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General and Hero Q&A

I present to you a FAQ for newcomers or the generally uninformed to find quick answers.
General
Q: What is a ROM?
A: A ROM is a complete system image of the Android operating system. For much more detailed info, read here.
Q: How do I install a ROM?
A: ROMs can be flashed once you have rooted your phone and flashed a custom recovery image. After that, you can apply a rom zip via the recovery menu. Detailed info here.
Q: Where can I find more info about ROMs?
A: In the two links above.
Q: What is Apps2SD and how do I use it?
A:Apps2SD is a script that will do exactly as it implies so you are no longer limited to your phone's internal storage. First you must be running a custom ROM that supports it and secondly you need to format your SD card as FAT+ext2. Once that requirement is met, the rest will be automatic. Alternative you could install a2sd on stock rom manually if you wanted to for whatever reason. Warning: Formatting your SD card will erase ALL of the data on it. If you want to keep it, make a backup.
Q: All the Market downloads are stalling. How can I fix this?
A: Sign into Gtalk. The two are closely related even though you'd never guess. For an in-depth discussion head over to this thread.
Q: How do I sign my zip or apk?
A: First you must have java installed on whatever OS you're running. Windows users download the Win-sign.zip attachment. Linux users download Linux-sign.zip attachment.​
HTC Hero Specific
Q: How do I root my Sprint CDMA Hero?
A: You've got a few options concerning this. There's the auto-root, flashrec method, and asroot2 method.
Q: How can I remove pre-installed apps?
A: Head on over to How remove apps thread for detailed instructions.
Q: How can I get rid of ringtones and notifications I've downloading from showing up in the Music app and use them without downloading a Market app?
A: Create a folder in the root of your SD card called "media" and a folder called "audio" inside that one. Inside the "audio" folder, create a "notifications", "ringtones", or "alarms" depending on your needs and place the files in the desired folder. Example: media>audio>ringtones>custom-ringtone.mp3
Q: How can I tether my Hero to my PC?
A: You've got several options here. There's Wifi Tether, EasyTether, PDAnet, or without any app! You can read up respectively on each of the apps listed about to learn more about which might be best for you. Now, here's how you can tether without any of that stuff.
Step 1: Connect your phone to your computer with a USB cable and make sure all other forms of internet are disconnected.
Step 2: Install HTC Sync.
Step 3: On your phone go to Settings>Wireless controls and enable Mobile networking sharing. Your PC will try to recognize your phone and install proper drivers and will probably fail. So do it manually using the drivers from HTC Sync located in the directory you installed it. PC should be recognizing your phone now if done properly.
Step 3: Within the Wireless controls menu go into Mobile network settings and change Mode of operation to 1x only.
Step 4: Go back one menu to the Wireless controls and turn off the Mobile network. Now, turn Mobile network back on and enable Mobile network sharing as quickly as possible.This may take a couple of tries. If you did this fast enough you'll get a message saying HTC sync is disable but you won't get Error 67.
Step 5: Change your Mode of Operation back to Hybrid and enjoy.​
Leave a suggestion if there's something you think should be added.

Me likes.
Though I think that this would work best as a Wiki so that other informed users can add to it as things come up and we dont have to rely on just one user/dev to maintain it.
Thanks for taking the initiative on this, I am getting quite tired of all the useless threads and continuous thread hijacking over issues that have already been covered 20 times. I dont have all day to read through all the BS that has been filling up the threads lately.

Almost 200 views and no suggestions?

I don't know if this is up you guys' alley, but if any Cricket folks could put together a step-by-step on how to flash to Cricket, especially how to flash with sms/data working, that would be so helpful.
Something else that I can't find good and thorough instructions for is the Cricket broadband workaround, where (if I understand correctly), you use your Cricket USB Broadband modem for all data on the Hero via proxying into it. All I really find on the latter is vague directions to use Anycut/Bettercut and no details about what to do in either program or how to input proxy settings. The most detailed guide I was able to find seems to actually be for a different model phone, since the instructions either only relate to WM or a GSM Hero.
I am trying to figure this out, and if I do before anyone else straightens it out, I'll write something up. I know how annoying it is to get the same questions over and over in these forums. (I've tried my best to help out the Axim x51v community at HTCGeeks with these kinds of things.)
At any rate, it would be awesome to see some more Cricket Hero chatter, even if it isn't revelations, on this thread. I know we're out there lurking, appearing to be Sprinties.

theresthatguy said:
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I think this would be great for all people that take time to read before posting.but most the post are people not caring enough about their device to read the great info already provided for them. I'm goin to pm u a crazy idea I have.

