Is there an easy way to change the MAC address on a Tilt? I ran across a thread for the 8525 that had a (rather involved) method for hex editing a ROM, which I could do if necessary, but if there's a nice utilty for changing on the fly I would love to know...
Ok, so this link is the one I had seen before, would the same procedure work? I assume the offests would be different...
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Does anyone know how to change the phone's identity from "Kaiser" to a different phone? I'm trying to use Goodlink (no other choice for apps) and my company has a policy to only support specific phones. I'm hoping this can be done with a registry edit to make my Tilt delcare itself to be something different such as a Nokia or a Samsung product. Any ideas?
Maybe I need a ROM edit? Any ideas?
Okay, first post.
Summary: Requesting WM5 PIE standalone, Tutorial of how to change user agent for WM6 on (Hopefully) most AT&T Tilts/HTC TyTN IIs.
Full post: On the upside, I figured out how to change the user agent to anything on my AT&T Tilt (Custel series v2.1 ROM). Not sure if it will work for everyone, but I'll put what I did here anyways. On the downside, it didn't help the problem I stayed up all night to figure out how to do it for. @[email protected] In conclusion, I have decided it might be a good idea to use the older version of Pocket Internet Explorer. If anyone has the PIE WM5 (Or earlier?) version standalone, please upload for me. I tried extracting it from my older PPC, but as I am very new to this I have no idea how to get a locked system file out of the windows directory (Keeps telling me the file cannot be copied.) As a sidenote, I'm not sure the WM5 PIE will run on WM6 but I'd like to try it anyways because I'm running out of ideas. x.x
Anyways, now that my request is done, on to the tutorial. There have been quite a few of these user agent changing tutorials all around the net, but none of them really worked straightout for me, so I made my own.
1. Open up HKLM\Security\Policies\Policies in a registry editor
2. Change 00001001 to the value 1, and 00001005 to the value 40
3. Reboot
4. Now, your standard WM6 user agent string should be unlocked and ready to edit. (HKLM\Security\Internet Explorer\User Agent\CustomBase) Just add whatever user agent you want in there and it will show up. I tested it with www.useragentstring.com, so it did indeed work. To revert back to standard user string, just blank the value.
Simple stuff, but it took me all night to get it right.
Cheers,
Vena.
Should this have been in the networking forum instead of the kaiser forum? I think I miscatagorized it. If a mod thinks I'm right about this, and wrong about where I originally put it just go ahead and move it. Sorry for the confusion.
This didn't work for me. I tried your registry settings (the first one was already set to 1), and when going to useragentstring.com, it still shows "Windows CE" and "IEMobile 7.6".
Are the registry values you quote above Binary or Hexadecimal?
Ack. You're right. I tried changing the user string again as a test, and (at least for me) all it did was add the custom string to the beginning. In short, it's sending both the default and custom user agent strings. Back to work, I guess. Must figure out what was different now from the first time I did it. x.x
Note: All those policy keys do are unlock the user agent key. Otherwise you wouldn't be able to change it no matter how hard you try. Those registry entries should be pretty easy to change. If the HKLM/Security/Internet Exporer/User Agent key shows up (If it's already visible, you don't really need to change the keys.), then you did it right. If it doesn't show up, I'll try and look over those keys again as I obviously did something wrong.
Hello XDA,
Has anyone on this board had any success in changing there wifi MAC address on there captivate? I have read that I need to add a line to my nvram.txt
Just wondering if anyone else has had any success? I know the instructions varies from device to device.
Thanks
Matt
Ok. So I did a NV flash on both my wife's and my steak 7. Well apparently tthe NV flash files I used had pt23 in it and now I have two tablets with identical Mac addresses. Now I know what this means as I have managed many networks before. My router is no kicking me and my wife off one at a time every so often as we have an IP conflict. What I'm looking for is either a way to edit the pt23.img of the NV flash fileto have the correct info for each tablet. Or is there a way to issue a Mac address to a tablet through adb or something like that. I figure I can get the true info by taking the tablet apart. That's not a issue. Just need to know how to issue the info once I get it.
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scarmon25 said:
Ok. So I did a NV flash on both my wife's and my steak 7. Well apparently tthe NV flash files I used had pt23 in it and now I have two tablets with identical Mac addresses. Now I know what this means as I have managed many networks before. My router is no kicking me and my wife off one at a time every so often as we have an IP conflict. What I'm looking for is either a way to edit the pt23.img of the NV flash fileto have the correct info for each tablet. Or is there a way to issue a Mac address to a tablet through adb or something like that. I figure I can get the true info by taking the tablet apart. That's not a issue. Just need to know how to issue the info once I get it.
