How to change the X1 mac address?

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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.

Originally Posted by ZenithUK

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.

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.

Originally Posted by strohrum

How to change the X1 mac address?

Is that legal ??

who cares ?

Originally Posted by exxi

who cares ?

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