes said: I can fix you ubuntu 0.2 with wifi and all kinds of stuff soon. Click to expand... Click to collapse woooo, lovly, cant wait to try it out.
linux distro wich linux distro would it be better for android? i would say the ubuntu netbook remix but thats only me... i can't wait to use it, the kernel its almost done anyway (android), also wouldn't it be possible to swap between the 2 of them? (android and linux) i know you can with a piece of software change between gnome and kde or other in ubuntu, i already used it. cheers
linux in android you just can't keep up with the thread, speak of linux and nobody cares, ndo they know what we are on about? i don't think so...
I've been using Ubuntu linux as the only OS on my laptop I use for everything (school, work, personal stuff) for about a year now. I absolutely love it, and if it weren't for games and some work stuff, I would also switch to Ubuntu with my desktop. One thing that did give me a lot of headaches on my laptop was my phone though: I've had lots of trouble with the combination of my HD2 and ubuntu/linux (obviously, since M$ does not support linux at all). But still, I don't really feel the need to have ubuntu on my phone. I'm happy with android because that is supported well by my ubuntu laptop, but I don't see how an OS that has been made for screens of 7" or bigger (taking into account the netbook edition, otherwise I'd say 12") and input by mouse/keyboard can be really useful on a 4" mobile phone. If you want a debian-based distro that is useful on your phone I'd look at Maemo/Meego: these distro's are more open and desktop-like than android but have been made for usage on a phone (touch)screen. I just have no idea how much work it would be to port one of these OSes. I respect that people want to tinker around with ubuntu and try to get it to work, but personally I think it is best to have as many as possible developers working on Android itself rather than not-so-useful side projects... ah well, just my two cents
port linux to port ubuntu or any other distro to a mobile all you need is the kernel, for htc hd2 its almost ready, on top of the kernel you can put whichever linux u want, maemo android linux whatever u want.
I know that, I was talking about the portability of the OS itself... the software on the OS has to communicate with the right drivers and stuff. Since android runs on HTC devices with similar software, a lot of stuff can be copied. Maemo normally runs on a Nokia device, Ubuntu is mainly developed for x86/x64 hardware, that's why I think they're more of a job to port.
yeah should be quite a challenge but i believe that is what drives this guys, anyway ubuntu is already running on hd2 my concerns are actually the distro to be used that makes it usable, i mean if i have to carry a keyboard and mouse to make it work its not very practical. i rather have a choice to use it or not, regarding the os communicating with the drivers it should be quite straight forward since ubuntu is pretty much plug and play at the moment, it will detect your hardware (drivers).
[WebTop] USB to Ethernet is OK
Hi, WebTop (with full ubuntu mod) works fine with Trendnet TU2-ET100 (asix chipset). I have just added these 2 lines in "/osh/etc/network/interfaces" for DHCP autoconfiguration : auto usbeth0 iface usbeth0 inet dhcp Doum
Nice to know. Ethernet might come in handy for a lot of people docking as their PCs. I guess any other USB ethernet card that works with a normal Linux PC should work here.
Hello there, First I would like to say that I'm glad that in the last few weeks i finally managed to let my heavy 15.4' 9 cell Dell Laptop on the Office and bring home the Atrix + LapDock everyday including weekends and holidays I have what i need on my LapDock + FullUbuntu: gedit, gnome-terminal, OpenOffice, PDF readers, Psi+ (jabber client with PGP Encryption), GNUPG, Mumble Voice Chat, Firefox (with client SSL certificates ) and OpenVPN. Everything else, like e-mail, music and video players i'll prefer running on the Android So, i want to buy this USB -> Ethernet adapter to make it even better! I thought buying the TrendNet but it seems somewhat bigger than other adapters that use the same "chipset" (ASIC). I also find those adapters cheaper than the TrendNet one: http://www.ebay.com/dsc/i.html?_nkw...=0&_trksid=p3286.c0.m270.l1313&LH_TitleDesc=1 I think i will buy this one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/NIB-REAL-US...ltDomain_0&hash=item56471dfaff#ht_2136wt_1026 It seems great but now i'm not entirely sure what's the chipset on the TrendNet: AX88772A or AX88772B? The one i'm buying uses the AX88772B. The difference seems to be very small, the drivers seems to be the same and the "B" version supports checksum offloading and it's intended for Low Power consumption. Here's the detailed specs of both chips: http://www.asix.com.tw/products.php?op=pItemdetail&PItemID=97;71;101 http://www.asix.com.tw/products.php?op=pItemdetail&PItemID=105;71;101 So, what do you guys think?
