[Q] Mac Spoofing help needed - G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So my college uses mac address validation for its wifi. I would try to get my phone registered, but they do not allow phones/game consoles. I want to spoof my laptops mac address to get internet on my phone.
So far I have temp rooted my phone and installed the Android SDK onto my computer, what should I do next? I looked up guides on the internet but could not get them to work. Because I am a new user I cannot post links but here is some text from the site you can google:
This is a HOW TO about how to spoof your MAC address. A MAC address is a combination of numbers and letters that are unique to your own wifi card. I am not responsible for how you use this, I am just putting it out here. Don't flood this thread with how it is illegal because there are legal uses for this (such as pen testing).
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It would change the mac address temporarily but it would go back to its original right after I try to connect to wifi.
Thanks (p.s. please use noob language, I just got into the whole android thing about a week ago).

Here's a post from the Hero forum that may help: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=686789
WARNING: do not flash anything from that thread

So would I still need to unlock the SPL (using the G2/desireZ files)? Or would I be able to skip that part?

Sounds like you would need the DZ/G2 ENG HBOOT...

I have never got this to work, anyone else have an idea on how to do this?

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[Q] spoof/change MAC (final thread)

Since I first bought my Desire, the first thing I wanted to do is to change it's MAC to whatever MAC I wanted. I wasn't able to do it then, and after a year and a half I am still not able to do it.
Most of the threads here in XDA don't give an answer to this question, and the ones that do give an answer, seem to be intended for other devices than HTC Desire.
I have found this thread at androidforums (I am still not allowed to post a link, but I would like everyone to be able to see this information: http androidforums com /t-mobile-g1/3506-changing-spoofing-mac-address.html) to have the most information, but none of this methods worked for me; namely:
Code:
su
ip link set eth0 address 00:12:f0:dd:cc:dc
or
Code:
su
busybox ifconfig eth0 hw ether 00:12:f0:dd:cc:dc
Once again, none of the above methods worked for me. The commands are accepted, but when I check the MAC with "ip link show eth0", the MAC is still the same...
So, to the experts out there, PLEASE: what is the correct way to change the MAC address of our HTC Desires' MAC?
Thank you all in advance.
I forgot to mention one more appearance in the MAC spoofing scene.
I recently found this application in the market: (once again, linking restrictions apply for me...)
https market.android com/details?id=com.GadgetWorkshop.MACSpooferForHD2
I haven't tried this app because it is not meant for my phone and as I don't fully understand how does this work, I don't want to risk misconfiguring my phone.

Manually Change Wlan0 Mac Address Stock ICS

Hi everyone. I need to change my Mac Address on a stock rooted ICS SGS3 Sprint.
None of the apps work in changing the mac address on this device I tried them all.
To my understanding there is a .conf file somewhere in the /system/ dir.
Any help on witch directory this is located and the file name to edit?
Thanks!
Strange that I read this from you. I read your post in the "things to do with your GS3". Didnt you have a mac address spoofer in there? BTW I liked everything you made us aware of especially wifikill thanks.
evoer said:
Strange that I read this from you. I read your post in the "things to do with your GS3". Didnt you have a mac address spoofer in there? BTW I liked everything you made us aware of especially wifikill thanks.
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Yea I had not used that app on this device yet. It used to work on my Evo. I think I may have figured this out.
This method has worked fine for me:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1385577
Make sure you are not connected to anything before hand
Tekara said:
This method has worked fine for me:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1385577
Make sure you are not connected to anything before hand
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The command works fine and I did it while not connected to my network. However when I go to connect I get authentication failure. The mac also does not change. I wonder why. I will keep digging.
busybox ifconfig wlan0 hw ether 00:11:22:33:44:55
Thanks!

[Q] Accidentally deleted .macaddr file

I was trying to spoof my MAC address permanently, so I followed instructions from some guys suggested at the Nexus 4 forum. I was able to edit the file (/persist/wifi/.macaddr) via Terminal and it worked.
I accidentally deleted that file a couple of days after that trying to set another MAC address. I still got internet connection and I got a new MAC.
The problem is that I want to change that MAC but I can't since the .macaddr is nowhere to be found and I don't know from where does it get the new MAC address.
Any advice?

