Android Packet Capture App

Android PCAP

Android PCAP Capture is a utility for capturing raw 802.11 frames (“Monitor mode”, or sometimes referred to as “Promiscuous mode”). The resulting Pcap files can be viewed on a computer using Eye P.A., Wireshark, Tcpdump and similar tools, or online using CloudShark.
Android PCAP works with Android phones running version 4 (ICS) or higher and Wi-Fi cards that use the RTL 8187 chipset.

How it works

Android PCAP implements the Linux kernel RTL8187 driver in userspace using the Android USB host API. This means it doesn't require root privileges (a highly dangerous requirement), and will run on stock phone firmware.
It is not possible to capture from the internal Wi-Fi interface on Android without running a custom firmware and gaining root access. Android PCAP was designed to get around those restrictions and provide a secure, standard method.
To go with PCAP capture, you can immediately view your PCAP files using the CloudShark service. To make this even easier on Android, check out CloudShark Uploader, which lets you send directly to CloudShark or a private CloudShark appliance!