Did you get it yet? If you did, how does it work?
blingmaster said: Did you get it yet? If you did, how does it work? Click to expand... Click to collapse I bought this one from Deal Extreme: http://www.dealextreme.com/p/usb-2-0-10-100mbps-rj45-lan-ethernet-network-adapter-dongle-34691 It's really cheap, small and uses the AX88772B chipset. But i'm not able to test yet, simply because it's not here yet I bought using standard Air Mail that takes something like 20 days to get here in Brazil... And when it does arrive here it's going to take 10 more days (or even more) for Brazilian (Fuc***) Customs to release it for Brazilian Postal Service to finally deliver it... This sucks. But well, i promise that as soon as I get it, i will test and put the results here. Merry Christmas!
Post resurrection alert! I tried this with an Airlink 101 today. I didn't add the extra lines listed in the OP, but I did start the dhcp client manually and it got an address and webtop was happy. Does anyone know if the android portion of the phone is able to use the wired Ethernet connection? From my quick test it didn't seem like it did. I have a much slimmer Cisco USB to Ethernet adapter that I plan to try. I used the Airlink because it was lying around on my desk doing nothing. And with all the webtop talk starting up, this may be of interest to others.
AX88772B not working Well, mine did not work I bougth this one from DealExtreme: http://www.dealextreme.com/p/usb-2-0...r-dongle-34691 As i said before, it uses the AX88772B chipset. I have confirmed that and installed the driver for my MacBookPro and it's working just fine. I have downloaded the drivers from: http://www.asix.com.tw/products.php?op=pItemdetail&PItemID=105;71;101 It's noticeable that there is also a driver for Android but it's the source code, not the compiled kernel module. So i think i'll will need to get the Atrix kernel source compile the driver with the headers and prey to work... Maybe it's something with my ROM... I have updated to the latest Motorola official 2.3.6 build for Brazil. Could you guys tell me what's the output of these two linux commands, as soon as you plug the USB device ( the last 10 lines or so): $ dmesg and $ lsmod Victor.
This is awesome. Can't wait until they bring the webtop to CM7. It was a loss when I upgraded, but the smoothness and capabilities of a CM7 rom are worth the loss of the webtop... for now. It's good to know that when it get's working again I can use a USB to Ethernet with the Ubuntu mod. Thanks!
thenicnet said: Can't wait until they bring the webtop to CM7. It was a loss when I upgraded, but the smoothness and capabilities of a CM7 rom are worth the loss of the webtop... for now. It's good to know that when it get's working again I can use a USB to Ethernet with the Ubuntu mod. Thanks! Click to expand... Click to collapse Don't hold ur breath.....cm9 is underway don't think webtop is gonne come yo cm7 but u can always mirror with lapdock
root, make changes, then unroot Would like to be able to use a usb ethernet adapater on my unaltered Atrix running 2.3.4. If I were to root, make the changes to the two lines and then unroot again, would the changes remain? In Post 6 above there is mention of the usb ethernet adapter only working under webtop. Is there a way to make it work on the phone itself as well, i.e., for the phone browser / market / email / etc.
Hello. When it connected to my HDDOck - eth0 not detected. In the webtop (I webtop2sd) lights icon - an unknown usb connection ... Any advices to solve this issue ..
i have this issue also, connecting usb broadband detects it as cd-rom drive. i have zte mf627 broadband kit. ill attached screens later. dmesg result show port but has no device name.
gradd said: i have this issue also, connecting usb broadband detects it as cd-rom drive. i have zte mf627 broadband kit. ill attached screens later. dmesg result show port but has no device name. Click to expand... Click to collapse A nearly 2 yr old dead thread just had to be brought back to the surface? esp with your results being the same as the previous member's results?
