androiddump − Provide interfaces to capture from Android devices
androiddump [ −−help ] [ −−version ] [ −−extcap−version ] [ −−debug ] [ −−extcap−interfaces ] [ −−extcap−dlts ] [ −−extcap−interface=<interface> ] [ −−extcap−config ] [ −−capture ] [ −−fifo=<path to file or pipe> ] [ −−adb−server−ip=<IP address> ] [ −−adb−server−tcp−port=<TCP port> ] [ −−logcat−text=<TRUE or FALSE> ] [ −−bt−server−tcp−port=<TCP port> ] [ −−bt−forward−socket=<TRUE or FALSE> ] [ −−bt−local−ip=<IP address> ] [ −−bt−local−tcp−port=<TCP port> ]
androiddump −−extcap−interfaces [ −−adb−server−ip=<IP address> ] [ −−adb−server−tcp−port=<TCP port> ]
androiddump −−extcap−interface=<interface> [ −−extcap−dlts ]
androiddump −−extcap−interface=<interface> [ −−extcap−config ]
androiddump −−extcap−interface=<interface> −−fifo=<path to file or pipe> −−capture
Androiddump is a extcap tool that provide interfaces to capture from an Android device. There are only two requirements:
1. You must
have the Android SDK and add it to your PATH environment
variable. PATH should contain directory with tools like
"adb" and "android". Android SDK for
various platform are available on:
<https://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html#Other>
2. You must have permission to capture from the Android device. Some Android devices require on−screen authentication.
Supported interfaces:
1. Logcat Main (binary [<=Jelly Bean] or text)
2. Logcat System (binary [<=Jelly Bean] or text)
3. Logcat Events (binary [<=Jelly Bean] or text)
4. Logcat Radio (binary [<=Jelly Bean] or text)
5. Logcat Crash (text; from Lollipop)
6. Bluetooth Hcidump [<=Jelly Bean]
7. Bluetooth Bluedroid External Parser [Kitkat]
8. Bluetooth BtsnoopNet [>=Lollipop]
9. WiFi tcpdump [need tcpdump on phone]
Please note that Androiddump will work also for FirefoxOS or other Android−based operating systems.
−−help
Print program arguments.
−−version
Print program version.
−−extcap−version
Print extcapized version.
−−debug
Print additional messages.
−−extcap−interfaces
List available interfaces.
−−extcap−interface=<interface>
Use specified interfaces.
−−extcap−dlts
List DLTs of specified interface.
−−extcap−config
List configuration options of specified interface.
−−capture
Start capturing from the specified interface and save it in the location specified with −−fifo.
−−fifo=<path to file or pipe>
Save captured packet to file or send it through pipe.
−−adb−server−ip=<IP address>
Use other than default (127.0.0.1) ADB daemon’s IP address.
−−adb−server−tcp−port=<TCP port>
Use other than default (5037) ADB daemon’s TCP port.
−−logcat−text=<TRUE or FALSE>
If TRUE then use text logcat rather then binary. This option only has an effect on Logcat interfaces. This have no effect from Lollipop where is no binary Logcat available.
Defaults to FALSE.
−−bt−server−tcp−port=<TCP port>
Use other than default Bluetooth server TCP port on Android side. On Lollipop defaults is 8872, earlier 4330.
−−bt−forward−socket=<TRUE or FALSE>
If TRUE then socket from Android side is forwarded to host side.
Defaults to FALSE.
−−bt−local−ip=<IP address>
Use other than default (127.0.0.1) IP address on host side for forwarded socket.
−−bt−local−tcp−port=<TCP port>
Specify port to be used on host side for forwarded socket.
To see program arguments:
androiddump −−help
To see program version:
androiddump −−version
To see interfaces:
androiddump −−extcap−interfaces
Example output
interface
{display=Android Logcat Main unknown
MSM7627A}{value=android−logcat−main−MSM7627A}
interface {display=Android Logcat System unknown
MSM7627A}{value=android−logcat−system−MSM7627A}
interface {display=Android Logcat Radio unknown
MSM7627A}{value=android−logcat−radio−MSM7627A}
interface {display=Android Logcat Events unknown
MSM7627A}{value=android−logcat−events−MSM7627A}
interface {display=Android Bluetooth Hcidump unknown
MSM7627A}{value=android−bluetooth−hcidump−MSM7627A}
Human−readable
display name of interfaces contains interface type, one of:
android−logcat−main (Android Logcat Main)
android−logcat−system (Android Logcat System)
android−logcat−radio (Android Logcat Radio)
android−logcat−events (Android Logcat Events)
android−logcat−text−main (Android Logcat
Main)
android−logcat−text−system (Android Logcat
System)
android−logcat−text−radio (Android Logcat
Radio)
android−logcat−text−events (Android Logcat
Events)
android−logcat−text−crash (Android Logcat
Crash)
android−bluetooth−hcidump (Android Bluetooth
Hcidump)
android−bluetooth−external−parser (Android
Bluetooth External Parser)
android−bluetooth−btsnoop−net (Android
Bluetooth Btsnoop Net)
android−wifi−tcpdump (Android WiFi)
Then Android Device's name if available, otherwise
"unknown".
Last part of it is DeviceID − the identificator of the
device provided by Android SDK (see "adb
devices").
For example:
"Android Logcat Main unknown MSM7627A"
"Android
Logcat Main" − user−friendly type of
interface
"unknown" − name of Android Device
"MSM7627A" − device ID
To see interface DLTs:
androiddump −−extcap−interface=android−bluetooth−hcidump−MSM7627A −−extcap−dlts
Example output
dlt {number=99}{name=BluetoothH4}{display=Bluetooth HCI UART transport layer plus pseudo−header}
To see interface configuration options:
androiddump −−extcap−interface=android−bluetooth−hcidump−MSM7627A −−extcap−config
Example output
arg
{number=0}{call=−−adb−server−ip}{display=ADB
Server IP Address}{type=string}{default=127.0.0.1}
arg
{number=1}{call=−−adb−server−tcp−port}{display=ADB
Server TCP
Port}{type=integer}{range=0,65535}{default=5037}
To capture:
androiddump −−extcap−interface=android−bluetooth−hcidump−MSM7627A −−fifo=/tmp/bluetooth.pcapng −−capture
Note
To stop capturing CTRL+C/kill/terminate the application.
wireshark(1), tshark(1), dumpcap(1), extcap(4)
Androiddump is part of the Wireshark distribution. The latest version of Wireshark can be found at <https://www.wireshark.org>.
HTML
versions of the Wireshark project man pages are available at
<https://www.wireshark.org/docs/man−pages>.
Original
Author
Michal Labedzki
<michal.labedzki[AT]tieto.com>
Contributors
Roland Knall <rknall[AT]gmail.com>