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[APP] - FindYourLaptop - A simple solution to finding a lost or stolen laptop

Hello Everyone,
I recently bought an EEE PC as a second computer and seeing as it's about the most easily lost or stolen laptop ever made, I thought it might be an idea to run some software on it that might help me recover it should it ever go missing.
After trying a few existing bits of software and not finding any satisfactory, I resorted to writing my own.
Since it seemed useful to me, I thought I'd make it available to anyone interested. It's a very early version at the moment and very basic, but I don't think there are too many bugs (famous last words!! ).
I thought I would post a message here as I use this forum quite a lot, and I know a lot of people here won't have a problem with editing the config file to set it up, I've tried to make things as simple as possible. However, if you don't know the difference between POP3 and SMTP mail servers, this app is probably not for you!!
If people are interested, I'll continue to develop it further. A few ideas are listed on my website.
Visit www.ajhonline.co.uk for download links and help.
Alex

this isn't hard to circumvent.

Nice app, but wouldn't they probably wipe the HDD?

How would it compare to Lojack's (utilizes Computrace) service? Some laptops have the Computrace service embedded in the bios. I currently use a Dell D410 and Panasonic CF-19, and they both have Computrace built into the bios. If someone formats my hard drive, or installs another harddrive, the bios will rebuild the neccessary files, run in the the background and start reporting the IP address back to Lojack.

Yes, of course the hard drive could be wiped, or it could never be connected to the internet. It is also easy to circumvent, although if I do develop it further, it would be fairly straight forward to make it less obvious and better hidden. This is only a very first version, to gauge interest more than anything,
It's not meant to be 100% foolproof, that probably isn't possible anyway. The advantage is it's free. I really developed it because I couldn't get Adeona to work (it just kept failing to connect to its server), not to compete with commercial solutions.

Hmmm, you know how I said I didn't think there were any bugs....
I just found that the Windows version was not saving the detected IP addresses correctly, so it would email you a "new" IP address message every time the computer was rebooted.
However the problem is now fixed, and a new version 0.1a available for download. The cross platform version wouldn't have been affected, but there's a new version of that too, just for completeness.
Sorry
Alex

I've now made some additions and released a new version which includes the changes below:
Added a separate configuration application to simplify initial setup
Added the ability to encrypt the mail server password for better security
Added a link to DNSTools to the IP Detected email for easy lookup of the WHOIS records for the IP Address
As before, visit www.ajhonline.co.uk and download version 0.2 from there.
Alex
PS - If you are using the Windows version and doing an upgrade from a previous version, make sure you keep a copy of your existing fyl.properties file, otherwise it will be overwritten during the install and any existing known IP addresses will be lost.

huff,.
i wish i have seen this before i lost my friend laptop,.
great help sir,. keep up,.

Version 0.22 is now available for download from www.ajhonline.co.uk.
It's only a small update; you are now able to specify a range of IP addresses as already known so that you don't get an email when one of those is detected.
Alex

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.

Any way to name my phone

Just wondering cause i like seeing names for the devices that are connected to my router without having to check on each item.. My phone comes up as blank on my router settings page. My wifes iphone(hate saying that word) shows up as her name. Same with all my PCs just wish my phone showed up other than a blank.

My Uncle had asked me about that at one point as well. He uses MAC address approval on his AP at his house and had no clue how to distinguish which from phone from who had it. We have 3 Captivates in my house.

Sucks having to check mac address just to see whos connected to my router.
For now I know I'm the only one on it but I check everyday to see if some one tried to jump on my ship and would love to see a name. .
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

Couldn't someone just change their device name and MAC address to match yours?
On any note, some devices use the same name stored for bluetooth. I can't really test it right now, but try and change it from the default BT name. Sounds dumb, usually I would test these things before saying anything though, so forgive me if I'm wrong!