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DO THE FOLLOWING AT YOUR OWN RISK DO NOT BLAME ANYONE BUT YOURSELF FOR FAILURE.
I'm assuming this is honeycomb. and if so here what I did. I'm not sure you can change the mac but here is a guide to help.
You may can even change the IP addresses in your devices to a static IP.
I did the same thing by accident myself. You have successfully changed Dell service tag, MAC, ppid and if its 3g the imei.
1). find all of these numbers and if you know your mac address get it too. Write all of these down for the edit.
2). Get yourself HxD this a hex code editor.Then Install on your computer.
3). open the p 23 file that you flashed. Starting on line 200 going into 210 is your ppid place your cursor on the line just before the number on the far right of the editor DO NOT HIGHLIGHT. just start typing and it will replace each number.
4). On line 220 four spaces in, is your Service tag change it.
5). Save
This completes the rewrite for p23.
6). open p 24 the first and second lines are mac addresses line 00 is WIFI and 10 is bluetooth. As you will see both numbers will be the same except the last letter. Change accordingly. WIFI will be a letter before the bluetooth.
7).FLASH( i just replaced the files and NVFLASHED the whole set again just to make sure there were no problems.
Hope this helps.
My Streak is wifi only maybe someone else can chime in on how the change for the imei.
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Found this link too.
http://www.tabletroms.com/forums/honeycomb-streak-7/3402-service-tag-help.html
datfat said:
DO THE FOLLOWING AT YOUR OWN RISK DO NOT BLAME ANYONE BUT YOURSELF FOR FAILURE.
I'm assuming this is honeycomb. and if so here what I did. I'm not sure you can change the mac but here is a guide to help.
You may can even change the IP addresses in your devices to a static IP.
I did the same thing by accident myself. You have successfully changed Dell service tag, MAC, ppid and if its 3g the imei.
1). find all of these numbers and if you know your mac address get it too. Write all of these down for the edit.
2). Get yourself HxD this a hex code editor.Then Install on your computer.
3). open the p 23 file that you flashed. Starting on line 200 going into 210 is your ppid place your cursor on the line just before the number on the far right of the editor DO NOT HIGHLIGHT. just start typing and it will replace each number.
4). On line 220 four spaces in, is your Service tag change it.
5). Save
This completes the rewrite for p23.
6). open p 24 the first and second lines are mac addresses line 00 is WIFI and 10 is bluetooth. As you will see both numbers will be the same except the last letter. Change accordingly. WIFI will be a letter before the bluetooth.
7).FLASH( i just replaced the files and NVFLASHED the whole set again just to make sure there were no problems.
Hope this helps.
My Streak is wifi only maybe someone else can chime in on how the change for the imei.
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Found this link too.
http://www.tabletroms.com/forums/honeycomb-streak-7/3402-service-tag-help.html
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awesome man. thanks so much, one question. what did you use to open or decompile the p23.img and p24.img will the hxd editor do this?
NM just figured it out. one last question. did you have to take yours apart to get the info or did you find anotther way?
Also mine is wifi only too. so your guide is perfect. man you are seriously awesome. thanks a ton
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awesome man. thanks so much, one question. what did you use to open or decompile the p23.img and p24.img will the hxd editor do this?
NM just figured it out. one last question. did you have to take yours apart to get the info or did you find anotther way?
Also mine is wifi only too. so your guide is perfect. man you are seriously awesome. thanks a ton
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I did not take mine apart to find the mac yet. since mine was not having the conflicts I decided to wait.
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I did not take mine apart to find the mac yet. since mine was not having the conflicts I decided to wait.
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Right on. Do you think I could use a Mac generator and just general new ones. Or just change the last letters on the two that's there?
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Right on. Do you think I could use a Mac generator and just general new ones. Or just change the last letters on the two that's there?
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I haven't used a generator before. Changing it may work as long as you dont have a duplicate in your network. Im not 100% sure though. Also the ppid and service tag are printed in the sd card cover and on the box if you have it. I forgot to mention this in my post before
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I haven't used a generator before. Changing it may work as long as you dont have a duplicate in your network. Im not 100% sure though. Also the ppid and service tag are printed in the sd card cover and on the box if you have it. I forgot to mention this in my post before
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Yeah I saw that when I was looking at it. I have made sure the Mac I want to use isn't on the network anywhere. Do I need to do anything with the PPID?
scarmon25 said:
Yeah I saw that when I was looking at it. I have made sure the Mac I want to use isn't on the network anywhere. Do I need to do anything with the PPID?
