asked 2014-02-03 01:59:34 +0300
Would like to see something similar : http://thehackernews.com/2014/02/chainfire-released-pry-fi-android-app.html on Sailfish. Would it be possible ? And is there a sip client for Jolla?
Thanks
answered 2014-02-03 12:07:02 +0300
You can manually change it from terminal:
ifconfig wlan0 hw ether 00:11:22:33:44:55
It will be reset to factory default on reboot. Also, you need to devel-su first.
EDIT: although it allows me to change it, I cannot connect to the AP after I do.
I have the same problem...I cannot connect to any AP with my changed mac. If I use in "ifconfig wlan0 down" first, it is not possible to use "ifconfig wlan0 up" after changing of the mac....Maybe this is the problem. The phone only writes after a "ifconfig wlan0 up" "Operation not possible due to RF-kill".
If I want to look up the problem with "rfkill list all", the bash says "rfkill: command not found."
Is anybody able to connect to his/her AP with a changed mac?
Daniel ( 2015-02-25 20:31:30 +0300 )editanswered 2014-02-03 10:35:54 +0300
MAC address is burned in readonly memory during factory flashing, so most likely you wont see MAC changer coming anytime soon. (Someone would of course use sw side hacks and oss drivers for mac changer, but that solution is not for masses). That is on Jolla Phone.
In Jolla Tablet changing mac address works as expected (Although as its used as store credentials seed you need to re-loging after each change).
For SIP see https://together.jolla.com/question/415/sip-voip-native-integration/
The MAC address seems to be randomly changing on its own anyway. At least, based on the fact that everytime I connect the phone to my laptop in developer mode, it gets assigned a new network in Windows (they are based on the MAC address). I am currently going at Network 37.
typo ( 2014-02-16 18:51:06 +0300 )editI am not very happy with this ticket as IMHO it is mixing several different things. Unfortunately there are some other closed tickets redirecting to this one, so the OP becomes some kind of major thread in spite of its sparse content.
The OP is asking for an app to change the MAC, from there comments go to the questions of using a different MAC on a Jolla Phone. @rainisto: maybe you could clarify. Frankly I do not understand your answer.
Of course the (original) MAC is burned somewhere in ROM as it is the case with virtually any network adaptor. But normally in Linux it is possible to change the (initial) MAC address used by the system, meaning not to change the (burnt-in) address for good but just making the network adaptor use a different MAC for network transfer. (No hacking involved, see Daniels comment.) Apparently this doesn't work on the Jolla, which I would consider a bug.
femtopeta ( 2015-04-14 14:01:00 +0300 )editOSS version of the wlan driver would be something like: https://www.codeaurora.org/cgit/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/prima/tag/?h=caf-wlan/master&id=M8930AAAAANLYA2540313
But it of course requires you to build the kernel and modules yourself etc and that wlan module could still work differently than the closed source binary blob. So for most people answer remains that MAC address is immutable.
rainisto ( 2015-06-12 11:39:37 +0300 )editanswered 2015-06-26 17:29:00 +0300
This is a duplicate of https://together.jolla.com/question/96021/are-there-some-instructions-how-to-compile-and-install-oss-wifi-drivers/ - sort of.
Asked: 2014-02-03 01:59:34 +0300
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Last updated: Jun 26 '15
Yes would love this, together with the option to stop broadcasting known ssid's.
StanceVonKofsky ( 2014-02-03 22:34:11 +0300 )editN900 had an app that would set the mac address to a random value at startup, something similar would be great to also have on sailfish
Marc1 ( 2014-02-03 22:36:25 +0300 )editIn the light of the Canadas CSEC spying I would love to have an app that would change the MAC address of the WLAN at random every time I connect to AP or public AP automatically ;)
m2 ( 2014-02-15 20:43:11 +0300 )editThere are many situations where MAC is used to identify devices on internal networks, and when you switch device to a new one it is often easier to change the MAC of your own device than it is to get the stored MAC changed to a new one.
00prometheus ( 2014-02-16 19:44:41 +0300 )editHas anyone evaluated the randomization of the WLAN MAC address in SFOS? see: https://fedoramagazine.org/randomize-mac-address-nm/
Jorg ( 2020-05-21 14:17:26 +0300 )edit