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How to change the X1 mac address?

Hi,
yesterday i tried nearly the whole day to change my mac address on my x1. first i made a hardspl for x1. the new bootloader is working.
After that, i connected via mtty. I tried some commands like emapiTest, emapiWlanMac and some other what i found at xda-dev. I only go "command error" in mtty.
Then i flashed the latest rom (R2A) and tried it again with mtty. Same bad results.
There is a posting at xda-dev: NOTE: To use rbmc you need to
authenticate with proper password .... otherwise bootloader returns "Command error !!!" or "Command is Locked!". (if you're using Hard-SPL, this is unlocked, and any address can be read with 2.30.Olipro)
Do i make the same authenticate with the X1 HardSpl that i am able to work with any commands?
Best regards
strohrum

You can't change the MAC address of a network device. It's the unique hardware serial number of the network device.
My guess is that you're trying to get your Xperia to connect to a hotspot that only allows specific MAC addresses. In that case it makes more sense to find the wifi MAC address of your phone, go into the configuration page for your wifi router and enter the MAC address on the filter list.
You can get the phone's wifi MAC fairly easily. Turn on wifi, then:
Start > Settings > Connections > Wireless LAN > Advanced
... and the MAC is there for you.

ZenithUK said:
You can't change the MAC address of a network device. It's the unique hardware serial number of the network device.
My guess is that you're trying to get your Xperia to connect to a hotspot that only allows specific MAC addresses. In that case it makes more sense to find the wifi MAC address of your phone, go into the configuration page for your wifi router and enter the MAC address on the filter list.
You can get the phone's wifi MAC fairly easily. Turn on wifi, then:
Start > Settings > Connections > Wireless LAN > Advanced
... and the MAC is there for you.
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Actually it is possible to "spoof" a network device.
I'm just not sure how to do this on a WM device.

i tried the registry method... didnt find any data for mac address
and i tried what jockyw wrote:
"You can run or flash the USPL (see sticky) and set a MAC address of your own choice.
Connect with MTTY and at the command prompt type:
emapiWlanMac 01 02 03 04 05 06 (the six two-digit numbers are the hexadecimal MAC byte values and should be replaced by anything you like)"
but i only get "command error" at any command.

strohrum said:
How to change the X1 mac address?
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Is that legal ??

who cares ?

exxi said:
who cares ?
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hmmm...
Maybe you are right and xda-devs wouldn't care about that...
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That is not legal I am sure.

Legal WHERE? 50% of the content here is probably not koscher! What a stupid question!
ANY medling with software is illegal worldwide! Read the license agreements!
I would suggest NOT to discuss this...waste of time and effort! Just a thought ;-)

why should be illegal to change mac address? It's not IMEI

guap said:
why should be illegal to change mac address? It's not IMEI
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BTW, I was just asking, not stating

Fulgore69 said:
That is not legal I am sure.
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Well, its not illegal in the "go to jail" sense... but more of a torts way. SE won't care that a relatively small group is tinkering with their own phones since it doesn't affect their income at all. Rather, if we filed a warranty claim, they can deny it on breach of terms.
The only time a modified MAC could be considered "illegal" is if you are pirating as a result of modifying it.

Why would you even want to change the mac-adress?

Fulgore69 said:
That is not legal I am sure.
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Please don't assume that something is illegal simply because it's "sometimes" associated with "hacking". Password recovery is not illegal, port scanning is not illegal, packet sniffing is not illegal. These are all used by most large companies on a regular basis. I'm a network engineer and I can assure you that it is legal to "spoof" your mac address. Even though there may be some unethical reasons for doing this, there are also unethical reasons for owning a kitchen knife. We change our mac addresses of many of the devices at work all the time for many, very legitimate reasons.
While there's no easy way to change the actual information stored in the CIS of a device, depending on the NIC driver, many drivers support dynamic mac addresses. Even Microsoft provides support for configurable mac addresses.
I dug around in the registry a bit and it doesn't seem like there is a default setting for this on Xperia (well, that I could find), but I'm sure there's a way to change the NDIS miniport drivers to simply call a new string value containing whatever you're trying to change your mac to.
Check out these MSDN articles that might help with a solution.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb648482.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms893567.aspx

