Help on how to change Bluetooth MAC Address - Galaxy Tab 7.7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

i have a PS3 Dualshock3 controller and i use it alongside with Sixaxis Controller app on my Tab 7.7
i also use the controller on my laptop via bluetooth dongle..
they have different bluetooth mac address so i change paired address on my controller everytime i use it on different device
on my stock ICS firmware i successfully change my tab's mac address to be the same with the bluetooth dongle so that i don't have to change pair address everytime
recently i flashed Paranoid Android on my device, the address on bts.txt and bt_addr did not change but when i use sixaxis it displays different address and i can't use my controller..am i missing something?
here are the steps i used on stock ICS:
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

anyone?

Finally got around to doing this!
The only bit i didnt do was step 4 as i couldnt rename the folder. However after a reboot it created it for me and sixaxis picked up the change in BT address
I have also paired with my BT headphones and all works great.

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Wireless File Transfer?

So, I'm already getting tired of plugging into the USB every time I want to transfer file. Is there anyway to transfer file without using the hard wire? WLAN or bluetooth or any suggestion are welcome! Please show me how to do it though! (Because I tried and searched but can't figure it out!)
Thanks
The phone supports bluetooth FTP, which allows just what you're looking for, I would type up a description but im sitting on the floor typing on my phone.. so maybe someone else can But in a nutshell, pair the 2 devices, (both must support bluetooth ftp), set up a bluetooth ftp share on the phone thru the bluetooth settings app, connect to the phone over bt.
its notably slower than the usb2.0 transfer though.
bluetooth
beam file thru bluetooth from a laptop or pc. set your phone to discoverable under bluetooth settings and on your bluetooth enabled pc you should be able to right click a file and click on sent to... and bluetooth device should be an option. a new screen will show up where you can search for nearby bluetooth devices and the rest should be self explanatory, the default password should be 0000 unless you changed it. hope this helps. bluetooth is rather slow tho. i usually only use this method for small cab files. i use the usb cable or a sd card reader for bigger files.
Great! I finally figured it out. So I have to enable FTP on this phone. lol
Total Commander has a LAN plugin that'll allow you to access samba shares on other computers. should be much faster than transfers via bluetooth as it's done over wifi.
You can also use Activesync.
vexingv said:
Total Commander has a LAN plugin that'll allow you to access samba shares on other computers. should be much faster than transfers via bluetooth as it's done over wifi.
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I can access shares on my computer without samba or Total Commander. I just use file explorer.
This is really easy-peasy.
All you have to do is connect your phone to your Wi-Fi network, and then go into the File Explorer.
Click Menu > Go To > Open Path > New Path...
In the dialog box, type in the path to the share on your PC (yes you need to share the location on your PC that you want your phone to be able to access), for instance;
\\mypc\sharename
Click OK
Now you will be able to browse the folders on your PC and transfer files to/from it to your heart's content, just like you were looking on your own phone's filesystem.
Happy file transferring! :O)
ur awesome!!!!
Need help
Jim,
I must be a bit thick. I have my network set up for file sharing, but when I followed your instructions, I get a Network Log On screen and I'm not sure what I need to enter. User name... Password.... Domain.... ????? I'm already logged on securely to my WiFi network, so I do not understand what I should be entering here.
Can someone help me out here?
Thanks very much.
Skydog said:
I have my network set up for file sharing, but when I followed your instructions, I get a Network Log On screen and I'm not sure what I need to enter. User name... Password.... Domain.... ????? I'm already logged on securely to my WiFi network, so I do not understand what I should be entering here.
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Sounds like you need to enter your WINDOWS username/password to log in to your windows pc.
You may also need to create some shared folders on the windows pc if you have not already.
As mentioned, my network is already set up for sharing (among several systems) including specific drives and folders.
I already tried using my Windows username and password, without success, which is why I posted my question.
I'm still clueless.
I'd love to get this to work, but I'm not getting anywhere either.
I do have network shares set up.
I'm connected on wifi.
I go to file explorer->Menu->Open Path->New Path and put in \\Laptopt2310\test which is the computer I want to connect to and a shared folder on that computer.
I get a popup pointing to my wifi indicator saying cannot connect with current connection settings. To change your connection settings, tap Settings.
If I tap settings, it takes me to a connection set up where it says Verizon Wireless with some options under and My Work Network with some options under that.
The advanced tab has a box for select networks and I have Verizon Wireless in the Internet box and My Work Network in the private network box.
I don't want to touch anything there and screw things up.
It's almost like it's trying to do it over the phone's data connection and not wifi, but I did a quick speed test and at least the internet browser is definitely using the wifi connection.
Well, I figured out that I could also do this in resco and total commander.
Both of them connect fine on wifi. Not sure why file explorer doesn't, but I guess it doesn't really matter now.
What's the secret?
I also use Resco. Can you explain exactly what you did to make a successful connection?
Those of you still trying to use File Explorer, the username, password and domain should be your Windows username, Windows password and the name of your PC respectively.
If you don't get any joy using the PC name as the domain, or in the path dialogue, you can use the ip address instead - it may be that your network is having problems resolving names to ip addresses.
Trust me, it really does work, I've never had a problem using it at home on a perfectly bog-standard wi-fi network, with the shares on a Vista PC (it also worked with Windows 2000 before that).
Obviously, you have to be sure you're using your Wifi network and not GPRS / HSDPA.
Hope that helps!
Jim,
After some tinkering, I was successful in getting the Fuze on my network. What a great tip! Many, many thanks for sharing this with us.
No problem, happy to help.
I'm sure this is all in the manual somewhere ;O)
I can pair my phone with the computer through bluetooh, but in the bluetooth settings menu when i select my computer I only see 'Wireless Stereo' and 'Headset' as service. Is this because the laptop might not support bluetooth ftp? Its a new Lenovo T400 with built in bluetooth, I figure that should support it?
Any help is appreciated. Thanks
Don't bother with bluetooth, it's too much hassle, just use the File Manager over Wifi, it's far easier!
But what if I really do want to use bluetooth...?
When I view my bluetooth devices on the laptop I can click properties on my Touch Pro and see the following services: A2DP, Active Sync Bluetooth service, Dial-up networking, Headset audio gateway, Object Push (Obex)
On the phone I go Start->Settings->Connections->Bluetooth and then select my laptop that i'm tethered to and I only see Wireless Steroe, ActiveSync, and headset.
Am I missing drivers on one of the devices? It looks like its possible something wrong on the TP seeing how my vista laptop is listing obex as an option...
Any help is appreciated

