Hi,
Can anyone help me change the WIFI hostname of my TF?
All i can find requires rooting....
Cheers, rio
Out of curiosity, why are you trying to change the hostname? If you are using a samba server, it should have a section to change the netbios name. If you need to change the /proc/sys/kernel/hostname file, you will need root access.
I don't have my transformer yet, but as I recall on my DROID X it was the same as the bluetooth device name, so changing the bluetooth name also changed the hostname.
I would like to change the current name 'android-sdr4r55ed' to something easier.
And the BT name is different, and currently set to match my device name.
Rio
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To use wifi at school I have to wpa corporate + TTLS etc, and g-tablet does not support that. In one of the earlier post one person suggested that I use "wifi advanced configuration editor", but the secured signal does not show up so there is nothing for me to edit. I tried to manually add the wifi connection via "setting" but I can't.
I know what wpa_supplicant.conf looks like on my Pandigital Novel; if I could edit this file on my g-tablet then I should be okay, right? Any suggestions on how to do this editing? (sheepishly looking at my back) I still can't get ADB working with my g-tab, and in any case I assume there would be issue with permission...
Thanks!
if you can get root you can use root explorer to turn R/W access on to the conf file in /data/misc/wifi and edit the conf in text editor. You may be asking for more but that is where I was editing mine to get ad-hoc mode on. Sorry I dont know the exact settings to tell you to make the actual edits.
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To use wifi at school I have to wpa corporate + TTLS etc, and g-tablet does not support that. In one of the earlier post one person suggested that I use "wifi advanced configuration editor", but the secured signal does not show up so there is nothing for me to edit. I tried to manually add the wifi connection via "setting" but I can't.
I know what wpa_supplicant.conf looks like on my Pandigital Novel; if I could edit this file on my g-tablet then I should be okay, right? Any suggestions on how to do this editing? (sheepishly looking at my back) I still can't get ADB working with my g-tab, and in any case I assume there would be issue with permission...
Thanks!
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Add it using the normal Android tool, assuming it's hidden? Anyway, then modify it with the WiFi Advanced Config Editor. It's always possible the firmware here isn't working well with that app, but if it's a hidden AP you might need to manually add, then edit.
khaytsus said:
Add it using the normal Android tool, assuming it's hidden? Anyway, then modify it with the WiFi Advanced Config Editor. It's always possible the firmware here isn't working well with that app, but if it's a hidden AP you might need to manually add, then edit.
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By "normal android tool" I assume you mean "setting" -- that's what I used on the pandigital novel anything. But as I said in the OP, g-tablet does not allow me to manually add an entry, so I can't use the wifi config editor :-( I also tried the app "full wifi" but I (rather, g-tablet) does not seem to be able to save the connection so created.
I'll look into root explorer as mentioned in post #2 and see how it goes... If you have better/different ideas please do share it with us!
Anyone know how??
I am rooted using prime 2.0., can't figure out which file...
The /proc/sys/kernel/hostname file just says localhost, but the hostname shows up as Android_######### according to my dhcp server and other devices on the network.
AFAICT The TF gets the hostname from /init.rc around line 191. If you remounted things rw and edited the file, I assume the change would be reflected but I'm more familiar with BSD/Slackware/RedHat/Debian when it comes to such things.
There might also be something useful in a forum search here, idk if you've tried that.
You could also try this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19786131#post19786131
Hey XDA
So i searched for an answer on the net and found some guides here on xda but none of them worked for me.
The reason i wanted to change my bluetooth mac address was because when i used my playstation 3 controller for my tablet/mobile/dongle it had to be paired with that mac address so that got annoying..
I wont make a complete guide but ill throw a bone on how i got it working
REMEMBER TO BACKUP WHATEVER YOU DELETE OR CHANGE just in case..
Oh and once i did this my devices with the same mac address could NOT function together so don't do this if you use bluetooth between your devices.
I did this on my mobile:
samsung galaxy s2 (4.0.4 Ressurrection remix ics v2.6.1)
And my tablet
Asus transformer tf300t (4.1.1 asus hydro 4.1)
I mention this because the files i had to edit wasn't the same files (i guess its because of ics vs jb)
My galaxy s2 (4.0.4):
1 force stopped and deleted data for the app "sharing with bluetooth" (translation from danish so i dont know if the name is correct)
2 froze "sharing with bluetooth" using titanium
3 change the mac adress in the files /efs/bluetooth/bt_addr and /efs/imei/bt.txt
4 In the folder /data/misc/bluetoothd/ theres a folder with same name as your bluetooth mac address move/rename/del that folder and change the mac address in the file named address (in /data/misc/bluetoothd
5 reboot and turn on bluetooth, after the reboot it took some time for my bluetooth to function again but this did it for me
My tf300t (4.1.1)
1 force stopped and deleted data for the app "sharing with bluetooth" (translation from danish so i dont know if the name is correct)
2 froze "sharing with bluetooth" using titanium
3 change the address in the file device_addr in /data/
4 change the address in the file mac.txt in /data/misc/bluetooth/ and delete all text in the file incoming_connection.conf
5 move/delete/rename the folder in /data/misc/bluetoothd/ which has the same name as your mac address
6 reboot and turn on bluetooth, after the reboot it took some time for my bluetooth to function again but this did it for me
Hope i helped someone
Thanks to all of you who does anything for the community YOU ROCK!
