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How To Spoof MAC Address in Android




Spoof MAC

This is a HOW TO about how to spoof your MAC address. A MAC address is a combination of numbers and letters that are unique to your own WiFi card. I am not responsible for how you use this, I am just putting it out here. Don't flood this thread with how it is illegal because there are legal uses for this (such as pen testing).

First, you need to download a free app called Android Terminal Emulator. It is free and works on the Incredible. You do not need root for this to work. To change back to your normal MAC Address, just follow these steps to change it back or restart your phone.

It makes this easier if you already know your real MAC Address which can be found at:
All Programs > Settings > Wireless & Networks > WiFi Settings > Menu button > Advanced 

Keep this in
mind

Then, open the Terminal Emulator previously installed. You need to run a few Linux commands to get the change. You need to find the name of your card. To do this type this without the quotes (''):
'ip link show'

This will provide a list of a bunch of different interfaces. Find the one that has the same MAC address as the one found above. On the Incredible, it is the last one called eth0. I will use eth0 in the examples, but if it is different, then change eth0 to your own one in the following commands.

To change the MAC Address, type this without the quotes (''):
'ip link set eth0 address XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX'
'ip link set eth0 broadcast XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX'

XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX is the new MAC Address you want where each X is a letter A-F or number.

Finally, to check if the MAC Address has changed, type this without the quotes (''):
'ip link show eth0'

It should now show the new MAC Address. I haven't checked if it sends this MAC address to the router, but I think it will. I will update once I check it.



Permanently Spoof mac address

– After your rooted head into terminal emulation type su and go into /data/misc/WiFi

– Look for a file called nvram.txt

– Copy it to your sdcard and then to your CPU desktop open it with notepad and at the bottom of nvram.txt is the mac address

– I was able to verify and test this on android Citrus Ciena.

– Edit that mac address and save it as nvram1.txt onto sdcard

– Now go back to data WiFi misc and copy nvram.txt to nvram.bak

– Head into GUI and then settings then WiFi then turn on the WiFi but don’t connect to any WiFi network.

– turn off the WiFi and then switch back to terminal.

– Copy the nvram1.txt to data misc WiFi.

– remove the original (make sure you have it backed up)


-Rename nvram1.txt to nvram.txt

-head back into GUI and then settings then WiFi

-Now for me it immediately stated unable to turn on WiFi

-Ignore it and try to turn it on anyways

-When it turns on your newly edited mac address will take effect

-Connect to your AP


-NOW B4 REBOOTING YOU MUST CHANGE NVRAM BACK TO THE ORIGINAL!


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Comments

Kad said…
This post is about a year ago, but do you know what has changed. I am not able to open this message because I get a pop up that says, "Could not open database file. Reason:file is not a database". Do you know how one can go past this?

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