[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] triskle:
Hello,

I have searched the forum for answers but to no avail. There are some pieces of advice that was helpful and I thank you all for that, I am very grateful. Before signing up I managed to root my phone thanks to this community, alass; I find myself hitting a brick wall and thought I would sign up, ( I introduced myself on another thread) and ask for help.

[TLDR] I can't get NetHunter Chroot to install.

My Galaxy S8 SM-950F (Android 9, Alynx) has been successfully rooted and I proceeded to install the APK file for Kali NetHunter. I have NetHunter Store and NetHunter Terminal installed. I have also granted NetHunter & NetHunter Terminal SuperUser access.

I am stuck at the Kali Chroot Manager window. I clicked install, it downloaded the TAR file. It also appears that I can't use Terminal until I get Kali Chroot Manager working. It appears I also have enough space, I don't know why this is not working and I was wonder if I could ask the XDA community for some help, or pointers; any advice at all.

Thank you very much for any help

EDIT: I forgot to say that when I click install it brings up "Download" or "Restore" options, stating that its already on my phone. If I select download, it just brings me back to what you see on the image below. I can't seem to move forward.

EDIT 2: I have not installed the kali kernel. I am starting to think this is the problem. However, I couldn't find the correct kernel to use on the official Kali website for NetHunter. I did find a thread within the XDA forum talking about the A2N kernel. I am unsure of what to do, I am hesitant to do this until I get some advice as it took several days to correctly root this phone and it was quite the headache.

I have been watching David Bombal talking about "Kali Linux NetHunter with WiFi support (rooted Android install)", but David is using a OnePlus 7 and once again; I am hesitant to proceed.

EDIT 3: I recorded the process of Chroot installing and took screenshots of the text that only appeared for milliseconds. The download completed and the SHA512 for the TAR file checksum matched.

Message #1 : "/data/loca/nhsystem/kali-arm64 is not a empty directory, please either delete the whole folder or all the files in it first".

Message #2: "seems there is no kali chroot installed yet, please click the button "EDIT" to configure the proper Kali Chroot Path or install the chroot".

I am going to try and see what I can do here. Maybe doing as it asks will fix it, hopefully I dont mess anything up. I will connect my phone to my PC and remove the contents of that directory, then point the installation to the directory it is asking for.

EDIT 4: Added Kali Shell screenshot.

EDIT 5: I managed to install Kali NetHunter for Termux successfully (Added screenshot). I am still having difficulty fixing this original issue. I think it is because I am afraid of approaching the kernel the wrong way, I am new to altering phones like this, this is my first time doing anything like this with a phone. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

EDIT 6: I was told that I had installed a rootless version of Nethunter for Termux. I was told (in Kali discord) to uninstall everything NetHunter related and that I should be aiming towards building a custom kernel for my phone and (forgive me if this doesn't make sense, as I was told this), when I flash the module I should flash the kernel for my device? I didn't quite understand what the user was saying and then he went to bed.

(I included an image of the problem and an image of my storage space for clarification).

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I am still stuck, although in the last 24 hours I have not had a chance to do anything due to Christmas. I will keep updating this thread with my progress. I have also been able to free up all my SD card space as of tonight.

What I would like this device to be able to do is have full use of Kali/NetHunter, includding:

USB WiFi (Monitor Mode, Packet Capture, Packet Injection)

ALFA AWUS036ACH Driver Support

SDR/HackRF Compatibility

Bluetooth USB Support

HID Gadget

Ethernet Support

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