Phone reboots when ejecting wifi

[furiousfreddy]

Hi All,

My first post here so be gentle! I've searched the forum but haven't found anything similar yet, apologies if I've missed something...

I have a OnePlus One running nethunter, using a recommended tplink USB wifi with OTG splitter etc. all working great!!!

However, when I yank the wifi out, the phone quite often reboots. I see there is a command in the nethunter shell menu to safely eject usb wifi, but this does not work, and generates a warning: "wireless tools not found".

The main nethunter launch menu has an option to disable external wifi, and this does seem to sort the problem, but I don't know what this is actually doing, and there isn't an option to turn the wifi back on again.

Any pointers and advice would be much appreciated.

Cheers.

[furiousfreddy]

OK, running the command (before disconnecting the device):

rfkill block wlan

Seems to have the desired effect. And I _think_ that it gets enabled again when starting mana up, and does not interfere with the device in built wifi. I'll test some more and report back how I get on.

[binkybear]

This is a known issue with the wifi firmware (I believe) and people have had success calling the device down before disconnecting.

[furiousfreddy]

Hey binkybear,

Thanks for the tip. You're right, all that is required is a quick:

ifconfig wlan1 down

And then when it's needed again:

ifconfig wlan1 up

Cheers!

[schinfo]

"ifconfig wlan1 down" doesn't work on Nexus 7 - 2013

I've tried PwniePad - no problems with WiFi-Adapter disconnect.

[binkybear]

@schinfo - The problem on exists in Android 4.4.2+ for wlan prima enabled devices. So anything newer then that is going to have reboot issues.

[ldglance]

To get it not reboot on unplugging. Start kali terminal. Do a ip link show up. See if mon0 or wlan1 are up.

If they are do a ip link set wlan1 down
And then unplug. This will prevent it from crashing the device.

[Armaal]

Hey

try : iw dev mon0 interface del