I am trying to develop a test case that requires whether the network traffic is going through a proxy server or not. I believe that reading the file which contains this information would let me achieve it. Can someone please tell me where the Android OS stores the proxy servers IP (which we set in network settings) in the Android file system.
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I am a n00b with Android and have the following question. Are EVDO authorization credentials such as MIP/PPP username and password are set within OS, i.e. built-in into PPP daemon? If so, then rooting is required to modify those settings (for example, to use the firmware with another Carrier).
Or are they stored separately, outside of- and external to Android OS? If, so rooting neither required, nor helpful for modifying EVDO authorization credentials
I'd like to change MAC addresses for this purpose and this purpose only: gaming.
[Android] StreetPass Riilay: The HomePass method on your phone[/url] (The forums are down for maintenance and I still have the 10 post limit)
According to that thread, Android phones have their Wi-Fi configurations in these directories.
Code:
/system/etc/wifi/nvram.txt
/data/misc/wifi/config
/data/.nvmac.info
/factory/wifi/.mac.info
/data/etc/wlan_macaddr
/pds/wifi/wlan_mac.bin
However, none of these paths contain those MAC configuration files.
These three paths exist on my phone: /system/etc/wifi/ and /data/misc/wifi/ and /pds/wifi/ but do not have any MAC address configurations.
Is there another directory where the MAC configurations are located? Is it even possible to change the MAC address on the Razr?
I've tried apps from the play store, and those don't work. I'm not using any ROMs, but I installed BusyBox files.
So basically my questions are:
1) Where are the MAC configurations stored?
2) Do certain ROMs have different Wi-Fi configurations in different paths in the system's files?
3) I am not doing this so I can connect to networks, I am doing this so that other devices can connect to my phone's Wi-Fi network. Most MAC address apps don't do that
Well thanks for the help anyway. I just copied the system files onto my desktop then looked into every nook and cranny. The answer was in my face all this time.
For anyone else who needs this in the future:
data/misc/wifi/firmware/wl12xx-nvs.bin
pds/wifi/nvs_map.bin
That's where the MAC configurations are stored. The values are stored little-endian, so just read along the first line and you'll know what I'm talking about. Change the values to your desired MAC address, then presto, your MAC address is changed. Do this for both .bin files.
This is only temporary, so you should make a copy of your desired MAC available in your file manager so you can just paste them into the directories with ease.
lazy9090 said:
Well thanks for the help anyway. I just copied the system files onto my desktop then looked into every nook and cranny. The answer was in my face all this time.
For anyone else who needs this in the future:
data/misc/wifi/firmware/wl12xx-nvs.bin
pds/wifi/nvs_map.bin
That's where the MAC configurations are stored. The values are stored little-endian, so just read along the first line and you'll know what I'm talking about. Change the values to your desired MAC address, then presto, your MAC address is changed. Do this for both .bin files.
This is only temporary, so you should make a copy of your desired MAC available in your file manager so you can just paste them into the directories with ease.
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I can't make any sense of what's in those files...
Wat do?
Hi guys, I'm learning to customize ROMs and want to customize the captive portal server. Since I'm behind the Great Firewall in China, the default server, which is google.com , is blocked. I wonder if there's a way to modify the captive portal server so I can integrate the modified server into a custom ROM, rather than use adb commands after the system is all set up?
I guess if the server URL is written in a certain file and it can be modified on a file level? But so far in the forum I haven't seen another way except for command line .
I am researching how feasible it is to develop a custom user authentication system for Android. Not at the application level but at the operating system level where many users can login into a device with a user name and password and log out. The user profile should be pulled from a repository not already provisioned on the device. This would be similar to how users log onto a PC using Windows Active Directory. Has anyone seen this accomplished?
Thanks
Anyone know how to block apps from accessing the internet in Android AOSP code automatically for Android 9-11?
I found some patch but don't understand how it works.
Just need an easy way to add the package names to block in the patch or to feed an external file like system/etc/blocked_apps.xml to the patch.
Patch
https://pastebin.com/0BsfEECq
For websites it's easy since you can just add them to the host file.
Android's host file is the correct place.
The hosts file is used by Android to map IP addresses to host names or domain names. This file acts as a local DNS service for your Android device, and it overrides the mappings from the DNS server that your Android device is connected to, through the network.
Here an example how to block all connections to Google.
So all you have to know which URL the app in question tries to connect to. This you can find it out with connection tracking tools, e.g. Packet Capture app, and even via Android's LOGCAT.