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Hi. I have a Mac & running on operating system OSX 10.6.6 and will be purchasing the Galaxy S 4G soon. I need to know if anyone on here know or has in fact synchronizing the Galaxy S with their Mac and if yes how compatible/synchronized the Galaxy S 4G is with Mac computers? Please write me if you can help clear my last question before making a purchase on this super cool phone.
I don't have an issue with my GS4G and 10.6.6. When I plug up my phone I can move files to and from the sdcard. I also have pdanet running with no problems. However, it seems like everytime I connect the phone SAMSUNG_Android always says that it hasn't been setup in the network list. I have tried to look into that because it hasn't annoyed me enough. Anyways, it works just fine. So go head and make that purchase, phones great in my book.
It all depends on what you call "compatible"
Can you mount the SD card on the Mac? Yes
Can you run ADB on the Mac? I would assume so. (I use Linux)
Can you copy your Address Book contacts to a vcf file, copy them to your phone, then import then into the phone contacts? Yes
Does iSync work? NO
Apparently one of the few "functional" ways to sync any Android phone to a Mac is through Google calendar and contacts. I personally think that sucks and is pig-headed of both for about the same reasons.
I don't really want Google to have my personal information to that level, so I'm stuck until there is a reliable way to sync address and contact information with a Mac. There are some 3rd-party apps out there, but none have seemed to be reliable enough from the reviews and can be pretty expensive.
I'll probably resolve this in the end by running Calendar Server on Mac Server for other reasons, and I remember reading somewhere that Android could sync to non-Google CalDav servers.
Thank you all for your helpful notes please do keep me updated if any more info arise.
I trying to run Heimdall on my mac to flash a rom, but everytime i select all six files I get failed to start heimdall. its really annoying. Has anyone had any success with this procedure?
Has anyone else been able to get the bluetooth file exchange to work? I can connect to the phone and see the folder hierarchy, but no actual files are visible.
Hi,
I had to change my Transformer because of an issue. Before getting the new one I made a nandroid backup from the old one. Now, I restored this backup to the new one and saw that the Wifi MAC address is the one from old one.
I assume, the nandroid backup has restored old Transformer's mac address to the new one.
How can I revert back to the original MAC address of this new Transformer ?
Btw, I don't know the MAC address of the new Transformer. How can I find it ?
Thanks.
I was able to change the mac address by modifying mac line in /data/misc/wifi/nvram.txt
but I don't know how to find the original mac address.
If I remove the mac line from this file, it generates a mac address but I don't know if that's the correct original one.
any idea ?
I need help about how to find the original mac address. I've also done a factory reset.
It now shows a new mac address starting with 14A:E9 but when I search this on MAC-VENDOR search, I can't see any vendor. So is it fake ? or random ?
How can I find the real mac address of my device ? Shouldn't it be available on the box or the device itself ?
any ideas on this ?
how can I get my Transformer's original mac address ?
mrmrmrmr said:
any ideas on this ?
how can I get my Transformer's original mac address ?
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Rumor has it that if you delete the line that starts 'macaddr = ' , and whatever trash follows (the MAC) , that a reboot will restore the original.
It doesn't really make much sense since organizations, (e.g. ASUS) are assigned a 'small range' of MACs by whoever is the bureau for those things now (always was Xerox in the past), and changing for example a MAC to 00:00:00:00:00:00 will be out of that range. How do you know the allowable range, or is this just to spoof someone else's to get an IP from their router? Changing the MAC has big implications just because you'll never pick one out of a hat that isn't already being used by anyone and that'll mean troubles on the net.
Actually, I don't care, but to MASK it for awhile, you should be able to do what you did, and to get it back, you "should" be able to use 'wordpad' or whatever format that nvram.txt file is in and change it back. I used 'od -h /data/misc/wifi/nvram.txt' to figure out that the last line was the MAC.
By the way, you probably now this, but to really check the MAC, probably the best way is to use (from term or adb shell):
#ifconfig wlan0
and look at it.
thanks for your comments.
if I remove mac line from nvram.txt, I get a totaslly different mac address.
And when I search that, it says "Murata Company"
with the older MAC, mac search finds "AsusTek"
mrmrmrmr said:
thanks for your comments.
if I remove mac line from nvram.txt, I get a totaslly different mac address.
And when I search that, it says "Murata Company"
with the older MAC, mac search finds "AsusTek"
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Well, at least the nvram.txt file does something. The ASUS (well, how up to date could this be?) range for their wifi devices, one of their suppliers is 'Murata', is this:
f4-6d-04-ZZ-XX-YY. (well, for my transformer anyway)
Murata and ASUS appear to have a bunch of overlapping ranges. Maybe since ASUS Transformer has a Murata chip onboard, they also have some dealings regarding MACs. I have no idea really, but is having a Murata MAC (as said by who-knows-how-reliable web-search), a problem? Just curious.
1. Why does everyone care what their original MAC address was? I've used DE:AD:BE:EF:FA:CE as the MAC address on every device I owned, at one point or another.