[Q] externally powered wifi adapter via otg for Backtrack
Greetings! I've been lurking on XDA for quite some time, and first I would like to give a big thank you to all the developers. I would never have purchased a Kindle Fire if I didn't have faith in your ability to unlock the hardware's true potential. You guys/gals rock. Here's my question: I develop and troubleshoot municipal and commercial wired/wireless networks and I would really like to be able to use the KF with backtrack. I understand that OTG support under ICS is very close to being a reality, would it be possible to support an external wifi adapter via OTG? Drawing power is the first problem that comes to mind, so my thought is to mod a USB OTG adapter to draw from an external DC source instead of the KF. This could have some awesome potential if it could work. I'm willing to do whatever I can to make this happen, so if one of you veteran developers could set me on the right track to backtrack it would be greatly appreciated.
I'm no wifi/kernel expert but as far as i have understood it: It should be possible if you get the right wifi modules to work. Android uses a modified wpa_supplicant, so even if you have linux wifi drivers for usb you would need to patch them to get it running. The current kernel does not have mac80211/cfg80211 modules compiled it, but i think that you probably would need them (i think they are in the kernel source, they are just not set yet). The current module for the tiwlan is proprietary and is also uses some strange ibCustomWifi as wrapper around WEXT, not sure if they also did some changes there. If the 3.0 kernel boots we should anyhow change to a mac80211 wifi driver and also use wpa_supplicant 0.8 instead of 0.6 so your chances should be a lot better with the 3.0 kernel. So it strongly depends if your external wifi adapter is very well supported for linux (or better for Android ....) und if we get otg running. (There might be some hidden problems to discover).
Sengwall, There are several threads in the xda forums for similar projects on different devices that might be useful as the steps are basically the same (assuming that somebody gets OTG working). Here's one of them: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1484339
Thanks for the input...ill look and see if there has been success on other devices with the same board.... great suggestion.
How to setup wifi adapter to sm-t350
How can i setup my TL-WN722N to my Samsung galaxy tab a??? I found things online about having to change the kernel, I've been able to extract my kernel from my boot.img file but as far as how to edit it I have no idea what to do. If I can't do it myself with help of the forum I'm willing to pay sum1 to do it for me I can send the kernel to any1 interested.
Samsungtabauser said: How can i setup my TL-WN722N to my Samsung galaxy tab a??? I found things online about having to change the kernel, I've been able to extract my kernel from my boot.img file but as far as how to edit it I have no idea what to do. If I can't do it myself with help of the forum I'm willing to pay sum1 to do it for me I can send the kernel to any1 interested. Click to expand... Click to collapse For what reason would you want to use an external WiFi adapter over the inbuilt wifi?
For several reasons extended range for 1 but also use with kali nethunter and kali in Linux deploy for monitor mode to packet capture . Only on networks I have permission to do so with of course . Really I would be using it as a learning tool. I already have a pc running kali n Virtual box no problems there. But would prefer the more mobile aspect of using with my tablet. Being able to practice on the go without lugging around a laptop just seems much better. And you know it sounds totally kewl I'm sure there are plenty of other tab a users who would want a kernel with external wifi support as well.
Samsungtabauser said: For several reasons extended range for 1 but also use with kali nethunter and kali in Linux deploy for monitor mode to packet capture . Only on networks I have permission to do so with of course . Really I would be using it as a learning tool. I already have a pc running kali n Virtual box no problems there. But would prefer the more mobile aspect of using with my tablet. Being able to practice on the go without lugging around a laptop just seems much better. And you know it sounds totally kewl I'm sure there are plenty of other tab a users who would want a kernel with external wifi support as well. Click to expand... Click to collapse Your best bet is to try running something like Linux deploy on your Tab, and connecting the WiFi adapter to it with a USB-OTG cable. (Researching the adapter model says its USB compatible) I can't speak for running Linux deploy on our Tab though, I've never tried it. Other than range and possible pen testing, you shouldn't see any advantage over simply using the native WiFi on a 5ghz network. You'll be limited by the internal write speed anyhow. Judging by TWRP's back up rate, its something around 40-50mb/sec.
Already have kali on linux deploy. Problem is the hardware for the adapter has to be built into android kernel in order to function. Have a pc with ubuntu i could use to modify the kernel problem is i dont know how to do that.
