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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?
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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.
I've enhanced my Webserver sample to support reading from the device (where allowed), as well as reading/writing IsolatedStorage
The XAP is located in the Webserver project.
To access the webserver, open the app on your phone (it will disable the idle timer and run behind the lock screen--but WiFi will turn off, so you'll want to be connected via USB or don't let it sleep)
//phone_ip/IsolatedStorage
//phone_ip/Windows
IsolatedStorage is a special case (virtual directory that uses the SDK IsolatedStore APIs), the filesystem is mounted at the root of the webserver. Note that if you navigate to //phone_ip/, you will not see anything, as we are not able to list the contents of the root directory.
I am working to create a real socket library that mimics System.Net/.Sockets, and System.IO for file access. TcpClient and TcpListener are in a mostly functional state already.
Most of the socket and I/O code came from jmorrill. I have pulled code from mono to mimic System.Net.
Perhaps I'll spend some time on the web UI next, maybe a fancy Silverlight uploader. There doesn't seem to be a ton of interest though, so we'll see.
Update ("v2"):
- Authentication
- UI
- Adapter list
- More reliable
nice.. will try it out.
Very nice! Thanks!!
I've updated the sample to one with a UI, Authentication and more reliability.
Looking at your code WP7 looks more and more like a normal windows CE with a secured UI.
Yeah, I think someone with a strong WM background could port code to [native, homebrew] WP7 pretty quickly. Pretty much everything works just fine.... I just wish we could add the System.Net .NET CF assemblies back to the GAC. :/
davux said:
I've enhanced my Webserver sample to support reading from the device (where allowed), as well as reading/writing IsolatedStorage
The XAP is located in the Webserver project.
To access the webserver, open the app on your phone (it will disable the idle timer and run behind the lock screen--but WiFi will turn off, so you'll want to be connected via USB or don't let it sleep)
//phone_ip/IsolatedStorage
//phone_ip/Windows
IsolatedStorage is a special case (virtual directory that uses the SDK IsolatedStore APIs), the filesystem is mounted at the root of the webserver. Note that if you navigate to //phone_ip/, you will not see anything, as we are not able to list the contents of the root directory.
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Noob questions: It says "connect to your wifi address below". How? Also, connect the phone or the pc? And navigate via IE mobile?
As I said, noob questions. Thanks for any help.
start ie and type in http://wifi address
I have found on alternateboot.reg
HTML:
; Disable MTPz USB function driver
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\USB\FunctionDrivers\CompositeFN]
"ClientDriverList"=multi_sz:"Serial_Class"
What is MTPz USB function driver?
ajhvdb said:
start ie and type in http://wifi address
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... which gives me the ever-popular "cannot find server or DNS address". What am I doing wrong? I assume you meant IE on my phone.
piaqt said:
... which gives me the ever-popular "cannot find server or DNS address". What am I doing wrong? I assume you meant IE on my phone.
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I think (might be misreading your question), you'll need to plug your device in to USB (or be prepared to loose the connection), then on your desktop, go to one of the IPs listed (in IE or any other browser).
On the screenshot shown, WiFi is the last one, with "BCMSDDHD1" attached to the label, thought the device name may be different for you. Try one that has "192.168.1." as that'll be the most likely option.
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I think (might be misreading your question), you'll need to plug your device in to USB (or be prepared to loose the connection), then on your desktop, go to one of the IPs listed (in IE or any other browser).
On the screenshot shown, WiFi is the last one, with "BCMSDDHD1" attached to the label, thought the device name may be different for you. Try one that has "192.168.1." as that'll be the most likely option.
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Thanks. Next noob question: It asks for a user/password. What do I use and or where do I set it?
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Thanks. Next noob question: It asks for a user/password. What do I use and or where do I set it?
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I don't know what the default password is, but if you type admin/admin in on the device for user/pass that works fine.
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Code:
// In order to secure the device, the default password is a random number, not a static default
So you'll need to change it, unless you can read minds
l3v5y said:
I don't know what the default password is, but if you type admin/admin in on the device for user/pass that works fine.
