I am trying to sniff traffic from a smartphone on the local WiFi network (in a legal way). For that purpose I use the command TCPDump on a computer connected to the same wireless network.

I can sniff packets from iPhones, from a Galaxy phone with Android 5, but not from a Galaxy with Android 4.4.2.

With this device I can only sniff ICMP traffic, which is what is used for ping request. Instead of that I have nothing.

How can this be possible ? What can I do to sniff packets as I do with iPhones ?

Thank you.

I am trying to sniff traffic from a smartphone on the local WiFi network (in a legal way). For that purpose I use the command TCPDump on a computer connected to the same wireless network.

I can sniff packets from iPhones, from a Galaxy phone with Android 5, but not from a Galaxy with Android 4.4.2.

With this device I can only sniff ICMP traffic, which is what is used for ping request. Instead of that I have nothing.

How can this be possible ? What can I do to sniff packets as I do with iPhones ? Does not Android used broadcasted messages for establishing a communication with an access point ?

Thank you.