MAC address change on Xperia Play - Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi guys,
I opened this new thread because I already tried the search tool, even the google search, but nothing came up for the Xperia Play.
My question is, is there a way to change the wi-fi MAC address on the Xperia Play?, the reason I want to do that is because I think somebody at my job blacklisted my device from the wi-fi... some co-workers can get into the wifi network while some of us don't.
All our phones detects the WIFI network, all of us have the password (ok somebody smuggled it for us heheh )
A month ago I was able to do so, and no problem whatsoever, then it just started to get stuck while obtaining the IP address, then, disconnects from the network and get into an infinite loop not being able to sign into the network, while my desk neighbor not so-smart phone (samsung marvel) keep getting connected using the same password, so my first thought was it was only blocking smart-phones by MAC prefixes or android signature ... whatever
But yesterday another co-worker brought his just purchased Samsung Galaxy PRO (which looks like a Blackberry, but running android ), and to my surprise he did got into the wifi network without any issue (using the same password I use and gave him for trial), so I'm now pretty sure they blacklisted by MAC address
Well I manage to convince my buddy to share the network via tethering as a work around, and IT WORKED.
Anyone have an idea if what I'm thinkind is possible (being MAC blacklisted) and also if there's a way to change it on my PLAY runnin Gingerbread 2.3.3 un-rooted with stock SE SW.?
Thanks

I'm not at the pc now. Search my posts for bluetooth address with references to pocketnow tutorial for different device. Maybe you can make it work on xplay. I got one step closer locating one of the address files in one of the posts but no further. Don't know if you can do it without root.
Sent from my R800i

dam it lol ill post it again later on

Thank you. If you know how to change bluetooth as well I will be very grateful.

ps3taker said:
Thank you. If you know how to change bluetooth as well I will be very grateful.
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welll the way i did before was you have to change the nvram.txt which has your mac address inside just a matter of changing it but i couldnt find the nvram.txt
inside the xperia play
well even the wireless.ko i believe gonna dig a little deeper
ps you do need root

Thanks guys, I will look for root then
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T-Mobile Dash and Wifi certificate error

Hello All,
First off I'm very sorry if this has been posted before. I have searched for hours and can't seem to find a solution.
I just recently got a Dash. Wifi works great on it at my home through WEP. However, at my university's campus I am unable to connect. My school uses 802.1x PEAP routers, where everyone trying to connect has to input their username, password and domain. I entered in all the information in my Dash but I get a certificate error. A friend of mine who has a HTC Diamond has a program on his phone that will disable that error from happening and he is able to connect to the campus Wifi. Is there a solution to this problem or a program that will allow me to override this message?
Thanks for your time.
i searched around and read many many threads like this...not one has a solution. seems is a windows f**k up yet again.
http://www.jacco2.dds.nl/networking/crtimprt.html
check that out
also, google Funk Software Odyssey and read about that
Thanks a lot for your help. I guess I'll keep looking for a solution. There's got to be a fix out there.
gixxum said:
i searched around and read many many threads like this...not one has a solution. seems is a windows f**k up yet again.
http://www.jacco2.dds.nl/networking/crtimprt.html
check that out
also, google Funk Software Odyssey and read about that
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Too bad they are all made for PocketPC.
indeed but i have read some people getting them to work on wm standard...just like many other ppc apps.
ummm i dont no but u sound like u go to utech, ne how, i have dat problem sometimes, but on other ocassions it connects fine, i tink its jus one of those tempermental ting or the network's interfacing wit ur device

[Q] Possible to change Wi-fi MAC adress ?

Hello,
I need to change my MAC address since it's banned in my school wifi
has anyone tried to change it?
i saw topic said it needs recovery to change, but for motorola xoom.
Bump.
nobody at all want to comment or some directions?
looks like i gotta investigate that...
Have you tried any of THESE methods?

[Q] Wi-Fi 802.11n doesn't work with a Russian sim card, is there a fix?