-Hapse
Hi!
I have a list of about 100 WiFi SSIDs and passwords that I've extracted from my old phone and I want to add them to the new phone that runs Android 10 and I couldn't find any useful information on the internet as everything seems outdated and not working.
The closest thing I've found is this: https://github.com/steinwurf/adb-join-wifi but I had to write a script, it adds only one network at the time and it doesn't work very well because often the networks aren't added and I also have problems escaping the SSID and passwords.
I've also tried to look for wpa_supplicant.conf but apparently it's not used anymore on Android 9 and 10, instead I've found a file called WifiConfigStore.xml but I'm not sure if and how it can be edited manually. Then I read I should use wpa_cli to add the networks but I get a service error when I run it. I also looked for Android apps but nothing like I need.
How can I add programmatically my networks? Is there an adb command, a file I could edit on the phone or an app that can help me with this?
Thanks in advance
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UPDATE: I created this thread again on the development section because more pertinent but now I can't find how to remove this one here!
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Update: The thread in the development forum has been deleted as not qualifying for that forum.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-j/development/rules-posting-development-t3601282
ColOfAbRiX said:
Hi!
I have a list of about 100 WiFi SSIDs and passwords that I've extracted from my old phone and I want to add them to the new phone that runs Android 10 and I couldn't find any useful information on the internet as everything seems outdated and not working.
The closest thing I've found is this: https://github.com/steinwurf/adb-join-wifi but I had to write a script, it adds only one network at the time and it doesn't work very well because often the networks aren't added and I also have problems escaping the SSID and passwords.
I've also tried to look for wpa_supplicant.conf but apparently it's not used anymore on Android 9 and 10, instead I've found a file called WifiConfigStore.xml but I'm not sure if and how it can be edited manually. Then I read I should use wpa_cli to add the networks but I get a service error when I run it. I also looked for Android apps but nothing like I need.
How can I add programmatically my networks? Is there an adb command, a file I could edit on the phone or an app that can help me with this?
Thanks in advance
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Well, there's one way: Titanium Backup
It can restore your wifi SSIDs and passwords from an xml file named
com.keramidas.virtual.WIFI_AP_LIST-20191012-065050.tar.gz
(file is inside the archive). This file contains SSID and password in plaintext.
strongst said:
Well, there's one way: Titanium Backup
It can restore your wifi SSIDs and passwords from an xml file named
com.keramidas.virtual.WIFI_AP_LIST-20191012-065050.tar.gz
(file is inside the archive). This file contains SSID and password in plaintext.
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Inside the archive there's WifiConfigStore.xml which I've already found it. The format doesn't look trivial to me so this idea is not really usable. But thanks!
Hello
I tried the free version of MX Player (the last one on Play Store). I tried to access to my Popcorn Hour byt entering IP address, login and pass... but got all time an error: unable to resolve host name. I tried with simple IP like 192.168.1.6, I tried with \\192.168.1.6, with SMB:\\192.168.1.6 but nothing work.
Is there something I do wrong or is it a bug?
Thank you for any advise.
Regards
Nobody got his error or nobody succeeded in connect?
I am struggling with the same issue.
Tried already with two NAS devices. On shares with authorization and without.
No success.
Always getting error. There is also no documentation about that function.
Please add on webpage documentation how data should be entered. Simple image example would be enought.
Using latest Pro version from google play.
Found this article https://androidpctv.com/tutorial-samba-on-android-connection-with-windows-and-alternatives/ where they wrote that MX Player supports only SMB v1 which is by default turned off on current NAS devices as it is not secure. So this function seems to be useless then in most cases.
Kasimodo said:
Hello
I tried the free version of MX Player (the last one on Play Store). I tried to access to my Popcorn Hour byt entering IP address, login and pass... but got all time an error: unable to resolve host name. I tried with simple IP like 192.168.1.6, I tried with \\192.168.1.6, with SMB:\\192.168.1.6 but nothing work.
Is there something I do wrong or is it a bug?
Thank you for any advise.
Regards
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I succeded it! if theres a problem I am seeing in your case is that you are using \\ instead of //.
even though windows files system uses backslash, but the network uses the front slash.
just confirm the IP of the host machine on the network, if your computer is password protected then login with the user name listed in "C:\users\" directory and the password for the following user! if this wont work just try check right setting in the "network and sharing centre" and the permission of the folder you want to share. Folder and entire Drive permissions are slightly different, so try the permission set to everyone! this will definately work. example "smb://192.168.1.6" is the right format for the server.
Edit Server
Name : Anything
Server : smb://HostName (example : smb://mypcname)
Path : Movie (Only the name of shared folder name)
Uncheck Anonymously
Domain : nothing
Name : Your-PC-User-Account-Name
Password : The-Password