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Code:
// In order to secure the device, the default password is a random number, not a static default
So you'll need to change it, unless you can read minds
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OK. admin/admin works. Next nq: I get "Error opening directory:O". Is there a specific path to enter?
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OK. admin/admin works. Next nq: I get "Error opening directory:O". Is there a specific path to enter?
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Try 192.168.1.XX/Windows and that should work.
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Try 192.168.1.XX/Windows and that should work.
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Ba-da-bing! We are in business.
this works great! does this work just over USB? I assumed that since I didnt see an SSID advertised that the webserver wasn't broadcasting over WiFi.
A few feature suggestions:
* Make it clearer in the device UI to use the last IP address. I had assumed I would use the SERIAL ON USB IP address
* When browsing files, show a detail view so that you can see date/time modfied, type (optional), size
* when in a subdirectory add an Up ellipsis (...) to more easily walk back up the directory tree.
* be able to filter a directory listing so that you can display just certain file types (ie *.exe)
* Be able to download files
I love it! Its handy to be able to get a file listing that you can copy so that you can capture file listings.
Scratch the suggestion to add downloading files, the filenames are of course URLs which enable http downloads
I found a bug. When you click on a file to download it the href seems to have an issue since the file extension is stripped. You can easily add it during the save but it would be easier to have that done by default. I need to check the syntax but for example for filebrowser.exe the html is:
FileBrowser.exe<br />
This was handy so that it was possible to download an EXE and see what certificate is used for signing.
It looks like if you press Back or Start the webserver shuts down or is tombstoned.
I wonder if anyone has come up with a way to keep an application from being killed.
If that was possible then the webserver could provide active control. In that case if it was running in the background a great feature to add would be a screen capture function.
Anyone know how to edit or force android to read the mac address of the phone?
Because my brother has a optimus black like me with rom Macay and i have cyanogemmod and we both have the same mac address.
comands like: ip link set..... our ifconfig....
don´t work.
and the software don´t work:
Wireless Mac Changer
The mac addres is associated with your net adapter, meaning its (or should be) unique and exclusive.
In theory, two devices cant have the same mac address. Furthermore, in most countries, its illegal to change the mac of a device, and it must be done by modding the hardware.
Are you sure your router isnt giving the same IP to both phones? That could be a possible error.
It is easy to change it:
Search nvram.txt (should be in /etc/wifi/ or something) and set permissions that you can edit it. Edit "macaddr=XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX" as you want and save. After it set permissions to default (note down before edit) and reboot. Done!
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.
Does any one know the registry settings to enable internet sharing?
There's a small collection of them, what isn't working about it on your phone? If it's something like the mobile operator permission check, then yeah, we can bypass that.
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There's a small collection of them, what isn't working about it on your phone? If it's something like the mobile operator permission check, then yeah, we can bypass that.
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Really? I missed that. Is that in a thread somewhere?
I have the Samsung Ativ S Neo from Ssprint.
-Tdecision10
There are a number of threads about Internet Sharing and about registry tweaking. The requirement for tethering to be enabled on your account is checked by a mobile operator-specific DLL that is used by ICSSVC (the Internet Connection Sharing SerViCe). There's a registry value that tells the phone what DLL to load, or whether to load any. If you don't tell it to use any, it defaults to assuming you have access.
There are a number of ways to make registry changes on your phone. You can flash a custom CSC (not a full ROM, though if you look for "custom ROM" on the dev&hacking subforum, you'll find stuff about it), or you can edit the registry directly using a hijacked app chamber, or you can interop-unlock (itself requiring a registry edit, so you probably need to use the chamber hack unless you're on an old version of Samsung's firmware) and unblock RPC, then use the RPCComponent.
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There are a number of threads about Internet Sharing and about registry tweaking. The requirement for tethering to be enabled on your account is checked by a mobile operator-specific DLL that is used by ICSSVC (the Internet Connection Sharing SerViCe). There's a registry value that tells the phone what DLL to load, or whether to load any. If you don't tell it to use any, it defaults to assuming you have access.
