JackIt on Kali Nethunter not working

[bluegizmo83]

I'm not sure why, but JackIt is not working on Kali Nethunter on my Nexus 5. I've followed all the same steps to setup and install everything that I did on my Linux laptop (JackIt works fine on there), but on Nethunter it just says cannot find Crazy PA USB dongle.

[Sliim]

Someone got the same error on NetHunter, maybe this can help: #40

[bluegizmo83]

Someone got the same error on NetHunter, maybe this can help: #40

Thanks yeah I saw that and tried to adapt it for Nethunter but I just can't get it to work.

[Sliim]

Can you check this branch to see if you get the same error: https://github.com/Sliim/jackit/tree/no-backend (https://github.com/insecurityofthings/jackit/pull/31/files)
It should raise an other error in case the libusb library cannot be found.
Otherwise try to give more information on your environment and steps used to install jackit.

[bluegizmo83]

Can you check this branch to see if you get the same error: https://github.com/Sliim/jackit/tree/no-backend (https://github.com/insecurityofthings/jackit/pull/31/files)
It should raise an other error in case the libusb library cannot be found.
Otherwise try to give more information on your environment and steps used to install jackit.

I tried the branch you recommended but I don't see any difference at all. No new errors or anything.

Steps taken to try the branch you recommended:
In the Nethunter Kali Terminal I did

1. git clone https://github.com/Sliim/jackit.git
2. cd jackit
3. pip install -e .
4. sudo jackit

[Sliim]

You missed to checkout the no-backend branch, try:

1. git clone https://github.com/Sliim/jackit.git
2. cd jackit
3. git checkout no-backend
4. pip install -e .
5. sudo jackit

Can you also check if you see your dongle with the command lsusb|grep 1915:0102, you should see something like:

Bus 001 Device 122: ID 1915:0102 Nordic Semiconductor ASA Research Firmware

[Sliim]

Also check if you have libusb installed on your system:

find /usr/lib/ -name "libusb*.so"

[bluegizmo83]

You missed to checkout the no-backend branch, try:

1. git clone https://github.com/Sliim/jackit.git
2. cd jackit
3. git checkout no-backend
4. pip install -e .
5. sudo jackit

Can you also check if you see your dongle with the command lsusb|grep 1915:0102, you should see something like:

Bus 001 Device 122: ID 1915:0102 Nordic Semiconductor ASA Research Firmware

Thanks for trying to help, I appreciate it!

So redoing the install with "git checkout no-backend" didn't change anything. No new errors or anything. Looks exactly the same as the screenshot I posted previously.

Doing "lsusb|grep 1915:0102" doesn't return anything at all in the Kali terminal, but does return with the device when done in an Android SU terminal. Even just doing lsusb doesn't seem to return anything in the Kali terminal no matter what USB devices I have plugged in (even known working USB WiFi adapters).

The command: find /usr/lib/ -name "libusb*.so" , in a Kali terminal, returns "/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libusb-1.0.so"

[Sliim]

hmm strange.. I havn't a NetHunter system to try it myself, look like there is a problem with your usb ports.. did you see your device with dmesg after your device is plugged in? You should see something like (or maybe some errors?):

usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=1915, idProduct=0102, bcdDevice= 0.01
usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
usb 1-1: Product: Research Firmware
usb 1-1: Manufacturer: RFStorm

[bluegizmo83]

hmm strange.. I havn't a NetHunter system to try it myself, look like there is a problem with your usb ports.. did you see your device with dmesg after your device is plugged in? You should see something like (or maybe some errors?):

usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=1915, idProduct=0102, bcdDevice= 0.01
usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
usb 1-1: Product: Research Firmware
usb 1-1: Manufacturer: RFStorm

Yup it shows up just fine in dmesg

[Sliim]

looks good, what's the output when you ran the command pip install -e .? Maybe you need the --upgrade flag (pip install --upgrade -e .) to upgrade the current installed package, or just run jackit with sudo bin/jackit

[Sliim]

Also can you try my openwrt-libusb branch with your libusb library path (see Sliim@4de42c5)

git checkout openwrt-libusb
sed -i "s#/usr/lib/libusb-1.0.so#/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libusb-1.0.so#" jackit/lib/nrf24.py
pip install --upgrade -e .
sudo jackit

[bluegizmo83]

Also can you try my openwrt-libusb branch with your libusb library path (see Sliim@4de42c5)

git checkout openwrt-libusb
sed -i "s#/usr/lib/libusb-1.0.so#/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libusb-1.0.so#" jackit/lib/nrf24.py
pip install --upgrade -e .
sudo jackit

Ok I tried all that too, still nothing different. I'm thinking there is something wrong with the USB system of the Nethunter install on my phone. I can see the device via Dmesg and Usb-Devices commands in the Kali terminal, but nothing shows when I do lsusb. I've also spent several hours playing with pyusb in Python to try and list all USB devices and search by vendor and stuff and it never returns any devices. So there is something wrong causing pyusb to not be able to see any devices. So I think I'm just gonna put this on hold for now until I can find the time and effort to reinstall the Nethunter ROM on my phone and start fresh. Thanks again for helping though!

[Sliim]

Ok, no problem,
do not hesitate to update this thread when you have some new informations about this issue, this could help other people also impacted by this