How To Install Backtrack On Android

Install Backtrack on android. Android is the best OS for penetration testing. It designed for digital forensics and penetration testing. It comes with many more updated tools. As the Backtrack is also available with ARM architecture which makes it possible to run Backtrack on a ARM machine such as mobiles or tablets.

Requirements :

1. A Rooted  Device [ Root Simple Android Phone Without Pc ]
2. Backtrack ARM [ Download ]
3. BusyBox [ Download ]
4. Android Terminal and 5. android VNC
5. If you are using PC then you need 7zip for extraction otherwise you can use zarchiver on you android phone. [ Download ]

Steps To Perform:

Step 1: First of all extract the BT5-GNOME-ARM.7z. and copy the “BT5” folder and then put in your phone’s root directory. Here mine phone is /sdcard. The root directory is different for different mobile devices.

Step 2: Now install all the above apps Busybox, Android Terminal, Android Vnc.

Step 3: After installing BusyBox application open it and wait until it finish loading and then click on Smart install.

Step 4:  Now open the android terminal and type the following command:

su
cd /sdcard/BT5
sh bootbt

NOTE : When you type su in terminal it will ask you for super user request and you have to tap on Grant.

Step 5: After this, type the following commands in terminal.

export USER=root

vncpasswd

After entering vncpasswd  the terminal will ask you to enter password. Enter the desired password and hit enter.

Step 6: Now type the following commands.

tightvncserver -geometry 1280×720

Step 7: The terminal emulator will creates the localhost to connect it to VNC server. Now note the localhost port marked red below. Now minimize the terminal emulator.

Step 8: Open the android VNC and type the following settings.

Nickname : BT5

Password : your password here which you entered in terminal.

Address : localhost

Port : 5906

NOTE: Make sure that your localhost’s port matches with terminal’s localhost. Here mine New ‘X’ desktop is localhost:6. Your may be different. So, in VNC type Port 590X where the “X” is the localhost in android terminal.


Step 9: That’s it now just tap on connect to run the Backtrack on your android.