Changing/Spoofing MAC Address[Solved]

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VigneshGrK

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Hi guys.....here is the way that helped me change my mac address permanently(surviving reboots).I have tried this in Redmi 3s Prime and can confirm that this works.

Note: take a backup of the *.qcn file of your own phone using the qpst tool and have it safe , so that you can restore it if anything goes wrong messing your imei or mac or when you want your original mac address back.

Required Tools can be downloaded either in the miui forum thread(Thanks to the thread creator) mentioned in step 1 or through this GDrive link : https://drive.google.com/folderview...ldGtWNHc&resourcekey=0-tvs1q3f3cTxYIltpcgD4VQ

So lets get started. :D

1 ) head over to this thread [ http://en.miui.com/thread-348525-1-1.html ]
and follow all the preparation steps(steps 1-8) including installation of software and configuring the phone in diag mode.

2 )Open qpst tool and StartClient-->SoftwareDownload.
then go to Backup and take a backup

3)Open a copy of the resulting file (*.qcn) in any hex editor and search your phone's mac address as hex.
Eg. : if your mac address is 01:02:03:04:05:06 search it as 010203040506
[IMAGE http://i65.tinypic.com/2006xxz.png ]

4)You will get some search results. Now edit every search result with your desired MAC address.

5)And finally restore this edited *.qcn file and reboot your phone once complete.

And that's it. You have successfully spoofed your MAC Address. :good::)
 
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Suo.Eno

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Hi guys.....here is the way that helped me change my mac address permanently(surviving reboots).I have tried this in Redmi 3s Prime and can confirm that this works.

Note: take a backup of the *.qcn file of your own phone using the qpst tool and have it safe , so that you can restore it if anything goes wrong messing your imei or mac or when you want your original mac address back.

Required Tools can be downloaded either in the miui forum thread(Thanks to the thread creator) mentioned in step 1 or through this GDrive link : https://goo.gl/lrTdMb

So lets get started. :D

1 ) head over to this thread [ http://en.miui.com/thread-348525-1-1.html ]
and follow all the preparation steps(steps 1-8) including installation of software and configuring the phone in diag mode.

2 )Open qpst tool and StartClient-->SoftwareDownload.
then go to Backup and take a backup

3)Open a copy of the resulting file (*.qcn) in any hex editor and search your phone's mac address as hex.
Eg. : if your mac address is 01:02:03:04:05:06 search it as 010203040506
[IMAGE http://i65.tinypic.com/2006xxz.png ]

4)You will get some search results. Now edit every search result with your desired MAC address.

5)And finally restore this edited *.qcn file and reboot your phone once complete.

And that's it. You have successfully spoofed your MAC Address. :good::)
Much appreciation for this guide.

It works for me although in my case for step no.3 the diff was when searching for the stock MAC address I had to set txt string not hex. Only then the hex editor could find the proper 4 placements from the backup.

Just in case if anyone else ran into the same search issue with the hex editor.

Sent from my Redmi 3S using Tapatalk
 

GoJo ^^

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I followed the guide http://en.miui.com/thread-348525-1-1.html but not alright : i do see "diag,adb" BUT i only have one entry under COM Ports in device manager and NOTHING appears in QPST Configuration tool. No phone or ports opened. I followed process few times & no luck. What's wrong?
 

VigneshGrK

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I followed the guide http://en.miui.com/thread-348525-1-1.html but not alright : i do see "diag,adb" BUT i only have one entry under COM Ports in device manager and NOTHING appears in QPST Configuration tool. No phone or ports opened. I followed process few times & no luck. What's wrong?

Did you disable driver signature enforcement in windows before installing all the drivers??
If not Google how to disable and later install the drivers again and try. I had the same kind of problem. And this worked.
 

GoJo ^^

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I just reboot without driver signature check & did process again : no changes.. :/
 

bonbonboi

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Kinda long & risky but I confirm this method works on Redmi Note 4X SD. Even so it's not that practical, means that you can't change MAC Address on fly, every time you have to find a PC to change the MAC address.
 
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hed190

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my mac address is 02:00:00:00:00:00 i dont know my old mac address so how can i find it in this qcn file?

can someone tell me the line where mac address is?

meanwhile, ive replace all "0200blabla" on that qcn file, then restore it , and i restart device and nothing happened, still same strange mac address(02:00:00...)
 
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miseliajung

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hello sir, can u help me please? i can not find my mac address.
It said "Search value not found". I use search as Text and Hex and the result is same. :crying:
 

kaew158

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How to spoof WiFi mac address for Snapdragon625 (Redmi 5Plus/Redmi Note 5 [indian])? I use this method but I can not find wifi mac address inside qcn file. I try to search hex number but no digit same like my device mac address.
 
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i highly recommend to backup as xml format (.xqcn) with this format you can open .xqcn file using notepad++ to find your mac just search using your original mac e.g. 02:00:00:00:00:00 then just search using 02 00 00 separate by space or full digit without ":", for SD625 first test using this app if you facing force reboot then use guide from this thread, highly recommend to backup original .qcn/.xqcn if you want use this guide.
 

kaew158

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i highly recommend to backup as xml format (.xqcn) with this format you can open .xqcn file using notepad++ to find your mac just search using your original mac e.g. 02:00:00:00:00:00 then just search using 02 00 00 separate by space or full digit without ":", for SD625 first test using this app if you facing force reboot then use guide from this thread, highly recommend to backup original .qcn/.xqcn if you want use this guide.

