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The Nethunter Linux Root Toolkit is a collection of bash scripts which install Nethunter onto a supported device.
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Inconsistent and confusing install guide ? #37

Open noyb666 opened 6 years ago

noyb666 commented 6 years ago

So I followed the install guide step by step and that brought me to this site (offensive-security/nethunter-LRT) and I continued to follow all the steps.

Everything looked totally fine, the terminal output ends with:

"Rebooting into Kali Linux Nethunter

Everything is installed. Phone should be booting up! Enjoy Nethunter "

Great, I thought, but the phone rebooted and nothing happened. I ended up with a black screen and a white "Google" writing and sadly that's already the end of the story, no Nethunter in sight!?

Any clue what went wrong and what the state of the phone is?

And then I also remembered that on the previous site that brought me here (offensive-security/kali-nethunter) there in the second step (2.0 Downloading NetHunter) it says:

"For a fresh install, you will need a nethunter-generic-[arch]-kalifs-.zip as well as a kernel-nethunter-[device]-[os]-.zip. The kernel should be flashed last. The update-nethunter-generic-[arch]-*.zip files are for updating your installation or if you wish to download the Kali rootfs inside the NetHunter app instead."

Ok, I downloaded all of it in that step, but now I realize that I never used them in the following steps, simply because they were not mentioned anymore....!?

Why have I downloaded the "kalifs".zip at all? When there's no step explanation what to do with it. So have I terribly missed something? Or can we call this install guide inconsistent and confusing?

And once again, why do I have the output saying everything is fine but nothing happens?

JOduMonT commented 6 years ago

Hi @noyb666;

I also had to give few try before succeed it; but I also remember doing it from scratch in the past and it was way more painful.

You could try to enhance the install guide than PR it ?

What is your device ?

did you download and put file in the right directory ? (like your stockImage, ...)

noyb666 commented 6 years ago

Thanks for your effort @jodumont,

my device is a Nexus Angler 6p.

"did you download and put file in the right directory ? (like your stockImage, ...)"

Meanwhile I tried innumerous different ways and different stock images and kernels and root applications...

I manage to flash the kalifs or the Kali APK, but the problem is the kernel... The nice thing about the Angler 6p device is, as people report, that you can put the if wifi chipset in monitor mode directly, no need for an additional wifi adapter plus all the others features, so that would be the goal.

I tried:

  1. Official release NetHunter image for my supported device

The problem is, that this "Documentation" is such a mess, wouldn't tell you which built to use... e.g. Want to flash the Marshmallow, but it doesn't say which built you should use as your stock image ! And that is crucial, because you need to have a specific one, but which?

2. Flashing the kalifs and kernel

Kalifs, no problem, but any kernel I tried (for my specific device / os of course) would brick the device, sending me back to ground zero.

  1. Installing the APK's works, but again, doesn't find the kernel version, wifite doesn't work etc....

  2. nethunter-LRT

The first part, flashing the stock image works perfectly good, the second bricks the device reliably in innumerous different combinations... (changed SuperSu version, Kernels, stock images etc.).

This Toolkit is so lousy, comes with a broken link to the SuperSu, and what to put in the /kaliNethunter folder is unclear, especially since we've read before, that you have to flash the kernel last... So do you put it in the folder? Then you can't call that last... Or not? Then when? Elaborate...

Besides that, I don't find the LRT script necessary, I prefer to flash each step manually, this way I can see what works and what doesn't....

So I learned a lot, wasted an incredible amount of time and still couldn't get it working... Very frustrating!

"You could try to enhance the install guide than PR it ?"

I wouldn't mind, but I'm not sure if anybody's interested... Didn't get much feedback so far and first I'd like to get my device working before I give advice and get a deeper understanding what the problem is.

So at this point, I'd really appreciate if someone could give me a lead how to install the Official release NetHunter image... For example: Which Marshmallow (or Nougat?) release exactly works in combination with the official NH download for my device? Anybody?

(This "Documentation" is even inconsistent when naming the supported Android versions... just lousy and embarrassing...)