Hello. I've poked, googled and searched around trying to find a way to fix this annoying issue.
Long story short: till 2004-2005 Wi-Fi N bands weren't legalized for civilian use in Russia. Now they are and we here still sometimes receive such devices which block usage of those bands. I've faced the same idiocy with Xperia S.
GB worked with channels 1-11 of Wi-Fi N (yet 12-13 should have been available too since Russia != US). Still it was bearable. ICS was the same (I've inquired about this issue a couple of times on the official forum to no avail).
Here the long-awaited JB update comes up (hooray) and bam - Wi-Fi N is blocked. Now if I pull out the sim card and turn on my phone - it will successfully connect to Wi-Fi N network. If I put it in and reboot the phone - the phone will connect to the N network for the first few seconds and then - as soon as it initializes the sim card - it will drop the connection. If I don't enable 'G/N mixed mode' on my home router, it will be sitting with no connection and showing me that N network but it would not connect to it.
Now as I told before I've been searching around internetz and was able to find some lose ends and few possible fixes to this issue.
1. Region code change. Doesn't work. It did before when the phone wasn't able to connect to channels 12-13. But now when N doesn't work at all this fix doesn't help. It looks like the problem lies deeper now.
2. Messing with wpa_supplicant. Works... sorta. I've replaced stock wpa_supplicant file with this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2399391 . It kinda works after that but starts acting up further down the line. E.g. it connects to a N network and everything's cool and dandy BUT when I leave my home and wake up the phone somewhere else I see that it still thinks it's being connected to my home network. It sees the other networks around it at the moment but it doesn't want to choose them as it kinda connected to my home one. Which is nowhere near. And if I get back to my home with the phone in such state - it won't continue to exchange data over my Wi-Fi network. So to fix that I have to turn wi-fi off and then on again but I don't like such a behavior since in my town there are a lot of free wi-fi hot spots around (in public transport, at bus stations, in cafes, etc) and I'd like my phone to choose and connect to open hot spots automatically.
So could someone please shed some light on how all this restricting thing works, what mechanism is responsible for available Wi-Fi modes except region code field in the databases and how do I fix that? (or break it?). I mean the second fix is almost works but it looks like wpa_supplicant wasn't hacked properly. Maybe there are other wpa_supplicant files available?
Thank you!
Edit: forgot to mention that I'm talking here about Xperia S, firmware versions are: JB .200, .211, .96
The same problem with my xperia ION from Syria , i try many APPS to change region code but no luck , and then change wpa_supplicant file but i face same your problem and i am suffering of about this problem , and i already change my rom from 211 to 96 and the problem still .
ahmedalmulki said:
The same problem with my xperia ION from Syria , i try many APPS to change region code but no luck , and then change wpa_supplicant file but i face same your problem and i am suffering of about this problem , and i already change my rom from 211 to 96 and the problem still .
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Yea, I saw few people here from Syria and from some other African countries also and they all had similar problem. Although I didn't know anything about legal status of Wi-Fi N bands in Syria so I've decided to create a new topic.
It looks like this problem is quite wide-spread and before Sony officially acknowledges it, I hope we'll get some help from devs around here. I wonder if the devs actually look through troubleshooting branch of forum. Something tells me they don't.
I mean if there are fixes available it shouldn't be too hard to modify something in the system to get that damn thing working. This wpa_supplicant fix is especially interesting but I can't find any tutorial on how to edit it. Google keeps silence.
Did you find any solution for this problem , because I try many article but no luck .
ahmedalmulki said:
Did you find any solution for this problem , because I try many article but no luck .
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No man, still nothing. I've put my hopes on Sony, thought they will update. Looks like I was wrong

[Q] How to connect to hidden WiFi?