I don't use mac address security.
The blue tooth is a good idea. Image test after work today. If u get a chance before me just let me know what happens.
Thanks for the idea
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

Our phone does not use the BT name as its network name. I have been trying to figure out where it would keep its name, because I would like to accomplish the same thing. I mean, all my devices have names, even my network printer, the kid's wii, etc.
on a normal linux box, the host name would be stored in /etc/hostname

Pirateghost said:
Our phone does not use the BT name as its network name. I have been trying to figure out where it would keep its name, because I would like to accomplish the same thing. I mean, all my devices have names, even my network printer, the kid's wii, etc.
on a normal linux box, the host name would be stored in /etc/hostname
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Haven't confirmed it on the captivate (mines at the shop getting repaired) but i did try this method on my tilt2 running xdandroid (froyo 2.2) and a smartq V7 android tablet (eclair 2.1).
edit your init.rc file
find the section that looks something like this
Code:
on boot
#basic network init
ifup lo
hostname localhost
domainname localdomain
change hostname localhost to hostname name_of_device.
For example I called mine XDAndroiD. This is how the section looks like.
Code:
on boot
#basic network init
ifup lo
hostname XDAndroiD
domainname localdomain
This method will survive a phone reboot. Another method (that wont survive reboot) is to issue this command in a terminal under root
Code:
su
echo name_of_device > /proc/sys/kernel/hostname
This example using my XDAndroiD name would look like this.
Code:
su
echo XDAndroiD > /proc/sys/kernel/hostname
***Again I haven't tried this on my Captivate yet. Will test it out when I get my phone back from the shop.

thanks for that. i will have a look later today and see what happens.

Need help "fixing" a HERO that was working on MetroPCS

So I got this HTC HERO yesterday from this guy.
I had a hard time getting it to switch/activate to my account on Metro.
Seems the MSL was reset and 000000 wasn't working.
Used CDMA workshop to find out what it had changed to, set it to 000000. Then I was able to edit the MDN MSID and get the phone to work and update PRL via *228.
But Data didn't work.
I used the universal root, used clockwork app to flash amon_ra recovery, made a backup.
And before I got a chance to edit the previous users' gmail/market info, he changed his password, so I couldn't find a way to change that. I used recovery to factory reset/wipe the phone and went through the set up wizard.
Data still doesn't work.
I flashed the Cricket/metropcs mms/web fix, but the phone has stock 1.5 on it, so that didn't make a difference. I am getting an error 67 now though.
Just tried to flash damage control, but it froze at the X animation after a long while or animating..
Just restored back up.
Anyone care to throw a dog a bone, I need some links/threads any help to get this working again.
thanks,.
-CC

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=647249&page=2
page about switching phone from Sprint to PagePlus (Verizon) you will get the error 67 unless you are using sprint so diregard that, I dont know if these settings would work for you...but worth a shot right?
quick look up for info:
mmsc string: mms.metropcs.net/mmsc:3128
hahah sweet here ya go my man
Remove your MicroSD card and plug the phone into your PC via USB cable then open QPST (QPST Configuration, then go to Start Clients and select Service Programming) and then read the phone.
Once you read the phone, go to the m.ip tab and change from mobile ip to simple ip. Then look at the first 2 user profiles under m.ip open each one up and change the Nai to [email protected], for both standard and tethered...
remove any ip address that you find in these 2 profiles. and remove any other profiles except the first 2.
also make sure both of them say enabled.
Now go to ppp config tab...
look at the tabs that say um and an... under these 2 tabs,, the user id should be [email protected] tethered id should be the same,, password is metropcs in lowercase on both tabs, remove any dns ip address you find in either tab also. just make sure all ip address are blank.
once you are completed with this make sure you write to the phone and move on to the next step..
Step 2.
click on phone icon (on the phone)
click on the dialer..
enter ##3282#
click user name
click edit
enter your spc which should already be 000000 by now
Here are the settings:
User Name "[email protected]"
SPI MN-HA "1234"
SPI MN-AAA "1234"
M Home Address "000.000.000.000"
Prim Ha Ip "255.255.255.255"
Sec Ha Ip "255.255.255.255"
Rev Tunneling "Off"
AAA Password "metropcs"
HA Password "metropcs"
click done and allow the phone to reboot...
Step 3.
Now do ##3282# again.. this time go to browser
click edit
enter spc
youll see gateway1 and gateway2, under both of these
you will see primary and secondary,,, set primary and secondary ip`s for both gateways to 010.223.002.004,, they will all be the same ip address,, and set the Port 3128 and secure Port 443 for all gatways to ,, hit done and reboot.
Also this should work on quite a few other Sprint phones,,
This is what I do for a living at the wireless company I work for,, and so far it has worked on Samsung upstage, Instinct,, Sanyo katana, and many others,,,
all that info is from a page linked from howardforums.. heres the offical link: http://www.howardforums.com/showthr...nstinct-Web-WAP-Settings-(working-100-)?pp=15

