Change MAC address?

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Hi folks,

Got two fairphones V1 at home 5friend is visiting°, and just realized that both phones have the same MAC address, so we cannot both connect on to the WiFi together.

I thus want to change my MAC address to be able to connect. Foud a couple of apps on the Google app store but unsure if they really work/if they’re safe.

Would you guys know how to do this? I’m ready to do it by hand but I have no idea of where the MAC address could be stored!

Thanks in advance,
Shannou06

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How crazy is that! :slight_smile: I hope you find a solution soon! Typically the mac-address is stored on the network/Wifi card. But since android is based on Linux, it should definitely be possible to modify the mac address, at least temporarily.

Still, that should actually not happen.

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Ha, I thought MAC addresses (unlike IP addresses) are unique. Just found out here, that duplicate MAC-addresses can occur due to production errors or self-assignment. :slight_smile:

EDIT: Here you go. This one from XDA-dev-forum should help. Actually you don’t need the app mentioned there, you can just enter Engineer Mode as described in this Wiki entry. Did you get it to work?

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Hi thanks for your answers!

Yes it is weird, and now, having followed the tutorial proposed by Stefan, I obtain nothing really interesting… :

NB:Strangely enough he tutorial starts by asking me to turn off WiFi while the engineering mode turns it back on automatically (if it’s off I get an error).

Any other ideas?

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The tutorial mentions that you have to turn it off and on again AFTER finishing the before steps.

  1. Have you done so?
  2. Have you tried a reboot?
  3. Have you tried more complicated MAC address? (Maybe 12 times “0” is not a valid MAC address ;))
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Hey,

1.I have done so but no success
2. Tried too!
3. The mac address that I show ISN’ the one I enered, but the MAC address that i supposed to be mine, but which obviously isn’t. (ie the process doesn’t work).

I downloaded CameleMAC app and it works! Wanted to do it manually but can’t be bothered anymore! :stuck_out_tongue:

Thanks guys!

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I moved 3 posts to an existing topic: Are there Fairphone 1 with duplicate MAC addresses?