[Q] Moto G MAC address - Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi.
Is it possible to change mac address on Moto G?
I tried every app on the market, some of them won't change the mac address and some of them won't connect to the router (can't pass authentication).
With rootbrowser I searched my phone for files that have "wifi" in their name, and then searched that file for word "mac" and searched my mac address in that file.
In xtwifi.conf I found the word mac:
# if we should use fake wifi scanner to report injected MAC address
# value 0: (default) we are going to use the real wifi scanner on board.
# value non-zero: we are going to use the injected MAC address
ENABLE_TEST_FAKE_WIFI_SCAM = 0
Any ideas?

It's a hardware address.. You can't change it...
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killerkiller12 said:
hi.
Is it possible to change mac address on moto g?
I tried every app on the market, some of them won't change the mac address and some of them won't connect to the router (can't pass authentication).
With rootbrowser i searched my phone for files that have "wifi" in their name, and then searched that file for word "mac" and searched my mac address in that file.
In xtwifi.conf i found the word mac:
# if we should use fake wifi scanner to report injected mac address
# value 0: (default) we are going to use the real wifi scanner on board.
# value non-zero: We are going to use the injected mac address
enable_test_fake_wifi_scam = 0
any ideas?
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please look your prİvate messages :'(

change mac address
I also want to change my mac address of moto E ... Can anybody help

Why would someone wants to change their phones Mac address? Can someone please enlighten us?

Some routers have mac filtering. You can not connect to that router if your mac address is not the same as the saved ones in the router.
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But arent you supppsed to be the one to set your mac address in the router to allow your device to be connected?

That's the point, it's not your router
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I have the same problem, i have a router with mac filtering, and i dont obtain it.

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Hello, I know its old, but I managed to change it on my ROOTed Moto G (Kit Kat) for other people...
Its in
Code:
/persist/WCNSS_qcom_wlan_factory_nv.bin
saved in binary.
View it:
Code:
busybox hexdump -C WCNSS_qcom_wlan_factory_nv.bin
You'll see 4 MAC addresses, each increase by one.
Quick Overwrite:
Code:
echo -n -e \\x00\\x00\\x01\\x02\\x01\\x01\\xEE\\xEE\\xEE\\xEE\\xEE\\xE1\\xEE\\xEE\\xEE\\xEE\\xEE\\xE2\\xEE\\xEE\\xEE\\xEE\\xEE\\xE3\\xEE\\xEE\\xEE\\xEE\\xEE\\xE4\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x30\\x02 > /persist/WCNSS_qcom_wlan_factory_nv.bin
You might want to check the starting and ending characters with your output, before you write it.

mat23452345 said:
Hello, I know its old, but I managed to change it on my ROOTed Moto G (Kit Kat) for other people...
Its in
Code:
/persist/WCNSS_qcom_wlan_factory_nv.bin
saved in binary.
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I can confirm that this works also on Moto E, running Android 4.4 as well as 5.1. Thanks for the tip!
I was not very comfortable with using terminal. This is what I did.
Open the file /persist/WCNSS_qcom_wlan_factory_nv.bin in Hex Mode. Some file browsers (eg. X-Plore File Browser) with root capability also supports hex editing. I will recommend keeping a backup, just in case.
The file should contain the MAC address 4 times, incremented by 1. You can check your current MAC address from Settings->WiFi->Advanced
Change all the four MAC present in the file, also incremented by 1. Leave all other hex values unchanged.
That's it!
Also, this is permanent. What I mean to say is that the MAC address remains unchanged after reboot and even after flashing another ROM. So if you want to get back your original MAC, you need to change file manually (the backup might come in handy).

