Gemini PDA - First Impression and Questions

I got my Gemini PDA in the mail yesterday and I will say I really like the form factor, keyboard layout, and the battery seems good. Getting everything set up from the setup guide was easy.

Question 1) - It seems the kernel on this image is very old (3.18.41), I am guessing it can't be upgraded?
Question 2) - I can't get the internal WLAN to go into monitoring mode. I can't even use lspci to look at what chipset it is. Any ideas - debugs below?
Question 3) - When running apt dist-update, after reboot you can not get back into the GUI. I saw somewhere else this is an issue with systemd and might be fixed down the road?
Question 4) - When running ip addr there are over 34 devices. Not sure what these all are, but when running airmom-ng it keeps asking, "Found phy0 with no interface assigned, would you like to assign one to it?". And the same for phy1. What is phy0?
Question 5) - Do you think it would be possible to use the 4g data and voice inside Kali linux?

When running `airmon start wlan0`

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Ethtool failed....
Only Mac 80211devices on kernel 2.6.33 or higher are officially supported by airmon.

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When running `sudo ip link set wlan1 down && sudo iw dev wlan1 set type monitor`

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command failed: Operation not supported (-95)

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Thanks!

https://forums.kali.org/showthread.p...i-pda-mon-mode

some info. and theres a new iso that i dont realy have as in at all to share. but easier tovask forgivness then permision lol
http://http.re4son-kernel.com/?prefix=

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Originally Posted by clintonm9

I got my Gemini PDA in the mail yesterday and I will say I really like the form factor, keyboard layout, and the battery seems good. Getting everything set up from the setup guide was easy.

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Welcome aboard :-)

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Originally Posted by clintonm9

Question 1) - It seems the kernel on this image is very old (3.18.41), I am guessing it can't be upgraded?

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Correct. The Gemini is basically an Android phone on steroids, but still an Android phone and the kernel is an Android kernel made for that hardware.

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Originally Posted by clintonm9

Question 2) - I can't get the internal WLAN to go into monitoring mode. I can't even use lspci to look at what chipset it is. Any ideas - debugs below?

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The internal chipset is a MediaTek SoC and does not support monitor mode.

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Originally Posted by clintonm9

Question 3) - When running apt dist-update, after reboot you can not get back into the GUI. I saw somewhere else this is an issue with systemd and might be fixed down the road?

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Still a work in progress. For now you can ssh into the Gemini and run:

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sudo apt install systemd=239-12~bpo9+1 libsystemd0=239-12~bpo9+1 libnss-systemd=239-12~bpo9+1 libpam-systemd=239-12~bpo9+1 libcryptsetup4
sudo apt-mark hold systemd

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to restore the login screen

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Originally Posted by clintonm9

Question 4) - When running ip addr there are over 34 devices. Not sure what these all are, but when running airmom-ng it keeps asking, "Found phy0 with no interface assigned, would you like to assign one to it?". And the same for phy1. What is phy0?

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That's the result of the Gemini being and Android Phone. Just ignore the airmon-ng prompts, get a tiny external dongle and put it into monitor mode manually.

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Originally Posted by clintonm9

Question 5) - Do you think it would be possible to use the 4g data and voice inside Kali linux?

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Definitely. It's being worked on

Thanks for all the info! I am will watching for updates. If there is anything you need me to test on the device I am here to help.