2. "Changing the MAC has big implications just because you'll never pick one out of a hat that isn't already being used by anyone and that'll mean troubles on the net."
This isn't really accurate. The MAC address is used by your local network for DHCP, routing, etc, but it does not leave the LAN. Your MAC address will never be visible to the internet on the TF, so there is almost no chance of an address conflict. There'd have to be someone on your LAN with the same MAC to cause a problem.
I doubt that "everyone" cares what their original MAC was, but the OP does. I don't personally care or have a desire to change it and I suspect most have no idea what a MAC is anyway.
IPv6 might make MACs more prevalent past the LAN or WLAN but I think only with stateless config. ARP cache using static config could "possibly" lead to trouble in a LAN, but I basically agree and it seems like not a big issue.
hachamacha said:
I doubt that "everyone" cares what their original MAC was, but the OP does. I don't personally care or have a desire to change it and I suspect most have no idea what a MAC is anyway.
IPv6 might make MACs more prevalent past the LAN or WLAN but I think only with stateless config. ARP cache using static config could "possibly" lead to trouble in a LAN, but I basically agree and it seems like not a big issue.
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Sorry, didn't mean to generalize, but there are actually two posters in this thread with the question, so by "everyone" I meant the two of them.
I agree about IPv6, but very few people will be stateless, so I suspect it still won't matter in 99.9% of cases.
Also, to mrmrmrmr, if you removed the config line that changed it in the first place, I would be surprised to see it randomly generate a new one. I'd expect the MAC address seen now is the original, whether it's registered with Asus or not. Changing the config again, and then reverting again, should show whether it's statically or randomly generated, just to make sure.
thanks for your posts.
I care about this because I really don't want to use a mac address which is not mine.
I know the mac address is not leaving the LAN but for regulation purposes it is used in LAN records.
I would like to obey the regulatory authority
anyway, if I remove the line from nvram.txt ,each time I re-enable wifi, I get a new mac address. maybe if I reboot, I will receive a permanent one.
Also, if I factory reset, I get totally a new one.
weird ...
No nvrm.txt file.
What to do.
wifi is not turning on, mac address unavailable
Hello all. I'm new to Asus and Android stuff. I had Windows 7 on my Mac and everything worked flawlessly. But Windows was messing arround with Mac and I decided to remove Windows. Now the question is, how can I make the Mac to see the Asus TF101? I've tried with Software update, searched Google and nothing...thanks in advance.
Sorry if I've posted in the wrong forum, and I didn't found anything to help me
Since u are an apple fan boy when it comes to the pc side of the house, my advice is to trade in your transformer for an ipad. I think u will find that ipads play better with mac os and android plays better with windows and linux.
"See" it how? I have a Mac and none of my Android devices (Motorola Atrix, MototACTV, TF101, Nook Color, Nook Tablet) have any problem connecting either over USB mass storage or through adb.
Cheers!
-M
Xda member since 2007
Thank you for your replies. I don't want an iPad because I have iPhone and for me iPad it's iPhone XXL. I just wanted something new. I've found a tool that works well for me : Search "Android File Transfer" and download the tool. Hope it helps other people. (I cannot post links,sorry).
Hey man, I have a transformer and a mac too. All you have to do is download Android File Transfer app for mac. It will automatically open when u connect your xformer to ur mac and you can transfer files.
Lately I have some troubles connecting to a certain router. My phone's MAC is blocked. Is there any method to change it or to foul the router with another MAC address? I've read something but nothing of it won't apply to our LG O3D.
First, fooling around with MAC addresses can cause huge problems if your MAC address conflicts with another on your network. Something about MAC addresses being unique and all.
That being said, the phone's unique identifying information is in /dev/block/mmcblk0p3. You can dd it out, edit it with a hex editor by finding your current MAC address and replacing it with another, then dd it back into the phone. No guarantees this will not break anything.
Read this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1385577
You might need to use wlan0, instead of eth0.
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post-mortem said:
Read this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1385577
You might need to use wlan0, instead of eth0.
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Tried the link you gave me... Should clarify some things first:
- Those commands are working only with the WiFi module active, meaning that you must be connected to a WiFi network.
- On our O3D the WiFi module is addressed with tiwlan0, not wlan0 or eth0
- No matter what I can't get it done because it says something like this: "SIOCSIFHWADDR: OPERATION NOT SUPPORTED" - and YES! my busybox is updated
At the end I'll give it a try to what pandaball wrote. Thanks everybody, I'll keep in touch.
Hi Bro,
I got mentioned file and I used the Hex editor , but the problem I couldn't find the my mac address 1c:b0:94:ca:dc:33 in order to change it and move back to my phone as new mac address .
help me out pls
BR
Babi
pandaball said:
First, fooling around with MAC addresses can cause huge problems if your MAC address conflicts with another on your network. Something about MAC addresses being unique and all.
That being said, the phone's unique identifying information is in /dev/block/mmcblk0p3. You can dd it out, edit it with a hex editor by finding your current MAC address and replacing it with another, then dd it back into the phone. No guarantees this will not break anything.
