MAC Address cloned, can't reset

Apr 29, 2012
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(I've started a thread on zentalk forums on this without reply so I thought I'd ask here)

- I'm an owner of two Z00LDs and I thought I'd do myself a favor by clean installing cm13 on phone [a] then take a backup using TWRP then restore it over to phone , everything was going well until I noticed WiFi issues... After frustrating myself with reflashing back and forth I noticed something on the initial WiFi setup, both phones were using the same mac address! If one phone isn't using WiFi it works but once my girlfriend and I both go online the phones rip each others connectivity.

I was wondering if someone has an idea on how to fix this as I've gone as far as doing a full unbrick reflashing [as shown here https://www.asus.com/zentalk/thread-80274-1-1.html] but phone still manages to retain the MAC address.

I know I'm sane because I've checked the units boxes and I confirmed that both of them were using the Bluetooth and MAC addresses printed on phone box [a] :(

Any help input will be appreciated!
 

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(I've started a thread on zentalk forums on this without reply so I thought I'd ask here)

- I'm an owner of two Z00LDs and I thought I'd do myself a favor by clean installing cm13 on phone [a] then take a backup using TWRP then restore it over to phone , everything was going well until I noticed WiFi issues... After frustrating myself with reflashing back and forth I noticed something on the initial WiFi setup, both phones were using the same mac address! If one phone isn't using WiFi it works but once my girlfriend and I both go online the phones rip each others connectivity.

I was wondering if someone has an idea on how to fix this as I've gone as far as doing a full unbrick reflashing [as shown here https://www.asus.com/zentalk/thread-80274-1-1.html] but phone still manages to retain the MAC address.

I know I'm sane because I've checked the units boxes and I confirmed that both of them were using the Bluetooth and MAC addresses printed on phone box [a] :(

Any help input will be appreciated!


WiFi MAC address is stored on /factory. I guess you will figure out what to do :^)
 
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WiFi MAC address is stored on /factory. I guess you will figure out what to do :^)
F*ck, seriously?! I've wasted half a day searching everywhere, trying all sorts of mac address editing guides and videos and they were all false.

Many thanks BTW. I'm gonna try sorting this out...

Thanks!
 
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Ugggghhhh! Good lord that worked! (and was awfully easy too...) i can't thank you enough. (I can sleep easy now... It's 1:20am here and I've been killing myself with this since 3pm yesterday.)

THANK YOU!