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Pinephone pro packet injection for internal wifi chipset - covar - 06-29-2023
Hello. Does anyone knows how to enable packet injection or monitor mode for internal wifi chipset of pinephone pro? OS is kali linux with Phosh.
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RE: Pinephone pro packet injection for internal wifi chipset - fxc - 08-13-2023
(06-29-2023, 09:34 AM)covar Wrote: Hello. Does anyone knows how to enable packet injection or monitor mode for internal wifi chipset of pinephone pro? OS is kali linux with Phosh.
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To my knowledge, this is not possible on the PinePhone Pro. It would require the firmware to support the two modes, which it doesn't and no released firmware does.
RE: Pinephone pro packet injection for internal wifi chipset - biketool - 07-02-2025
(07-01-2025, 09:19 PM)MustafaGoyette Wrote:(08-13-2023, 04:40 AM)fxc Wrote:So do you know how to solve that problem?(06-29-2023, 09:34 AM)covar Wrote: Hello. Does anyone knows how to enable packet injection or monitor mode for internal wifi chipset of pinephone pro? OS is kali linux with Phosh.
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To my knowledge, this is not possible on the PinePhone Pro. It would require the firmware to support the two modes, which it doesn't and no released firmware does.
writing a new open source driver requires having a complete datasheet including the monitor mode instructions, you would need to get the info used to build the current driver and compare it with the documents released by the manufacturer. Sometimes this requires decapping the IC and connecting logic probes and figuring out how the the chip works, this is how some FOSS drivers are made for popular hardware with weak documentation. Is modern 802.11 hardware still vulnerable to deauth and packet injection attacks? Monitor mode is always useful though.
RE: Pinephone pro packet injection for internal wifi chipset - Kevin Kofler - 07-02-2025
(07-01-2025, 09:19 PM)MustafaGoyette Wrote:What Kali Linux recommends you to do is to attach a supported (check the list first before you buy!) USB C WiFi dongle and to use that one. (And by "supported", I mean that it needs to supports monitor mode under GNU/Linux. Not every WiFi chipset that works in principle also works for monitor mode!)(08-13-2023, 04:40 AM)fxc Wrote:So do you know how to solve that problem?(06-29-2023, 09:34 AM)covar Wrote: Hello. Does anyone knows how to enable packet injection or monitor mode for internal wifi chipset of pinephone pro? OS is kali linux with Phosh.
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To my knowledge, this is not possible on the PinePhone Pro. It would require the firmware to support the two modes, which it doesn't and no released firmware does.
I do not think there is any other solution. The kernel driver for the internal WiFi is Free Software, but the firmware that runs on the WiFi chip is not, and it does not support monitor mode, so the driver cannot support it.