RDP Setup

I am not sure if its the right forum to ask this question, but knowing the smart ppl we have here i hope i am wrong!
I just downloaded Remote RDP Enterprise 3.2 and i am trying to setup so i can connect to my home pc. I am using a router model WGT624 netgear router. I tried the port forwarding (had to setup custom PF, because it wouldnt let me add 3389 as a port on the services which offers through the router) as it was suggested but i think i might be doing something wrong because it just wont connect at all.
my PF on my router looks something like this:
# Service Name Start Port End Port Server IP Address
1 RDP 3389 3389 192.168.X.X
And when i goto whatismyip.com i have a different IP address: 67.234.x.x
on the app on my phone which IP address do i connect through?
Anyone use the same app and has a netgear router and knows how to set it up? or any documentation on how to get this thing working and can share it would be extremely helpful, its for my work!
Thanx so much in advance
Hi iknight8. I don't have that app but I'll try and help.
You need to connect to the external IP address (67.234.x.x) when you are on the internet and the internal IP (192.168.X.X) when you are on your internal network.
A good troubleshooting step would be to try connecting to you PC on the internal address when you are connected to your wifi. This should work with any of the port forwarding you have setup so if it doesn't then then you know it is a proble with the setting on the pc itself. Remote desktop has to be enabled in the computer settings and allowed on any firewalls you are using.
i tried connecting both but i get a Socket is not connected message!
if u can use it and let me know of the setting to make it work would be nice
Thanx again
p.s. wen i am on internal wifi network, same as pc and i put that PF ip addess, i get a mesage "no route to host"...
Do you have allowed RDP connection on PC?
I downloaded the app and the first time I tried it on my wifi I got the same error as you, no route to host. The problem was that I didn't enable remote desktop on my PC. Once I set it to allow connections from computers running any version of remote desktop it worked straight away.
This is what I did.
1. In the app, press the menu button and add.
2. I put in the IP address of my pc and port 3389.
3. On my PC I disabled the windows firewall.
4. Also on my PC (I'm using windows 7), I enabled remote desktop by going to start, right click computer, click properties, click remote settings and check the allow connections from computers running any version of resmote desktop radio button.
5. finally I connected my phone to my wifi and tapped on the connection I created in the app. It gave me my logon screen.
If you can get this working hopefully your port forwarding settings are corect and that will work too. Hope this helps.

