Hi,
I have strange internet provide that lets only one MAC address on network. Long story short, I have to change a Wifi MAC address on my 8525. Any ideas?
I would prefer something simple, maybe a simple aplication to do so.
I have read post like
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=322225
but, it is complicated, since I need to be able to change it back to original on daily bases with no access to external computer.
Thanks
sadik007 said:
I have read post like
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=322225
but, it is complicated, since I need to be able to change it back to original on daily bases with no access to external computer.
Thanks
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Sadly that's the only way it can be done; the WLAN MAC address is stored at a fixed offset within the ROM - the post you mention above is a guide to patching the ROM to update it with the required MAC address.
Mark.
Mark Crouch said:
Sadly that's the only way it can be done; the WLAN MAC address is stored at a fixed offset within the ROM - the post you mention above is a guide to patching the ROM to update it with the required MAC address.
Mark.
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1 thought as my cable provider is like that to a certain regard,
Get a wireless router. then register the mac of the router with the provider, everything else is transparent to the provider as it would appear to come from the router ans is all ip based, aqs no Mac based services ( ie: netbios ipx/spx ) are used on the internet only on local network
hope this helps
First of all, i would like to say hello guys and thanks to every developer in here.
I'm trying to change my x10 (FreeX10 from here) mac address, but i've tried a lot of commands like:
ip link wlan0 set address xx:xx:...
most of them just returns me invalid operation or siocsifhwaddr error
i've tried the app Set Mac Address with no luck.
Tried to find the /etc/wl/nvram.txt there is no file in there.
Tried to look for a file with any WL inside, most of them seems code not configuration.
Have someone already been able to change this?
I need this because in my work everyone can have only on mac address signed to, so if i want to use wifi i need to set every thing to the same mac address.
Sorry my bad english.
Thanks in advance
Ruan
Maybe you will find something useful here!
G-FACE said:
Maybe you will find something useful (Couldn't post the link because of forum rules blocking me)
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It may be because of my lack of knowledge on linux system, but i couldn't understand most of the commands in there, tried to reproduce but i got nothing.
Does anyone knows any step by step for x10 using terminal commands if possible to do this?
Hi,
i tried to change my MAC Adress on the Galaxy s3 but none of the existing tutorials worked. The problem is i want to change the mac permanently. I already found a file in /efs/wifi/.mac.info but when i change the value and restart the phone it's set back to the old mac adress. The other tutorials are using nvram or something like that but i couldn't find that file. Do you have an idea of how to change this right?
Greets from Germany Nico
Would anyone know why a ROM would not produce the correct mac adress and just leave it as blank? Because if you do not have a Mac Adress you cannot connect to any wifi network... any help would be appreciated :laugh:
A did a quick google search and found this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2121151
another thread said something about the kernel flashed to many times, but I doubt that is the case.
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.
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:
VigneshGrK said:
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.
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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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
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?
goja said:
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?
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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.
I just reboot without driver signature check & did process again : no changes.. :/
@VigneshGrK one (maybe more) question, where can i get *.xqcn or *.qcn file of required backup of *.qcn on QPST Software Download?
zainifame said:
@VigneshGrK one (maybe more) question, where can i get *.xqcn or *.qcn file of required backup of *.qcn on QPST Software Download?
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Yeah. Step 2 here. In the backup tab. ?
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Yeah. Step 2 here. In the backup tab.
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lol for me i don't even try it and just asking to you haha i'm sorry bro thanks btw it work's for me spoofing redmi 3s (land) is need more step not like his brother redmi 3 (ido) just use change my mac app and mac is changing without reboot suddenly
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.
Where is the address in QCN that store Wifi-Mac-Address data?
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...)
bonbonboi said:
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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Is it working in Redmi note 4 snapdragon???
vbchimtekar said:
Is it working in Redmi note 4 snapdragon???
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Yes by using QPST Configuration.
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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:
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.
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.
zainifame said:
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.
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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 said:
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.
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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
zainifame said:
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
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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?
kaew158 said:
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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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