hi jhoffa,
thanks for the solution links. but i already need help:
At MSDN:
Finally, if the card information structure (CIS) of the PC Card contains a network address value, Ndis.dll creates a \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\Miniport Instance\Parms\NetworkAddress key to store the network address.
My registry dosent show the path ...\NetworkAddress
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\TNETW12511
DisplayName
IEEE 802.11b/g Compatible Wi-Fi Adapter
At: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\TNETW12511\Parms\TcpIp it shows me: Autocgf, autointerval, automask, autoseed, autosubnet, dhcpdns, dhcpipaddress, dhcpserver, dhcpsubnetmask, enabledhcp, lease, leaseobtainedhigh, leaseobtainedlow, prevreqoptions, t1 and t2. but nothing like a mac address.
is it possible that i am looking the wrong way?
thanks for helping
strohrum

strohrum said:
hi jhoffa,
thanks for the solution links. but i already need help:
At MSDN:
Finally, if the card information structure (CIS) of the PC Card contains a network address value, Ndis.dll creates a \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\Miniport Instance\Parms\NetworkAddress key to store the network address.
My registry dosent show the path ...\NetworkAddress
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\TNETW12511
DisplayName
IEEE 802.11b/g Compatible Wi-Fi Adapter
At: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\TNETW12511\Parms\TcpIp it shows me: Autocgf, autointerval, automask, autoseed, autosubnet, dhcpdns, dhcpipaddress, dhcpserver, dhcpsubnetmask, enabledhcp, lease, leaseobtainedhigh, leaseobtainedlow, prevreqoptions, t1 and t2. but nothing like a mac address.
is it possible that i am looking the wrong way?
thanks for helping
strohrum
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Have you tried adding
Network Adress as a (i'm presuming) a Dword to \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\TNETW12511\Parms\ ?

i added "NetworkAddress" as String and typed a 12 letter mac in it. didnt work. Dword same.

jhoffa said:
I dug around in the registry a bit and it doesn't seem like there is a default setting for this on Xperia (well, that I could find), but I'm sure there's a way to change the NDIS miniport drivers to simply call a new string value containing whatever you're trying to change your mac to.
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i skiped this as i read your posting before. i know that i cant handle this, i am too noobish in registry files edit.
maybe someone could help me with that?
thanks
strohrum

i found that at eggheadcafe.com:
Step 1 --> changes to driver
Steps [2-5] from C# application
1) In NDIS Intermediate driver (QueryMiniport function), I made the
following changes
a) When OID is CURRENT_MAC_ADDRESS , open registry , read a
registry name ChangeMAC,
b) if value of ChangeMAC is 1 then read registry value of "NewMAC"
and then convert it appropriately to MAC format
(remove extra unicode characters etc)
c) then do a NDISMoveMemory to current adapters MACaddr field.
d) close registry
2) Set value of ChangeMAC (DWord) to 1
3) Set value of NewMAC (string) to the new mac address
4) Invoke a NDIS_REBIND_ADAPTER (this internally will call
QueryMiniport ) and inturn execute step (1)
5) Set value of ChangeMAC (DWord) to 0
anybody an idea how does it work?

michaelthemage said:
Legal WHERE? 50% of the content here is probably not koscher! What a stupid question!
ANY medling with software is illegal worldwide! Read the license agreements!
I would suggest NOT to discuss this...waste of time and effort! Just a thought ;-)
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Using an unofficial program "stealed" from other phone or cook a personal ROM is not paragonable as change MAC Address.
MAC Address changes are the same of IMEI's ones: if you want to create-problems to a WiFi network (for example) with your modified MAC Address, you are not more identificable...so this is illegal.
To prevent the possibility of this type of "problems", all changes acts to alterate UNIQUE IDENTIFICATION of a device (IMEI or MAC Address numbers) are illegal, because it will cause a POSSIBLE multi-identity.