Hello xda community!
I have a strange and serious problem: I can't connect to hidden WiFi's.
I'm with a LG G3 D855 10H (no newer versions available).
At work we use a hidden WiFi without password but with Juniper VPN.
When I type in the network name and save it, it tries one time to connect, then my LG G3 shows "not in range". After a few seconds, the WiFi is on the top again with a very good signal.
When I try to connect again, it shows "not in range" again and so on.
I tried it at home and created a hidden network and it was reproducible.
Anyone else has problem with this?
Many thanks in advance for your help!
Best regards,
Jake
Jake2kOne said:
Hello xda community!
I have a strange and serious problem: I can't connect to hidden WiFi's.
I'm with a LG G3 D855 10H (no newer versions available).
At work we use a hidden WiFi without password but with Juniper VPN.
When I type in the network name and save it, it tries one time to connect, then my LG G3 shows "not in range". After a few seconds, the WiFi is on the top again with a very good signal.
When I try to connect again, it shows "not in range" again and so on.
I tried it at home and created a hidden network and it was reproducible.
Anyone else has problem with this?
Many thanks in advance for your help!
Best regards,
Jake
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I've got the same problem.
My problem was resolved
rayan96 said:
I've got the same problem.
My problem was resolved
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Now that is what you call a 'special' post!
Would you care to explain how it was resolved for the people that have the problem.
My problem still exists, but isn't urgent anymore.
I found out, Android itself have problems (or restrictions?) to hidden WiFi networks.
I also found an app names HiddenSSID Enabler, but it seems it didn't work for me (or G3?).
If someone has a solution it still would be very helpful fo rme and the rest of the community.
// Jake
I have logs posted in my first post, WIFI DESTROYED TWICE or there abouts.
I've had to resort to DATA and its killing me haha i think i am getting close to fixing it, well i think i may be closer than you two and can one of you kindly take the lead as im reinstalling windows and i haven't gamed in 6 days :|
/system/etc/wifi/WCNSS_qcomcfg.ini
then the problem is complex but i am sure it is something to do with gEnableApProt=1
Offshoot fix, reinstall using googled imei number that doesn't have a flag or some how fix the flag <READ A FEW DAYS BACK>
I think actually the program that stuffed me was Airmon by maxters. It asked me if i was pro and of course, i said yes. Who would simply click no? I know a ninj wouldn't click no. I think there is a manual reinstall to link to it again i find the modem in its own partition having a chill, most likely trojan/backdoor and pwning everything around me.. I had three encrypted vpn backdoors and escalated accounts on my computer I paid the 5$ for the binarys, i think i paid 5$ for the back doors.
Not to sell Airmon out though.. Rooting our phones and accessing countless forums and websites really does leave us rather "xposed" some other cuplrits may be dsploit, ROM manager, linux Deploy/kali, Pamn IP scanner, system app remover pro, busybox pro's (Stephen/JRummy) or CMinstall/accessing the forums and trying to install cynagenmod / twrp recovery. I'm probably going to go with..... Airmon/Linuxdeploy or uninstalltool. But may have just been my IP logged and i hit a booby trap script along the way.
You guys done anything of the sort?
/Thread killller
Neither I understand what you are talking about, nor am I (as not native english speaker) good at "sentence guessing".
I have a rooted phone - of course.
But I'm pretty sure my WiFi is not destroyed...

SOLVED!...wileyfox swift no internet through wifi

Cant get internet working all of a sudden on this phone
have rebooted router, phone, removed battery checked settings etc and still nothing
Airplane on and off etc... it picks up my router and says connected b ut nothing
tried wifi fixer from g'play and says all is well
No 5GHz therefor no 802.11ac wifi
Can you access the Play store? Try to also check if you have at least one sim card in one of the slots. If you are using the sim to access internet, then you might have to disable mobile data on it first before trying out the wifi which is 2.4GHz only, therefor the Swift misses out on 5GHz Wi-Fi and, with it, 802.11ac support.
Solved... prob was with router settings had to reset
EwOkie said:
Solved... prob was with router settings had to reset
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Glad to hear that your Swift was not at fault there. It's always assumed that the new device would be the one at fault for no connectivity, but one never asks if the old network is ready for the new device. :good:
hey people, i have just got a wileyfox phone but when i put my sim in it wont connect to the network to giffgaff... can anyone help me i've been through the setting and it just keeps saying cant connect to network try again later, been a whole day now.. any help would be greatly appreciated. tia.
jimbob08 said:
hey people, i have just got a wileyfox phone but when i put my sim in it wont connect to the network to giffgaff... can anyone help me i've been through the setting and it just keeps saying cant connect to network try again later, been a whole day now.. any help would be greatly appreciated. tia.
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Posting to an old thread with very little real information isn't going to get much help.
If your Wileyfox is a Swift (the original, not the Swift 2) and it's running Lineage OS, then a new post on this forum might get you some help, otherwise I suggest you find a more appropriate forum.
Given how quiet it is on here a generic Android forum might be better anyway?
Also you may find some if the advice in How To Ask Questions The Smart Way helps you get a useful answer. Sorry I can't post links but it's at http colon slash slash www dot catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
jimbob08 said:
hey people, i have just got a wileyfox phone but when i put my sim in it wont connect to the network to giffgaff... can anyone help me i've been through the setting and it just keeps saying cant connect to network try again later, been a whole day now.. any help would be greatly appreciated. tia.
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Check the APN...... has wileyfox even got an APN for giffgaff?

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