There are a number of ways to make registry changes on your phone. You can flash a custom CSC (not a full ROM, though if you look for "custom ROM" on the dev&hacking subforum, you'll find stuff about it), or you can edit the registry directly using a hijacked app chamber, or you can interop-unlock (itself requiring a registry edit, so you probably need to use the chamber hack unless you're on an old version of Samsung's firmware) and unblock RPC, then use the RPCComponent.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=54929482&postcount=13
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=54652850&postcount=575
I followed and did everything posted in these but I'm still not sure if there was a solution for s print.
"and unblock RPC, then use the RPCComponent. " I think this is the part I need to be educated on.
-tdecision10
That is one (of several) methods for editing the registry. It can write more places than the other methods, but only works on Strings and Integers (DWORDs) and is only usable on Samsung phones. It requires that your process have ID_CAP_INTEROPSERVICES, which many OEM apps (and some first-party ones, like Skype) have, but which is not normally available to sideloaded apps.
"Unblock RPC" is the term we use for telling a Samsung service that it's in test mode by placing a file named "Non-production errors.txt" in the Documents folder of the phone. This will allow using RPCComponent anywhere in the registry, instead of just in a few specific places. Search for "unblock rpc" to learn more.
RPCComponent is a Samsung-provided native (C++/CX) DLL and WINMD for accessing various privileged functions by means of a high-privilege RPC (Remote Procedure Call) server. It is not publicly available but is bundled in many of Samsung's OEM apps and is available on this forum inside most .XAP files intended for use on Samsung phones (such as my own BootstrapSamsung tool; see the interop-unlock thread). As mentioned above, you need ID_CAP_INTEROPSERVICES for it to be useful.
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That is one (of several) methods for editing the registry. It can write more places than the other methods, but only works on Strings and Integers (DWORDs) and is only usable on Samsung phones. It requires that your process have ID_CAP_INTEROPSERVICES, which many OEM apps (and some first-party ones, like Skype) have, but which is not normally available to sideloaded apps.
"Unblock RPC" is the term we use for telling a Samsung service that it's in test mode by placing a file named "Non-production errors.txt" in the Documents folder of the phone. This will allow using RPCComponent anywhere in the registry, instead of just in a few specific places. Search for "unblock rpc" to learn more.
RPCComponent is a Samsung-provided native (C++/CX) DLL and WINMD for accessing various privileged functions by means of a high-privilege RPC (Remote Procedure Call) server. It is not publicly available but is bundled in many of Samsung's OEM apps and is available on this forum inside most .XAP files intended for use on Samsung phones (such as my own BootstrapSamsung tool; see the interop-unlock thread). As mentioned above, you need ID_CAP_INTEROPSERVICES for it to be useful.
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I interop-unlocked (all-capabilities) my phone using methods you've posted. This was earlier in the year sometime.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=54929482&postcount=13
I followed this closely but didn't see any finality.
I just added the Non-production errors.txt in the place noted on that relative thread.
Not sure what to do next.
Forgive me if I am being a bother.
-tdecision10
Yeah i'm completely lost. The EnableAllSideloading XAP won't deploy for me (The manifest could not be loaded and may not be valid) so I can't even full unlock, and I have no clue how to go about using the MBN creator. So if you could hold my hand, I'd love it....
okay so I figured out MBN creator (kinda) but I still need to know the proper reg settings to disable the carrier authorization check.... i.e. the setting that points to the carrier specific DLL you mentioned...
EnableAllSideloading doesn't work on WP8.1 because they changed the security on the registry key where it operates. If you can't sideload it, that's because you're not interop-unlocked at all.
MBN Creator should, in theory, not require any particular customization unless your operator requires it; the *default* state of the Internet Sharing feature is "no restrictions, enabled by default". Several people have reported that IS started working after they flashed a custom CSC even though that CSC had nothing to do with IS, just because it removed the carrier-specific customizations that were present (and were blocking IS from working) before.
