Building NetHunter

Those of you who want to build a NetHunter image from our GitLab repository may do so using our Python build scripts.

root@kali:~# git clone https://gitlab.com/kalilinux/nethunter/build-scripts/kali-nethunter-project
root@kali:~# cd kali-nethunter/nethunter-installer

Before you can build for a device, you will need to enter the nethunter-installer directory and run ./bootstrap.sh. This will ask you a few questions before downloading the devices folder.

The main build script is also located in the nethunter-installer directory and can be used to build images for multiple devices and Android OS versions as shown below:

root@kali:~/kali-nethunter/nethunter-installer# python3 build.py -h
usage: build.py [-h] [--device DEVICE] [--kitkat] [--lollipop] [--marshmallow] [--nougat] [--oreo] [--pie]
                [--ten] [--forcedown] [--uninstaller] [--kernel] [--nokernel] [--nobrand] [--nofreespace]
                [--supersu] [--nightly] [--generic ARCH] [--rootfs SIZE] [--release VERSION]

Kali NetHunter recovery flashable zip builder

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --device DEVICE, -d DEVICE
                        Allowed device names: a5ulte a5ulte-touchwiz a5xelte ailsa_ii angler angler-los armani
                        bullhead cancrocm cedric davinci-miui dogo dragon flo flocm flounder gemini4g_p1
                        gemini4g_p2 gemini4g_p3 gracelte graceltekor gts4llte gts4lwifi grouper h830 h850 h918
                        h990 hammerhead hammerheadcafcm herolte heroltekor herolte-cm hero2lte hero2ltekor
                        hero2lte-cm hltecan hltecan-touchwiz hltedcm-touchwiz hlteeur hlteeur-touchwiz hlteeur-
                        cm hltekdi-touchwiz hltekor hltekor-touchwiz hltespr hltespr-touchwiz hltevzw-touchwiz
                        honami htc_pmewl ido j7y17lte jalebi jfltexx jiayus3a kiwi klte kltechn kltechnduo
                        klteduos kltekdi kltekor kltespr klte-touchwiz klteduos-touchwiz kltekdi-touchwiz
                        klteskt-touchwiz kltespr-touchwiz klteusc-touchwiz kltevzw-touchwiz kminilte mako makocm
                        manning manta markw mocha on7xlte onem7gpe onem8gpe oneplus1 oneplus2cm oneplus2oos
                        oneplus3-any oneplus3 oneplus3-cm oneplus3T-cm oneplus3-oos oneplus3T-oos oneplus3T-los
                        oneplus5-oos oneplus5-cm oneplus6-oos oneplus7-oos oneplusxcm osprey potter s2 santoni-
                        miui shamu shamucm shieldtablet suzuran us996 victara yuga vienna Z00E zeroflte
                        zeroflte-tw zerolte zerolte-tw
  --kitkat, -kk         Android 4.4.4
  --lollipop, -l        Android 5
  --marshmallow, -m     Android 6
  --nougat, -n          Android 7
  --oreo, -o            Android 8
  --pie, -p             Android 9
  --ten, -q             Android 10
  --forcedown, -f       Force redownloading
  --uninstaller, -u     Create an uninstaller
  --kernel, -k          Build kernel installer only
  --nokernel, -nk       Build without the kernel installer
  --nobrand, -nb        Build without wallpaper or boot animation
  --nofreespace, -nf    Build without free space check
  --supersu, -su        Build with SuperSU installer included
  --nightly, -ni        Use nightly mirror for Kali rootfs download (experimental)
  --generic ARCH, -g ARCH
                        Build a generic installer (modify ramdisk only)
  --rootfs SIZE, -fs SIZE
                        Build with Kali chroot rootfs (full or minimal)
  --release VERSION, -r VERSION
                        Specify NetHunter release version
root@kali:~/kali-nethunter/nethunter-installer#

To build a Lollipop image for a OnePlus 7 device, we would run build.py as follows:

root@kali:~/kali-nethunter/nethunter-installer# python3 build.py -d oneplus7-oos --ten

The resulting zip file image will be created in the nethunter-installer directory – this is the zip file you will need to flash on your device later on.

Updated on: 2019-Nov-29
Author: g0tmi1k