WiFi auth?

So, to connect to the wireless at my school you need a user and password. I was wondering how to get the user input box to show? Thanks!

If u using HTC diamond, if i not wrong is u need go setting >> Connection >> Wi-Fi. Then from there you can see the list of scan wifi point. You click on it then will from you the setting and you continue you will reach to a point of where to enter your username and passsword.
Looking for shortcut, i'm sorry i dun know and i still browsing for it.

Help where is the Mac address for the HTC HD7

HIYA
where do you find the mac address for the HTC HD7?
I am having problems

EMILY2010 said:
HIYA
where do you find the mac address for the HTC HD7?
I am having problems
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I am also having a hard time looking for the Mac Address? Any help from anyone?

This was a feature left out of Phone7 by Windows. The only way I can think of to obtain it is, if you're running Windows 7 and can make a virtual access point using Connectify to grab the Mac address once it connects to your computer
Sent from my Captivate

miztaken1312 said:
This was a feature left out of Phone7 by Windows. The only way I can think of to obtain it is, if you're running Windows 7 and can make a virtual access point using Connectify to grab the Mac address once it connects to your computer
Sent from my Captivate
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Yes it was confirmed also to me by HTC support that there is no way to look the mac address on the phone itself. The only way is to check the router's attached devices and check the mac address from there. I have to turn off the access control first of my Netgear router so that the HD7 will be able to connect to it.

gasanpride said:
Yes it was confirmed also to me by HTC support that there is no way to look the mac address on the phone itself. The only way is to check the router's attached devices and check the mac address from there. I have to turn off the access control first of my Netgear router so that the HD7 will be able to connect to it.
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Can't you then grab the Mac from the attached devices list and then apply it to your filter?
Sent from my Captivate

miztaken1312 said:
Can't you then grab the Mac from the attached devices list and then apply it to your filter?
Sent from my Captivate
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Yes that's actually what I did.

miztaken1312 said:
This was a feature left out of Phone7 by Windows. The only way I can think of to obtain it is, if you're running Windows 7 and can make a virtual access point using Connectify to grab the Mac address once it connects to your computer
Sent from my Captivate
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Good idea. Worked like a charm.

Here is an example of how to find it in a corporate environment. The following assumes you have access to the windows server that hands out DHCP addresses, assuming your wireless router does not. If your wireless router does, you should just be able to look it up in the DHCP client table of your device.
Anyhow...
I connect my HD7 to the wireless network, and the IP is supplied by the windows server. In the windows server, I go to DHCP and then Address Leases. I sort by expired date, and my device will be listed with the latest date, as it is the most recently connected device. I take note of the IP.
Then open a command prompt and type ARP -A
This will list the IP and MAC of all connected devices. Find your IP and there is your MAC.

The problem with my phone is that when I reboot it the mac address changes. My router works with a mac address filter. So I have to add a new mac address after each WP7 reboot.
Is there anyone with a solution?

If you unlock your device and install the Advance Configuration Tool the app shows you Mac address and other device details.
Sent from my SGH-T849 using XDA App

pittphan said:
If you unlock your device and install the Advance Configuration Tool the app shows you Mac address and other device details.
Sent from my SGH-T849 using XDA App
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Yep, this is what I've done. Check out http://forum.touchxperience.com/ for the info.

cheap66 said:
The problem with my phone is that when I reboot it the mac address changes. My router works with a mac address filter. So I have to add a new mac address after each WP7 reboot.
Is there anyone with a solution?
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Solution: buy an HD7.

cheap66 said:
The problem with my phone is that when I reboot it the mac address changes. My router works with a mac address filter. So I have to add a new mac address after each WP7 reboot.
Is there anyone with a solution?
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Are you sure? MAC address is strictly individual for each network adapter (ether or wlan).