Step 3.
Now do ##3282# again.. this time go to browser
click edit
enter spc
youll see gateway1 and gateway2, under both of these
you will see primary and secondary,,, set primary and secondary ip`s for both gateways to 010.223.002.004,, they will all be the same ip address,, and set the Port 3128 and secure Port 443 for all gatways to ,, hit done and reboot.
Cool thanks, this is the only thing different from other guides I have followed. Appreciate your time and help.
I've seen people running phones on Metro without rooting or custom roms, so I know it's all got to be in the phone's settings, once it's been houdini "flashed" (esn added to metro's database).. That's how this phone came, guess we lost all the settings when we reset to factory somehow..
-CC

clockcycle said:
Step 3.
Now do ##3282# again.. this time go to browser
click edit
enter spc
youll see gateway1 and gateway2, under both of these
you will see primary and secondary,,, set primary and secondary ip`s for both gateways to 010.223.002.004,, they will all be the same ip address,, and set the Port 3128 and secure Port 443 for all gatways to ,, hit done and reboot.
Cool thanks, this is the only thing different from other guides I have followed. Appreciate your time and help.
I've seen people running phones on Metro without rooting or custom roms, so I know it's all got to be in the phone's settings, once it's been houdini "flashed" (esn added to metro's database).. That's how this phone came, guess we lost all the settings when we reset to factory somehow..
-CC
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Did it work for you?

TpyoKnig said:
Did it work for you?
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Unfortunatly no. It is not saving the password in qpst. But if I look at the settings thru the phone with ##778talk it shows them correctly but still no data.
One tut I followed metions using the msl and proxy.metropcs.net instead. I finally got the phone to give me an error 131, invalid or wrong user name or password.
Read another tut that suggests using [email protected], gonna try that next.
Baffling, I've been doing metropcs phones since 2004 motorola razor. First android though.
-CC
EDIT: Same error, unit just can't get data

Anyone mind sharing your working ROM and or Nandroid back up? I would really like to get this Hero working again, it's not being cooperative
Thanks,
-CC

clockcycle said:
Anyone mind sharing your working ROM and or Nandroid back up? I would really like to get this Hero working again, it's not being cooperative
Thanks,
-CC
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Clockcycle, what you need is the settings within EPST ( ##3282# ) for your provider and the APN File ?

TpyoKnig said:
Clockcycle, what you need is the settings within EPST ( ##3282# ) for your provider and the APN File ?
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Got it working, did 3 things. Changed password to msl made by whiterabbit site instead of metropcs or the phone's msl.. Changed 2 other settings; CDMA only and flashed token's 3 instead of 3.5.
Icon changed to 1x with data arrows and a 1x D, web, mms, market all working!
Thanks.
-CC

clockcycle said:
Got it working, did 3 things. Changed password to msl made by whiterabbit site instead of metropcs or the phone's msl.. Changed 2 other settings; CDMA only and flashed token's 3 instead of 3.5.
Icon changed to 1x with data arrows and a 1x D, web, mms, market all working!
Thanks.
-CC
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Hrm, i remember when I was flashing my phone from Sprint to PagePlus that the Data connection was reduced from EVDO to 1x due to the PRL , so maybe try an updated PRL so that you can get EVDO

Hey guys, i need MAJOR help.
So i tried these setting to get my internet to work, but all it did was make my data icon disappear, and now i have no clue on what to do....please need lots of help.
and yes i have been googling for multiple articles/forums ect.

nikefreeek51 said:
Hey guys, i need MAJOR help.
So i tried these setting to get my internet to work, but all it did was make my data icon disappear, and now i have no clue on what to do....please need lots of help.
and yes i have been googling for multiple articles/forums ect.
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PM has been sent

I also need help with this. I don't get pm me?/? please any help will be most welcome

[GUIDE] Wi-Fi MAC address changing

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.
Sent from my LG-P880

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.