Device enrollment stuck about dexcalibur HOT 6 CLOSED

If I install frida, it works.
Except, later when I am trying to hook my APK I get this error (though I saw a log before that where frida-server was being downloaded and installed to the emulator). Not sure if this is a related bug or a different one.

[INFO] [WEBSERVER] Start hooking [app=tuna.obvious.trust, type=spawn-self]
[Error: Unable to connect to remote frida-server: closed]
error: Unable to connect to remote frida-server: closed

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Hello,

sorry for this late reply.

First issue happens when host-side frida binaries (frida-ps, frida, ...) cannot executed by Dexcalibur (spawn). During enrollment, Dexcalibur push a compatible frida-server server binary into the device. In this case, Dexcalibur starts by executing "frida --version" on the host to gather the local Frida version, and to avoid issue with frida-server version.

Second issue occurs because frida-server is not started, cannot be started by dexcalibur, or cannot be reached. With Android emulator, if you successfully enrolled your device, you should be able to enumerate installed through "Select an application" menu. Most of users connect Android emulator over TCP.

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1. Ok -- is that a bug of Dexcalibur, a missing requirement, or am I normally meant to install Frida by hand on the host?

2. I installed the suspicious app on the emulator, and enumerated it fine. When I ask to analyze it, I get the following error. FYI, yes, Android emulator is over TCP.

[INFO] [APK HELPER] APK extracted into : /home/axelle/dexcaliburWS/tuna.obvious.trust/apk
Error: [CONNECTOR] Unknown connector : undefined
    at ConnectorFactory.newConnector (/home/axelle/.nvm/versions/node/v12.20.0/lib/node_modules/dexcalibur/src/ConnectorFactory.js:60:19)
    at DexcaliburProject.setConnector (/home/axelle/.nvm/versions/node/v12.20.0/lib/node_modules/dexcalibur/src/DexcaliburProject.js:193:57)
    at /home/axelle/.nvm/versions/node/v12.20.0/lib/node_modules/dexcalibur/src/WebServer.js:419:29
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:97:5)

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On (1) I believe this is just a doc issue : the main page, README.md, does not say to install Frida. But https://frenchyeti.github.io/dexcalibur-doc/Installation-guide says to install frida-tools + apktool. Just need to know which is the most up to date doc :)

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Yes, you are right on (1). My documentation is out dated, and not mention version ! Apktool is now "installed" by dexcalibur. Current requirements are only : nodeJs, frida tools (on host), and java. Other requirements are downloaded by dexcalibur into dexcalibur workspace during first.

Another thing is the latest release on GitHub != NPM. Sorry for that.

In fact, i fully rewrote Dexcalibur and fixed lot of things into new version, however this new version (v1.0) is not yet released. I would like to release it mid-january.

About connectors issue, it's a blocking issue. I will patch it today.

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Thanks :)

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