yavorz said:
Are you sure? MAC address is strictly individual for each network adapter (ether or wlan).
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I know that, but I think the wifi mac address used is a virtual one.
Yes I'm sure, the six last digits of my wifi mac address change, so I have to disable the mac address filter in my box, connect the phone, look in the box config which mac address is connected, add the new address to the authorized ones and turn on the address filter.
If you have a HD2 verify what I'm saying and you'll see I tell the truth.

cheap66, i have HD7 phone. My MAC Address is static. I use phone in my Uni. Administrators here use mac address filter too. I have no problems with that :|

He doesn't have an HD7.

In fact my phone is an HD2 and I think it's the reason why.

[Q] HTC TD2 & WPA Enterprise EAP PEAP MSchapV2

is it possible to connect to WPA Enterprise networks via WiFi? because I'm searching for a ROM which would allow to connect to the network on my university, which runs the following configuration:
SSID: eduroam
type: WPA-Enterprise
key exchange scheme: TKIP
authorization: EAP-PEAP-MSchapv2
IP: via DHCP
I tried it with the Energy ROM from the forum, but it doesn't allow me to enroll the certificate or it doesn't want to accept it. the other way round it doesn't allow me to enter a user name, I can only put in my password.
could somebody give me a hint what to do? I was searching the forum, found some registry hacks, but none worked

Try to change:
HKLM\\Comm\TNETW12511\Parms\WPAMixedMode
from 1 to 0.

ok, I tried it, but still the same happens:
I enter everything in the configuration menu of the comm manager, click 'next' and then I have to choose a certificate to log on - a little bit lower is a button called 'Enroll', which does nothing when hit. When I try to click 'done' it says that I have to enroll a certificate, so there's only cancel left ...
still doesen't work

well ... can somebody help please?
//edit:
well, as it seems nobody really knows how to work that out ...

Because I'm at my university every two weeks for the weekend, I'll be able to test this way of trying to connect to the WPA enterprise network in a week. but perhaps somebody else can confirm or obey this workaround:
Connect your device to your desktop/laptop and when WindowsMobileDeviceCenter (Win 7: just type the name in the search field in the start bar) opens go to Mobile Device settings >> More >> Get Device Certificates >> I know What Certificate I need to Enrol >> User ... then click enroll. Watch your device as you will be prompted to install the cert. Follow the prompts and after a few seconds you're done. When you setup your wifi connection choose PEAP and enter all the needed information.
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It's help I got from microsoft social answers, perhaps somebody can try that out ...?

in case you understand german
http://www.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/fileadmin/internet_kommunikation/smartphone/htc-hd2_uhh-wpa.pdf
it's from my university. it also contains the instructions for eduroam.
in addition to that manual, I had to uncheck "check server certificate" in the certificate tab of the secureW2 plug-in

jones23 said:
in case you understand german
http://www.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/fileadmin/internet_kommunikation/smartphone/htc-hd2_uhh-wpa.pdf
it's from my university. it also contains the instructions for eduroam.
in addition to that manual, I had to uncheck "check server certificate" in the certificate tab of the secureW2 plug-in
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yes, indeed, I understand german
thanks a lot for this tip, it looks a little bit different on a customized ROM and stuff, but in general it worked - I'll try it on friday or saturday, then I'll be at my university and able to give feedback!
when it'll work, I'll post a translated how-to in this thread...

sorry, I wasn't able to establish the connection with the tip by jones23 ... perhaps it works with WPA2, but not here ...

Hello,
what is the status of this? Did you find a solution?
I have the same issue since I flashed the EnergyROM.
Any ideas?

unfortunately it's truely not possible, I wasn't able to connect to the configuration from the first post using the HTC Diamond II ... damn thing!
but I'm gonna try this weekend something different: imho it's just a software problem, it's got nothing to do with hardware ... so I'm gonna try a dual boot with android and connect with that, perhaps this will work. I'll give feddback

ok, during clicking around on the device I found the solution:
Comm Manager -> Settings -> WLAN -> Network Cards
Here you can ignore the certificate and enter login data for the WIFI network.
Hopefully someone else can use this information.