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[Q] MAC address

Is it possible to change the MAC address in our device??
And this is illegal isn't it?? ^^!
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ghostcowboy said:
Is it possible to change the MAC address in our device??
And this is illegal isn't it?? ^^!
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1. Yes, you can change MAC address (for example if you install CM or MIUI your MAC addresses will be changed). But I don't know how to do it (There are several applications but they don't work for some reasons)
2. I don't think that it's unlegal because it's easy to change it on PC, and the our device is already small PC.
It's unlegal to change IMEI.
i can help you and falex007 lol dude mac address is hardware inbuilt in our phone no firmware can change it lol
@ghostcowboy
could u please be more specific why u want to change ur mac ? and most importand how are u connected to the internet ? wifi router ? or dsl+wifi router ?
simmer14 said:
i can help you and falex007 lol dude mac address is hardware inbuilt in our phone no firmware can change it lol
@ghostcowboy
could u please be more specific why u want to change ur mac ? and most importand how are u connected to the internet ? wifi router ? or dsl+wifi router ?
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hi, after flash the CM9, the MAC address is changed.
i having it now. i found out cause my router did not register my Hp for wifi.
and my router is set to mac filtering.
chongns said:
hi, after flash the CM9, the MAC address is changed.
i having it now. i found out cause my router did not register my Hp for wifi.
and my router is set to mac filtering.
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what the heck is this ? my mac address is not changed..
in order to connect to the internet u need to do the following..
btw indian isp's are **** ! specially hfcl mother ****ers don't release my mac address..
do this
when ur connected with ur wifi
click on the connection name and see what ip is assigned to you..
it wil be 192.168.1.x
now open ipv4 settings of ur pc/lappy/notebook
and fill in ip settings
in ip address u fill the ip address assigned to ur device subnet mask is automatic.
default gateway
192.168.1.1
leave dns as it is or u can use google dns..
and press ok windows will show u that it's conflick with two ip's blah....
then ur network icon on pc will show an exclamation mark on it !
and now u can use wifi on ur phone...
need any help just reply here...
if still you do not understand then please wait i'l make a tutorial with screens tonight...
peace...
simmer14 said:
i can help you and falex007 lol dude mac address is hardware inbuilt in our phone no firmware can change it lol
@ghostcowboy
could u please be more specific why u want to change ur mac ? and most importand how are u connected to the internet ? wifi router ? or dsl+wifi router ?
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LOL! Do you know that MAC can be changed very easy? look this and here Unfortunatelly those scripts doesn't work on our device
Also when you flash CM7/MIUI/CM9/MIUI2 the MAC became 08:00:28:12:03:58 (yes 1 MAC for every owner's of i9003 that flashed those ROMs). This happens because Samsung put the same MAC into hardware and change it manually in their stock ROMs.
BTW, if you flash back the stock ROM, the MAC address will return to Samsung one
PS: If you don't know the subject don't try to teach somebody: he can know more than you.
simmer14 said:
i can help you and falex007 lol dude mac address is hardware inbuilt in our phone no firmware can change it lol
@ghostcowboy
could u please be more specific why u want to change ur mac ? and most importand how are u connected to the internet ? wifi router ? or dsl+wifi router ?
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Well, a cafe store near my house open wifi for free, but somehow, i couldn't connect to it, maybe they block the recent MAC address that connect.
I saw in busybox iplink tiwlan0 has the MAC address, maybe it related to something?? :->
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ghostcowboy said:
Well, a cafe store near my house open wifi for free, but somehow, i couldn't connect to it, maybe they block the recent MAC address that connect.
I saw in busybox iplink tiwlan0 has the MAC address, maybe it related to something?? :->
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I know only 2 types of cafe WiFi policy:
1. WiFi under the password: The device can't receive IP address at all. And the customer should ask the password from waiter.
2. Free WiFi: The device can register with WiFi network and can get IP address. But all http requests are redirected to special page where customer should put the password and click button (or there is just button without passphrase).
Also I don't think your MAC is blocked
BTW try to change the MAC with the following command:
su
busybox ifconfig tiwlan0 hw ether 00:11:22:33:44:55
falex007 said:
I know only 2 types of cafe WiFi policy:
1. WiFi under the password: The device can't receive IP address at all. And the customer should ask the password from waiter.
2. Free WiFi: The device can register with WiFi network and can get IP address. But all http requests are redirected to special page where customer should put the password and click button (or there is just button without passphrase).
Also I don't think your MAC is blocked
BTW try to change the MAC with the following command:
su
busybox ifconfig tiwlan0 hw ether 00:11:22:33:44:55
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Yup, the first Wi-Fi policy is the same, but the 2 isn't.This Wi-Fi is popular in many cafes in my country, guest just have to obtain the IP address and doesn't redirect to another page.
I tried your following command but is said command not found after the last command (or i did the wrong way ^^! )
p/s: sorry for the bad English =]]
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falex007 said:
LOL! Do you know that MAC can be changed very easy? look this and here Unfortunatelly those scripts doesn't work on our device
Also when you flash CM7/MIUI/CM9/MIUI2 the MAC became 08:00:28:12:03:58 (yes 1 MAC for every owner's of i9003 that flashed those ROMs). This happens because Samsung put the same MAC into hardware and change it manually in their stock ROMs.
BTW, if you flash back the stock ROM, the MAC address will return to Samsung one
PS: If you don't know the subject don't try to teach somebody: he can know more than you.
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yeah you are right on my
any how can we simulate the Samsung stock rom way to add in our Mac?
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How to change wifi MAC address?

need help here, does anyone here knows how to change change the mac address of wifi.?
the wifi mac addreess of my su760 has change after upgrading to ICS. then after reverting back to gingerbread, it changed again, good thing i write down the original mac address but i don't know how to change it permanently.
hope someone could advice.
The information is kept in mmcblk0p3, you'll have to dump it, find the current mac address using a hex editor and overwrite it with your original mac address then dd it back.
pandaball said:
The information is kept in mmcblk0p3, you'll have to dump it, find the current mac address using a hex editor and overwrite it with your original mac address then dd it back.
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Pandaball, does your Wi-Fi and Bluetooth happen to still work on your p920? Either way could you possibly pm me a dump of your mmcblk0p3? I need to try to get my Wi-Fi and Bluetooth working again.
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It seems to be impossible. The usual apps fail and so does a manual ifconfig shell.
Anyone got a clue on this? Help would be really appreciated.
Same problem
I need to spoof MAC adress on my OPO, i've tired all the apps but everytime the MAC seems changed succesfully but when i try to connect to my router, the phone have issues to autenticate. My router has only a wpa, and in the android WIFI menu i see: "saved" on the connection.
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SOLUTION!!
Ok, i've been searching for month how to spoof MAC address on our device, but anybody helped me.
So i've tried all possible steps to change the MAC address and finally i've done it!
Here's the procedure i've followed:
1. (Requirements) Have a rooted device. (i don't know if busybox is required but in doubt, install it)
2. Install a file manager (Root explorer reccomended)
3. Go in settings, wifi, tap the three point at bottom right, advanced, and disable "scanning always avaible"
4. Open Root Explorer and go in this directory: /sys/devices/fb000000.qcom.wcnss-wlan and you'll find a file called: "wcnss_mac_addr"
5. Open "wcnss_mac_addr" with text editor
6. you'll see only your current MAC address. You can just edit it (edit only last digit recomended) and Save changes.
7. Disable and re-enable Wifi, and you've just edited your MAC address! Enjoy
Important: The Mac address will restore as default everytime you reboot your phone.
sorry for the basic english because i'm italian, if you have any question please ask me.
I hope i've helped you.

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