How to backup as xml format ?
QPST backup file as .qcn or .xqcn extension.
Change extension .xqcn to .xml then open it.
Or just open .xqcn on notepad++ ?
Please advice me.
 

kaew158

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qpst give an option to backup as binary (qcn) or xml format (xqcn) while qpst ask you to save the file, you can't just rename the extension
I can change wifi mac address inside xqcn file on SD425 chipset but still not find original mac address inside xqcn file on SD625 chipset. I try notpad++,HxD , Hex Editor but can not find original mac address.
Next day I flash lineageOS Oreo 8.1 for SD625 (Redmi 5Plus)
https://androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=248291
Then wifi mac address was change permanently to new address. I try to change mac address with app (change my mac) on this ROM but my device reboot. How to change wifi mac address like this lineageOS ROM did?
 
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zainifame

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I can change wifi mac address inside xqcn file on SD425 chipset but still not find original mac address inside xqcn file on SD625 chipset. I try notpad++,HxD , Hex Editor but can not find original mac address.
Next day I flash lineageOS Oreo 8.1 for SD625 (Redmi 5Plus)
https://androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=248291
Then wifi mac address was change permanently to new address. I try to change mac address with app (change my mac) on this ROM but my device reboot. How to change wifi mac address like this lineageOS ROM did?

well... if you backup as .xqcn notepad++ is enough no need using hxd, hex edit or etc because it is not binary format, to see your original mac it's appears on setting>about phone>status> wifi mac bla bla ..., if the mac change when you change rom it's about rom/kernel related to lineage or that custom rom you used and if you flash stock rom i'm sure it'll revert to original vendor mac, try to search using three group of your original mac on .xqcn, and if you still can't find it maybe it chipset related, but i think SD625 still family of SD425/430/435 series
 

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    Hi guys.....here is the way that helped me change my mac address permanently(surviving reboots).I have tried this in Redmi 3s Prime and can confirm that this works.

    Note: take a backup of the *.qcn file of your own phone using the qpst tool and have it safe , so that you can restore it if anything goes wrong messing your imei or mac or when you want your original mac address back.

    Required Tools can be downloaded either in the miui forum thread(Thanks to the thread creator) mentioned in step 1 or through this GDrive link : https://drive.google.com/folderview...ldGtWNHc&resourcekey=0-tvs1q3f3cTxYIltpcgD4VQ

    So lets get started. :D

    1 ) head over to this thread [ http://en.miui.com/thread-348525-1-1.html ]
    and follow all the preparation steps(steps 1-8) including installation of software and configuring the phone in diag mode.

    2 )Open qpst tool and StartClient-->SoftwareDownload.
    then go to Backup and take a backup

    3)Open a copy of the resulting file (*.qcn) in any hex editor and search your phone's mac address as hex.
    Eg. : if your mac address is 01:02:03:04:05:06 search it as 010203040506
    [IMAGE http://i65.tinypic.com/2006xxz.png ]

    4)You will get some search results. Now edit every search result with your desired MAC address.

    5)And finally restore this edited *.qcn file and reboot your phone once complete.

    And that's it. You have successfully spoofed your MAC Address. :good::)
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    Hi guys.....here is the way that helped me change my mac address permanently(surviving reboots).I have tried this in Redmi 3s Prime and can confirm that this works.

    Note: take a backup of the *.qcn file of your own phone using the qpst tool and have it safe , so that you can restore it if anything goes wrong messing your imei or mac or when you want your original mac address back.

    Required Tools can be downloaded either in the miui forum thread(Thanks to the thread creator) mentioned in step 1 or through this GDrive link : https://goo.gl/lrTdMb

    So lets get started. :D

    1 ) head over to this thread [ http://en.miui.com/thread-348525-1-1.html ]
    and follow all the preparation steps(steps 1-8) including installation of software and configuring the phone in diag mode.

    2 )Open qpst tool and StartClient-->SoftwareDownload.
    then go to Backup and take a backup

    3)Open a copy of the resulting file (*.qcn) in any hex editor and search your phone's mac address as hex.
    Eg. : if your mac address is 01:02:03:04:05:06 search it as 010203040506
    [IMAGE http://i65.tinypic.com/2006xxz.png ]

    4)You will get some search results. Now edit every search result with your desired MAC address.

    5)And finally restore this edited *.qcn file and reboot your phone once complete.

    And that's it. You have successfully spoofed your MAC Address. :good::)
    Much appreciation for this guide.

    It works for me although in my case for step no.3 the diff was when searching for the stock MAC address I had to set txt string not hex. Only then the hex editor could find the proper 4 placements from the backup.

    Just in case if anyone else ran into the same search issue with the hex editor.

    Sent from my Redmi 3S using Tapatalk
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    @VigneshGrK one (maybe more) question, where can i get *.xqcn or *.qcn file of required backup of *.qcn on QPST Software Download?
    Yeah. Step 2 here. In the backup tab. ?
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    Kinda long & risky but I confirm this method works on Redmi Note 4X SD. Even so it's not that practical, means that you can't change MAC Address on fly, every time you have to find a PC to change the MAC address.