@ taschenuhr
thats great to hear
@ others
perhaps you can use a notebook for testing purposes, since the connection & login data is the same. there's a windows (mac) version of that same client software.

[Q] The problem with the Galaxy tab p1010

Hi all! This is my first gadget with android and i have some Questions:
When I turn on Wi-Fi, in the interenet everything is fine, everything is loaded, but when i go to the site with Flash or HTML5 (large-scale site), or Skype, the Internet is lost:
Wi-Fi icon look like internet still working (even the signal strength changes when depart from the router), and the signal itself is not present, have to disable and enable Wi-Fi, it is normal? thanks in advance
I heve Android 2.2, when it started, now i have 2.3.6 GINGERBREAD.XXKPI (Russian version) - same problem

Sorry for this post, but i am very worried

maybe the problem is with your router, try another wifi, the solution isn't always flashing, sometimes it's too simple.
best regards ^_^
Sifou

sos_sifou said:
maybe the problem is with your router, try another wifi, the solution isn't always flashing, sometimes it's too simple.
best regards ^_^
Sifou
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I tried it on ~5 router - the same problem

So...? What can i do for this problem?

well my friend, am afraid i cant help
even so :
-did you try other browsers? Opera is the best.
-uninstall and reinstall flash player (wipe it data)
-try a fixed ip adresse and put google dns in your router (first dns 8.8.8.8 second 8.8.4.4)
best regards ^_^
Sifou

sos_sifou said:
well my friend, am afraid i cant help
even so :
-did you try other browsers? Opera is the best.
-uninstall and reinstall flash player (wipe it data)
-try a fixed ip adresse and put google dns in your router (first dns 8.8.8.8 second 8.8.4.4)
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1. I tryed all browsers
2. Ok, i do itnow, but how it can help for Skype?
3. I don't understand....what i neеd to do?

ahhhh even with Skype your Internet doesn't work?
sorry mate, i don't know where is the problem
best regards ^_^
Sifou

sos_sifou said:
ahhhh even with Skype your Internet doesn't work?
sorry mate, i don't know where is the problem
best regards ^_^
Sifou
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((((
I'm realy need skype for tablet (
But, thanks for your time!

Hi runkdown
I would like you to try a static ip address, most routers are running from 192.168.1.1 so go to settings and then network, wifi settings, press menu button, and then go to advanced, check static ip address, and then put 192.168.1.15 in your ip, 255.255.255.0 as your subnet mask, 192.168.1.1 as your default gateway, and 8.8.8.8 as your primary dns, 8.8.4.4 as your second dns, and try it out, if it works, great, if not go back to settings and uncheck static ip address.
my friend am running out of solutions, i hope someone have a cure for this problem.
best regards ^_^
Sifou

sos_sifou said:
hi runkdown
i would like you to try a static ip address, most routers are running from 192.168.1.1 so go to settings and then network, wifi settings, press menu button, and then go to advanced, check static ip address, and then put 192.168.1.15 in your ip, 255.255.255.0 as your subnet mask, 192.168.1.1 as your default gateway, and 8.8.8.8 as your primary dns, 8.8.4.4 as your second dns, and try it out, if it works, great, if not go back to settings and uncheck static ip address.
My friend am running out of solutions, i hope someone have a cure for this problem.
Best regards ^_^
sifou
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I can not edit, because I have a hard daw "to receive data automatically"

not on the computer, this setting is for your galaxy tab. you told me that you have tried many routers, so the problem shouldn't be on the computer or the router, you should apply this setting on your tablet as i described, if it doesn't work, uncheck static ip address in your tab.
best regards ^_^
Sifou

When i Do it - i can't go to any website (no internet connection)

Hi
there is someone who is facing problems with wifi when he root his tab, check it out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1705678
best regards ^_^
Sifou