@tdecision10: If you are or were able to capability-unlock, then you can just sideload any registry editor tool you want and use that. Some of them are better than others, of course. A handful of apps, like WPTelnetD (https://github.com/FurballTheGreat/WPTelnetD/releases), ship with almost no capabilities so that they can be sideloaded on any phone, but you could unpack the XAP and edit the capability list before installing if you want to. A capability that gives access to the relevant registry key is ID_CAP_RUNTIME_CONFIG.
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EnableAllSideloading doesn't work on WP8.1 because they changed the security on the registry key where it operates. If you can't sideload it, that's because you're not interop-unlocked at all.
MBN Creator should, in theory, not require any particular customization unless your operator requires it; the *default* state of the Internet Sharing feature is "no restrictions, enabled by default". Several people have reported that IS started working after they flashed a custom CSC even though that CSC had nothing to do with IS, just because it removed the carrier-specific customizations that were present (and were blocking IS from working) before.
@tdecision10: If you are or were able to capability-unlock, then you can just sideload any registry editor tool you want and use that. Some of them are better than others, of course. A handful of apps, like WPTelnetD (https://github.com/FurballTheGreat/WPTelnetD/releases), ship with almost no capabilities so that they can be sideloaded on any phone, but you could unpack the XAP and edit the capability list before installing if you want to. A capability that gives access to the relevant registry key is ID_CAP_RUNTIME_CONFIG.
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Okay, I put Pasquiindustry CustomPFD on my pc unzipped it added that capability in the WPAppManifest. xml file, rezipped it but now it won't deploy.
Did I think it was too simple?
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For Spr int, I think I need to figure out how to do this:
TetheringNAIConnection
Optional. Specifies the CDMA TetheringNAI Connection Manager cellular connection that internet sharing will use as a public connection.
If a CDMA mobile operator requires using a Tethering NAI during internet sharing, they must configure a TetheringNAI connection and then specify the connection in this node.
Specified connections will be mapped, by policy, to the internet sharing service. All attempts to enumerate Connection Manager connections for the internet sharing service will return only the mapped connections.
The mapping policy will also include the connections specified in the DedicatedConnections as well.
(This is the error I get)
If the specified connections do not exist, internet sharing will not start because it will not have any cellular connections available to share
Anyone know how to add this to the APN settings?
-tdecision10
well, i reverted to 8.0 and then updated to 8.1 via retail without thinking.... so i got the new firmware and took myself out of the game :crying:
edit: reverted back to 8.0 again and i have the old firmware again. i think using the mbn creator is key. with older versions of windows phone, the APN settings were all built into the rom. now they are provisioned OTA. everytime i change the CSC, the device fails the authorization check with sprints servers and the device doesn't provision itself. what we need is the provxml that contains all of sprints APN settings. I used to have this information in a kitchen for WM 6.5, but sadly, I deleted it a long time ago. i can currently do one thing or another, unlock internet sharing but have no data connection, or, have a data connection with internet sharing locked. i believe that i can make a custom CSC with all the necessary edits but I need to get my hands on the correct sprint provxml first. I've tried and tried to find an old kitchen for Sprint with the correct files in it, but because it's so old most of them are dead download links. I think even a stock RUU for the GOLD_C (Sprint's HTC Arrive) would do. If anyone has this or can track it down I think we'd be in business....
@GoodDayToDie thanks for all the input, it's really helpful. I think that most people have found success by simply changing their CSC because their phones are not CDMA. we've got all these extra restrictions that keep the technology from working automatically
also, i believe that if I could manage to somehow get my MSL unlock code, I could manually program the APN. problem is, CDMA Workshop can't read it, and the free version doesn't let you use the brute force option to find it. Sprint changed their policy in October to under no circumstances giving out the MSL code unless your contract is up. I'm going to continue to keep trying different tech support reps to see if I can get one of them to give it up.
@tdecision10 I'm getting close, but I REALLY need those WM 6.5/7 Sprint OEM packages..... if you know of anyone or come across it browsing it would be immensely helpful!
mtstmp, I have leadpoizon's old rom for HTC Arrive. Let me know if that will work and if so, how to get it to you.
-tdecision10