# urbanadventurer/Android-PIN-Bruteforce

Unlock an Android phone (or device) by bruteforcing the lockscreen PIN. Turn your Kali Nethunter phone into a bruteforce PIN cracker for Android devices! (no root, no adb)

Repository: https://github.com/urbanadventurer/Android-PIN-Bruteforce
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/android-pin-bruteforce
Language: Shell
License Family: other
Topics: android, security-tools, bruteforce, android-security, nethunter, usb-hid, security, kali-linux
Last push: 2023-10-10T07:00:48+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2206, "days_push": 1058, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4782, forks 837 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:59.661270+00:00)

## What it is
A shell script that turns a rooted Android device running Kali NetHunter into a USB HID keyboard that bruteforces the lockscreen PIN of a locked Android phone connected via USB OTG. It requires no root or ADB on the target device and handles lockout backoff timing automatically.

## Use cases
- bruteforce a forgotten Android lockscreen PIN
- recover access to a locked Android phone without ADB or USB debugging
- turn a Kali NetHunter phone into a PIN cracking device
- test Android device lockscreen resilience during a physical pentest
- crack PINs of known partial digits using a mask
- avoid buying special hardware like Rubber Ducky or Cellebrite for PIN cracking

## When to choose
- you have a rooted NetHunter (or HID-capable) Android device and a locked Android phone
- the target phone has USB debugging disabled and is not rooted
- you want a hardware-free, script-based USB HID PIN cracking approach
- you need configurable backoff delays and optimized PIN lists for 3-6 digit PINs

## When to avoid
- the target device is not Android or uses biometric-only locks
- you cannot physically connect the devices via USB OTG
- you need a fast or stealthy unlock - full 4-digit cracking takes over 16 hours
- you require a maintained tool with a license or formal installation process

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: security, penetration-testing, cli
- domain: security, penetration-testing, android-tools, hardware
- platform: cli
- tags: bruteforce, usb-hid, kali-nethunter, pin-cracking, lockscreen, shell-script, physical-security, android, linux

## Member repositories
- urbanadventurer/Android-PIN-Bruteforce (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:59.661270+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:18:43.729069+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/urbanadventurer/Android-PIN-Bruteforce (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:59.661270+00:00, sha 7e317782a47d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.