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I have been trying to run the hostapd with my own hostapd.conf but it's refusing to work and keeps saying segmentation fault and I am wondering how to get it working on Redmi 8 running Android 10

I have been testing everything and it always ends up with the same error

The hostapd it self is located at /vendor/bin/hw/hostapd
and also here is the default config from /data/vendor/wifi/hostapd

max_num_sta=1
vendor_elements=dd0411223301
ssid2=776e3133
wpa=2
wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
wpa_passphrase=
acs_exclude_dfs=0
channel=11
ht_capab=[SHORT-GI-20] [GF] [DSSS_CCK-40] [LSIG-TXOP-PROT]
vht_oper_chwidth=0
ieee80211n=1
hw_mode=g
interface=wlan0
ctrl_interface=/data/vendor/wifi/hostapd/ctrl
ieee80211ac=0
ignore_broadcast_ssid=0
wowlan_triggers=any
accept_mac_file=/data/vendor/wifi/hostapd/hostapd.accept
deny_mac_file=/data/vendor/wifi/hostapd/hostapd.deny

also from what i noticed that file always gets generated when I enable hotspot.

poqdavid
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  • Android's hostapd is somewhat limited. Try a fully custom built binary. Download link is available in my answer to this question: https://android.stackexchange.com/a/215514/218526 – Irfan Latif Jan 25 '21 at 19:50
  • @IrfanLatif it didn't work you sure there isn't a way to get the original bin to work since android is already using it when i enable hotspot – poqdavid Jan 25 '21 at 20:35
  • I can't remember exactly but some time ago, a year or so, the Android binary didn't work for me. So I checked the AOSP source code and some features (which were not used in Android) were disabled at compile time. Then I compiled my own binary, and that worked. But I can't remember exactly what I was trying to do. You've to do some experiments with it. Segfault is a general failure. Narrow down the cause of failure. Use strace, check logs, SELinux, capabilities, etc. – Irfan Latif Jan 25 '21 at 22:03
  • Oh I see thanks well will do as soon as i get the chance to do so – poqdavid Jan 26 '21 at 14:56

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