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sarababak said:
Hi Bro,
I got mentioned file and I used the Hex editor , but the problem I couldn't find the my mac address 1c:b0:94:ca:dc:33 in order to change it and move back to my phone as new mac address .
help me out pls
BR
Babi
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Hopefully you weren't searching with the colons, so it should be 1CB094CADC33. Also, it might be backwards, as in 33DCCA94B01C. Capitalization matters (since it's hex), and I think the letters should be capitalized.
BigBadSheep said:
Lately I have some troubles connecting to a certain router. My phone's MAC is blocked. Is there any method to change it or to foul the router with another MAC address? I've read something but nothing of it won't apply to our LG O3D.
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Hidden menu -> port settnigs ->cp image download; then on pc run tutty and at%mac= is the command youre looking for.
Sent from my LG-P920 using xda app-developers app
MOVED: http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software-hacking/app-nmac-nil-mac-changer-t3391283
F.A.Q. :
Q: My phone can't connect to any Wi-Fi network after I change my MAC address!
A: Make sure that you haven't changed the first 2 bytes of your original MAC address. Although more than one acceptable combination is available, you will be unable to connect if those 2 bytes are invalid.
Q: I messed up!
A: Restore the backup (original MAC address) by clicking on the button.
Q: I messed up and I deleted the app!
A: Reinstall the app and restore the backup (original MAC address) by clicking on the button. The backup file is saved on your external storage under /.nMAC/ and you may also restore it manually.
Change log:
12 May 2016 - v1.01
Removed arm64-v8a ABI
Faster app startup
Reduced app size
7 May 2016 - Initial release - v1.0
/Reserved
Looks quiet good bro.
You can also add support for a huge range of Samsung devices.
They're storing their mac addresses at <<consored>>
If you want further information just ask.
Updated to v1.01! Change log in 3rd post.
nMAC has officially moved to Android Software Hacking with support for more, non-Nexus devices!
@ViRb3
I need some help please...
In short: before one week my phone stops to connect to my corporate network - didn't wont to obtain IP address. And after several attempt from my side to change login parameters - DHCP, ststic adderss & etc. I decided to change my MAC address with "Change my MAC"... before the change i have created screen-shot with original MAC. But unfortunately the program does not want to revert the address back. I'm stuck on randomly generated MAC from the program. Last ting that I have made i to restore my EFS Backup. Yes, I have received new MAC address but the new address is still not the original one. Also i found that the corporate Cisco router identifies my phone not as a LG Electronic & nexus 5x, but as a Qualcomm device.
After quick research I have found your program but after installation I'm receiving err msg - your device is not supported...
Can you give me advice - how to restore the original MAC address (I have the original one as prtscr), also I have EFS Backup and full factory image backup of my phone that I have made on the day that i have bought the device (but i want to use it as a last resort)...
Thanks in advance.
BR
nunu
dr.nunu said:
@ViRb3
I need some help please...
In short: before one week my phone stops to connect to my corporate network - didn't wont to obtain IP address. And after several attempt from my side to change login parameters - DHCP, ststic adderss & etc. I decided to change my MAC address with "Change my MAC"... before the change i have created screen-shot with original MAC. But unfortunately the program does not want to revert the address back. I'm stuck on randomly generated MAC from the program. Last ting that i have made i to restore my EFS Backup. Yes, I have received new MAC address but the new address is still not the original one. Also i found that the corporate Cisco router identifies my phone not as a LG Electronic & nexus 5x, but as a Qualcomm device.
After quick research I have fount your program but after installation I'm receiving err msg - your device is not supported...
Can you give me advice - how to restore the original MAC address (I have the original one as prtscr), also I have EFS Backup and full factory image backup of my phone that i have made on the day that i have bought the device (but i want to use it as a last resort)...
Thanks in advance.
BR
nunu
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Don't panic and check PMs
dr.nunu said:
@ViRb3
I need some help please...
In short: before one week my phone stops to connect to my corporate network - didn't wont to obtain IP address. And after several attempt from my side to change login parameters - DHCP, ststic adderss & etc. I decided to change my MAC address with "Change my MAC"... before the change i have created screen-shot with original MAC. But unfortunately the program does not want to revert the address back. I'm stuck on randomly generated MAC from the program. Last ting that I have made i to restore my EFS Backup. Yes, I have received new MAC address but the new address is still not the original one. Also i found that the corporate Cisco router identifies my phone not as a LG Electronic & nexus 5x, but as a Qualcomm device.
After quick research I have found your program but after installation I'm receiving err msg - your device is not supported...
Can you give me advice - how to restore the original MAC address (I have the original one as prtscr), also I have EFS Backup and full factory image backup of my phone that I have made on the day that i have bought the device (but i want to use it as a last resort)...
Thanks in advance.
BR
nunu
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Just a Short question, die you solve the Problem?
Thargorsson said:
Just a Short question, die you solve the Problem?
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Yep, ViRb3 was so kind to spend couple of minutes to chat with me and yes... everything is OK now.
BR
nunu