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The Dell service tag and ppid are your device identifiers for any service issues with dell since your probably rooted any warranty you may have had is void (supposedly) . The mac address is probably the main concern I'm sure. so you dont have to change the p23 at all, unless you want to.
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The Dell service tag and ppid are your device identifiers for any service issues with dell since your probably rooted any warranty you may have had is void (supposedly) . The mac address is probably the main concern I'm sure. so you dont have to change the p23 at all, unless you want to.
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Gotcha. Awesome. Well I'm gonna start changing Mac addresses on this one until it sticks and works. Once I can't get it to change Mac addresses then the issue is solved. Thanks again ffor all your help.
[Guide][Technical]Restoring your device specific data (including Service Tag)
I've covered 95% of it in my guide already, I thought I had it linked in the sticky, I'll add it some time then.
Hello everybody!
This is my first contribution for the O4X community. Hope you like it!
I have managed to change the Wi-Fi MAC address of my device and now I share this technique with you.
What is a MAC address?
A Media Access Control address (MAC address) is a unique identifier assigned to network interfaces for communications on the physical network segment. It may also be known as a burned-in address, an Ethernet hardware address (EHA), hardware address or physical address. (Source: Wikipedia)
Why would somebody change his/her MAC address?
- To access the internet where it is restricted to particular addresses.
- To hide his/her illegal activity. (Though this is not effective enough since the Android system sends product information and a lot of other things to the Google servers and I'm sure that previous IP addresses could be searched for if somebody does something really nasty.)
Is it legal to change the MAC address?
As far as I know, it is. However, I firmly discourage you on doing anything illegal with changed/unchanged MAC.
Let's do it!
What do you need?
- A rooted device.
- A file manager that can explore the root filesystem.
How does this exactly work?
Normally, the Wi-Fi driver gets the MAC address from the built-in chip then it writes the address to '/data/misc/wifi/config_mac'. This is done at a very early stage at bootup, I didn't check when, probably in native binaries or somewhere at the framework (though I doubt the latter). This is the original burned-in address. This cannot be changed with software modifications, but only by soldering off the chip from the motherboard and rewriting its contents. Our Wi-Fi device is a Broadcom BCM4330. It has very good built-in features and the open source driver can be found in our kernel sources. So what you have to do is editing the '/data/misc/wifi/config_mac' file with a modified address.
Before you change your MAC address in any way, turn off Wi-Fi! I recommend writing down your original address somewhere (just to be extra secured).
- If you delete the file or use an invalid one (e.g. 000000000000, ffffffffffff or 133713371337), Wi-Fi will stuck at turning on and you need to do a reboot to get it working again.
- Since the file is created everytime again at boot, it is not persistent. If you reboot, it is gone. If you would like to use it permanently, create a script (like 'echo "001122334455" > /data/misc/wifi/config_mac') with some script manager application and set it to run at each reboot.
I did not test this on CM. Since CM has the Wi-Fi module built into the kernel (Anybody knows why??), it may not work. Somebody pls try and report.
Every custom modification to devices have risks. Use this at your own risk!
Have fun and enjoy!
Hi, thanks for the support
I would like to say that I have managed to change the mac adress on the Cyanogenmod (cm10.1) by editing a file called "bcmdhd.cal", which is located in system/etc/wifi; the line is for example
macaddr=00:90:4c:c5:12:38
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I only change the "38" with "39".
I have to edit it before installing the rom (every time I install the rom, I must say ), because my sister has another 4X, and with the same mac adress the router goes crazy
Thanks for pointing it out. :good:
Does the bcmdhd.cal editing change the MAC persistently? I assume it does.
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Adam77Root said:
Thanks for pointing it out. :good:
Does the bcmdhd.cal editing change the MAC persistently? I assume it does.
Sent from my LG-P880
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yes, i change it in the zip, then after the install the wifi menu reports the new adress.
EDIT.... i found that my trick worked on the first nightlies of the cm10.1; your way does work on the stable cyanogen and last nightly
sorry for my english...
I just use MAC Address Ghost from the play store
arx-7-arbalest said:
Hi, thanks for the support
I would like to say that I have managed to change the mac adress on the Cyanogenmod (cm10.1) by editing a file called "bcmdhd.cal", which is located in system/etc/wifi; the line is for example
I only change the "38" with "39".
I have to edit it before installing the rom (every time I install the rom, I must say ), because my sister has another 4X, and with the same mac adress the router goes crazy
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I know this is an old thread, but this post of yours just solved a problem I've been having for months.