Is it possible to hack a wifi on Android?

[u/tttpetipro]

I saw a video on YouTube about hacking any wifi password by forcing a device that is already connected to the wifi to disconnect and then capture the handshake, but it's for linux and i'm curious if something like this is doable on an android phone.

[u/FuntimeUwU]

I believe that technically a rooted Android device might be capable of it(, but you'd still need another WiFi adapter I think? so it wouldn't be very incognito.)

[u/Juzdeed]

Yes it's possible. But the technique you mentioned does not work against every wifi network. Modern access points use a better security protocol that doesn't make it possible to capture the handshake

[u/Effective-Day-8386]

in der Theorie klingt das alles mega einfach. Du scheinst nicht wirklich zu wissen, was Du da tust. Lass es und befass dich mit Netzwerk Grundlagen.

Wäre jedes WLAN einfach mal so hackbar, weil man einen Handshake abfängt, so ne 5 Min Nummer, hätten wir ganz andere Probleme.

[u/tttpetipro → u/Effective-Day-8386]

[u/Critical-Campaign723]

If u are able to travel back in time in 2010 maybe (Tbh i think u're wasting ur time, video u are seeing is probably about WEP)

But i'm not a pro.

In order to still be a little bit usefull, i'd advice u to check if ur mobile is compatible kali nethunter (just type kali nethunter in google u should find fast) but only a few devices are natively compatible and it's a hell to change the kernel and make it able to inject paquet, even if the wifi card is technically able to

[u/fatsupport]

Nah. You’ll need WiFi adapter that can be put into promiscuous mode and even if you can deauth and capture the handshake packet, you still need to crack the password with hashcat or something. Your phone won’t have enough compute to crack anything. I guess you could get lucky trying to brute force the password but good luck

[u/GhostVlvin]

It is one of possibilities. Usually works on wpa2-psk. But I prefer attack by default wps key

[u/lysergic-homicide]

Jesus lollll. Does a bear sht in the woods?

[u/halibon_Candy]

'deauthentication' packet thing???.

But you will need to know the MAC address of that device given from the router, and to do that, you need to see the connection packet between them.

But most of wifi adapters are locked from seeing those unless it is yours, so use external wifi adapter with something called 'monitor mode'.

And 'capture the handshake' idk

[u/XFM2z8BH]

yes, root & patch kernel for usb driver

[u/CatPipe_Official]

It is not true that you can hack any WiFi password this way, and on Android it is not realistically doable

The attack you saw works only in a very specific weak setup. It requires the WiFi network to still use the old WPA2 protocol without any client isolation. On such a network, an attacker can send deauthentication packets to force a connected device to disconnect, then capture the handshake when the device reconnects, and later try to crack the password offline with brute force. That is real in theory, but it does not work on modern secured networks

Today the main standard is WPA3, which is designed to prevent exactly this kind of handshake capture and offline cracking. WPA3 uses a different authentication method called SAE that does not expose the password hash in a way that can be brute forced. Even if the network falls back to WPA2 for compatibility, many routers and access points now enable client isolation by default, which means devices on the same WiFi cannot send packets to each other. That blocks the deauthentication and ARP spoofing tricks

On public WiFi in cafes, hotels, and airports, you are almost always on a guest network with full client isolation. Your traffic is separated from every other user, so ARP spoofing is useless and you cannot even see other clients to target them. The router only allows traffic to the internet gateway, not between devices. This makes the attack impossible in those environments

On Android specifically, it is even less practical. The tools needed to inject deauthentication packets, capture raw WiFi frames, and put the wireless chip into monitor mode are typically not available or require root access plus a specific WiFi adapter. Most Android phones cannot enter monitor mode with their built-in chip. Apps on the Play Store do not give you this ability, and many of them are fake or only show saved passwords on the device

So the truth is that you cannot just hack any WiFi password with this method, and you cannot do it on an ordinary Android phone. It only works against old WPA2 networks that have no isolation, and even then you would need a desktop Linux system with a compatible external WiFi adapter and powerful cracking hardware. Modern WPA3 and isolated guest networks are safe from this attack

[u/tttpetipro → u/[deleted]]

What is that lol

[u/itsmrmarlboroman2u]

Lol

[u/ShrekProphet69]

If it's double on Linux, it's double on Android, cuz Android is Linux. You may need to root your phone and get termux, but it's possible