Mac Address

Hey, since 20th march build, or something close, Cyanogenmod changes something about the mac address, and I can't modify it anymore. Formerly, I just swift the wlan_macaddr0 and wlan_macaddr1, renaming those, and my address was changed. I could reboot and still unchanged, no problem. But now I can't even do that. I tried to turn off Wi-fi, change it, and turn it on, but doens't work. I ask on Google+ cyanogenmod community, however didn't solve the problem. Can someone teach me how to change it now? Thanks a lot!
ifconfig with root and terminal... your mac for wlan right?? why would you have two and, that whole renaming them part!? makes no sense to me...
I tried google and came up with this:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wireless.macchanger&hl=en
http://android.stackexchange.com/qu...the-permanent-mac-address-on-my-android-phone
ham5 said:
ifconfig with root and terminal... your mac for wlan right?? why would you have two and, that whole renaming them part!? makes no sense to me...
I tried google and came up with this:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wireless.macchanger&hl=en
http://android.stackexchange.com/qu...the-permanent-mac-address-on-my-android-phone
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I will send you a screenshot.
In my phone (Maybe in all Xperias), there's a folder where the Mac Adress are listed. There's more than one, as you can see. I just swaped the first and the second. To explain more detailed
wlan_macaddr0: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:01
wlan_macaddr1: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:02
wlan_macaddr2: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:03
wlan_macaddr3: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:04
Okay. Then I changed the ''wlan_macaddr0'' and ''wlan_macaddr1'' content. So:
wlan_macaddr0: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:02
wlan_macaddr1: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:01
wlan_macaddr2: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:03
wlan_macaddr3: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:04
In cm11, that works normally. In cm12, it worked to, until builds after 20 march. I tried other roms, and if they were build before that date, it worked too. In stock lollipop, it works, but changes the mac address to a different thing. Anyway, the stock thing doens't matter, because I'm not using it anymore.
So, what I'm asking is: ''how can I change the mac address, even if other methods are necessary, in cm12 lastest builds?''
I tried apks and didn't work. Tried changing by terminal emulator and didn't work either. Tried messing up some system files and got broken wi-fi.
If you know how my phone can process the ''wlan_macaddr1'' instead of ''wlan_macaddr0'', I would appreciate it. Thanks (sorry my bad english)

modifying mac address (Viper Rom 3.20) (android 6.0.1)

Ok so essentially im trying to spoof my mac address on my newly purchased verizon HTC 10 its a great phone but of course i got caught up in how pretty the phone was and purchased it without realizing that Verizon prevents you from unlocking the bootloader ( cant say i'm surprised it is verizon after all ) no big deal so i purchased sunshine to get s-off which worked very well, flashed twrp recovery and easily installed viper rom, after installing all my apps, i thought that surely spoofing my mac would be no problem, after all i spoofed the mac on my jailbroken iphone with a simple terminal command that modifed the mac in NVRAM. Then the great train wreak began, first i started with the play store apps which would spoof the mac however they failed to authenticate with any network that had any kind of security so that was a no-go, then i used busy-box commands to try and attempt to spoof the mac same issue failed to authenticate, so then i just figured id go into the filesystem and modify some files, however every tutorial i could find pointed to a /efs directory which was not present at all or a /persist directory which was also not present there were a few other directories none of which i could find. Eventually i just got so pissed i took the wifi firmware files ( and if anyone was wondering the model of the chip is a bcm 4359 which is apparently a really good chip ) and went into a hex editor and found macaddr=%2 and changed %2 to equal the mac im trying to spoof. Of course when i applied the modified firmware files the wifi failed to turn on at all, so i thought maybe its the viper rom, perhaps it lacks directorys that a stock 6.0.1 rom does, but after restoring my backup its the exact same root directory as viper, what i don't understand is why its so easy too spoof a mac address on an IOS DEVICE, but on an open source operating system such as android its giving me this much trouble, maybe i'm just stupid and missing something really obvious but surly it cant be this difficult to spoof a mac on android, any help would be greatly appreciated.

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