[Q] [Help] TeamEos 3 + JoikuSpot (Nokia E52) can't connect

Dear friends,
I'm using TF101 with GREAT TeamEos 3 ROM build .81. + K.A.T Kernel .69
All seems to work perfect, except Internet Connection.
Normal WiFi (infrastructure) works perfect, but I want to use my Nokia E52 (Symbian) with JoikuSpot application as mobile hotspot. On stock rom, 9.2.27 (ICS 4.0) all worked great.
Now, when I've installed K.A.T toolbox with wpa_supplicant from K.A.T, my tablet saw my AP SSID, but when I tried to connect it, I got errors:
"Trying to associate with SSID 'xxx'
Authentication with here goes my MAC timed out.
Trying to associate with SSID 'xxx'
Authentication with here goes my MAC timed out.
Trying to associate with SSID 'xxx'
Authentication with here goes my MAC timed out.
. . . "
I replaced wpa_supplicant in /system/bin with original from .81 TeamEos package, but now I can't see my SSID of mobile AP. Wifi Analyzer shows it with "Ad-Hoc" notification on the right, but system Settings menu can't.
How can I connect to my Nokia E52? I tried different settings, open authentication, wep, etc, just don't know what to do. I don't want to use Net over bluetooth.

[Q] Bluetooth tethering Android - Mac doesn't work

This problem is on both cm12s (oneplus) and stock android (5.0 and 5.1 on nexus 5)
Obviously I can pair with my Mac (latest Mac OS) and click "connect to network" there. This shows up correctly in the status bar of my phone (1 device connected to Internet sharing through bluetooth).
Now the problem is when I check the status of the PAN network on my Mac, it says "self assigned IP address" and renewing the DHCP lease doesn't work. I assume I can change the address to "manual" but there must be a better way? I've tried on 2 different macbooks, no difference. Also, how can I find the internal ip/gateway on Android to even try the manual IP address?
I don't have any issues with bluetooth tethering to my other Android devices.

Bluetooth tethering to other android phone - no internet

Hi guys!
I have an issue with bluetooth tethering between two android phones:
A-Oneplus One cm12.1 latest nightly
B-Xperia SP cm11 latest stable release
Bluetooth tethering is activated on A, and paired up with B. Then I activate the "use internet access" option on the bluetooth pairing settings. Then when I try to access the internet on B, I get a "could not find server" error. It is not a dns issue as the problem is the same when using ip addresses.
I tried to isolate the faulty phone with two scenarios:
I connected a friend's phone running kitkat to A: internet worked fine, which led me thinking that A was sharing its connection correctly and thus B was at fault. But then I connected B to my friend's phone in bluetooth tethering mode: internet worked fine, so B can receive bluetooth tethering internet correctly...
Could it be that lollipop phones have trouble sharing bluetooth internet to kitkat phones? Seems a bit fishy to me...
Is there a command line tool (like pand on old cyanogen phones) to manually configure A or B?
Any ideas? Thank you!
Update:
I ran a netfcg on B: it showed that bt-pan didnt have any Ip address assigned.
So i did
netcfg bt-pan dhcp
ip route add default via 192.168.44.1 (A's ip address).
Now i can ping any internet IP, but I cannot ping web addresses. How do I set the correct dns in this case?
Thanks!
This post solved my problem.
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2043744&page=18

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