Samsungtabauser said: Already have kali on linux deploy. Problem is the hardware for the adapter has to be built into android kernel in order to function. Have a pc with ubuntu i could use to modify the kernel problem is i dont know how to do that. Click to expand... Click to collapse I'll see if I can turn up any info. I have a vested interest in this. I want get USB tethering running. I'd imagine the changes are going to be similar.
Question [Question] Android as Host Controller
Hey All, 5+ years experience 3D printing. Some rooting / ROM android experience. Okay so first of all I am going to explain the situation then ask the question. Raspberry Pi and other SBCs are hard to come by or very expensive as of currently posting. I have serveral RPi that I use, one being an 8gb RPi4 that runs Fluidd/Klipper for three of my printers. Due to this RPi shortage I have looked into alternatives that are low powered ARM systems. I have considered cheap android TVs that I could run armbian on. I have a friend that wants to run klipper on his printer but he doesn't have a RPi. He has a spare android phone he is willing to use it as the host controller. To investigate, I installed Octo4a on a spare phone (ZTE ZMax Pro MetroPCS). I installed klipper with a script through bash and installed the octoklipper plugin. -Could not connect it to a printer / unsure if the klipper version on the MCU was the same as the one on the android. -Getting tons of printer.cfg errors. According to Octo4a you cannot flash the klipper firmware to the MCU via the android phone, thus another host must flash that firmware to the board. I understand for long term use one would need a y-splitter OTG cable. Even more long term to have a 3.7V source to replace the battery... After doing some more research I found a korean guy on youtube running klipper on android via a rooted phone and a custom ROM and kernel. After even more thought I was considering running a docker container on the android. Fluidd has an official docker container for fluidd/moonraker/klipper. TL;DR I am trying to run klipper on android so I can help my friend run klipper on android for his 3d printer. Can anyone with experience help me? Should I root the phone and try using termux and run alpine linux? Should I learn docker and try to go that route? Should I suggest a low cost android tv box and run armbian on it? Is this a little too much to ask / complicated request ? Can anyone point me in the right direction ? I really feel like this is doable but I can't quite figure it out due to lack of experience with android development and docker. Thank you to anyone who helps.
Mr. Pewpy But-Whole said: Hey All, 5+ years experience 3D printing. Some rooting / ROM android experience. Okay so first of all I am going to explain the situation then ask the question. Raspberry Pi and other SBCs are hard to come by or very expensive as of currently posting. I have serveral RPi that I use, one being an 8gb RPi4 that runs Fluidd/Klipper for three of my printers. Due to this RPi shortage I have looked into alternatives that are low powered ARM systems. I have considered cheap android TVs that I could run armbian on. I have a friend that wants to run klipper on his printer but he doesn't have a RPi. He has a spare android phone he is willing to use it as the host controller. To investigate, I installed Octo4a on a spare phone (ZTE ZMax Pro MetroPCS). I installed klipper with a script through bash and installed the octoklipper plugin. -Could not connect it to a printer / unsure if the klipper version on the MCU was the same as the one on the android. -Getting tons of printer.cfg errors. According to Octo4a you cannot flash the klipper firmware to the MCU via the android phone, thus another host must flash that firmware to the board. I understand for long term use one would need a y-splitter OTG cable. Even more long term to have a 3.7V source to replace the battery... After doing some more research I found a korean guy on youtube running klipper on android via a rooted phone and a custom ROM and kernel. After even more thought I was considering running a docker container on the android. Fluidd has an official docker container for fluidd/moonraker/klipper. TL;DR I am trying to run klipper on android so I can help my friend run klipper on android for his 3d printer. Can anyone with experience help me? Should I root the phone and try using termux and run alpine linux? Should I learn docker and try to go that route? Should I suggest a low cost android tv box and run armbian on it? Is this a little too much to ask / complicated request ? Can anyone point me in the right direction ? I really feel like this is doable but I can't quite figure it out due to lack of experience with android development and docker. Thank you to anyone who helps. Click to expand... Click to collapse From my experience using octo4a on Android: you need good hardware, not any old phone, otherwise it's slow. And also without root running scripts can be cumbersome of if you don't have access to the system like on RPi...
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