This is a great idea, whether it is a wiki or a thread.
One question though, don't you need to put a blank "nomedia" file in the ringtones folder?

watzone69 said:
This is a great idea, whether it is a wiki or a thread.
One question though, don't you need to put a blank "nomedia" file in the ringtones folder?
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nope. I have lots of random mp3s and stuff i use for ringtones and notifs and i do exactly like above and none of it shows up in the music app.

theresthatguy said:
nope. I have lots of random mp3s and stuff i use for ringtones and notifs and i do exactly like above and none of it shows up in the music app.
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Mine is the same. Im just organized, just now realized that it is like that lol.
watzone69 said:
One question though, don't you need to put a blank "nomedia" file in the ringtones folder?
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I use that 'trick' to hide certain pics from the album.

Negrito said:
I use that 'trick' to hide certain pics from the album.
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Can you explain this album trick?

thedudejdog said:
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Can you explain this album trick?
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The trick is create a file any directory, that want to hide from Music & Gallery, called ".nomedia".

To make a .nomedia file, just take an empty .txt file and rename it.

How about a Q&A on how to sign an .apk

thedudejdog said:
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Can you explain this album trick?
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See Below. Then, personally, I hide the folder severals folders deep in the most random place i can think of in the file directory.
gu1dry said:
The trick is create a file any directory, that want to hide from Music & Gallery, called ".nomedia".
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Exactly.
watzone69 said:
To make a .nomedia file, just take an empty .txt file and rename it.
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Thats what i did, but it didint work on my MacBook, so i did it at work on my Win98 box.

derekstory said:
How about a Q&A on how to sign an .apk
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Deal.
edit: windows or linux?

I have a notifications and ringtones folder on the root of the SD card and works, but some people prefer just 1 folder that contains both I guess.

theresthatguy said:
Deal.
edit: windows or linux?[/QUOT
Windows for me
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theresthatguy said:
Deal.
edit: windows or linux?
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derekstory said:
Windows for me
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Linux for me!
I literally just installed Mint on an old PC of mine.
If you're short on time though, windows would be good enough (and much appreciated).

No Mac love? Wait, can it even be done in OS X?

Negrito said:
No Mac love? Wait, can it even be done in OS X?
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haven't come across a single bit of info of rom cooking/dev work on mac.
edit: plus i don't own a mac and pretty much have never used one.

theresthatguy said:
haven't come across a single bit of info of rom cooking/dev work on mac.
edit: plus i don't own a mac and pretty much have never used one.
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i think this is because (almost) EVERYONE that owns a mac also owns a iphone...annnd a ipod....and a macbook....and a ipad....and don't need to develop android software because they have something with a shiny apple on it.
nothing against you, Negrito but most people (that i know...personally) who use macs are completely nuts for apple. hardcore apple fanboys.
my "friend" won't even hold my hero, i think he thinks it will convert him...and he knows that i know this...

Block ads on your Android phone (2010-04-15)

AdFree is a fantastic program created by XDA user delta_foxtrot2 (see this thread in the G1 forum) to facilitate using your hosts file to block ad servers. This makes it extremely easy. Of course you will need root access!
Unfortunately I found some ads still weren't blocked and the last update to the AdFree hosts file happened 2010-02-27. So I decided to update the hosts file myself. I merged the hosts files from adfree/mvps/yoyo and added a bunch of mobile ad providers I've found myself. The list is free of duplicates and comments, so as to keep it as small as possible (it still amounts to about 635 kB).
To install this hosts file, you still need root access obviously:
download the zip
unpack it to the directory where adb.exe is located (if you don't know what adb is or how to get it running, please use the search)
open a command prompt
Code:
adb shell mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
adb push hosts.for.mobile.txt /etc/hosts
adb shell mount -o ro,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
You might need to restart your phone. Also clearing the Android browser cache will apparently help in getting rid of already cached ads (worked for me, ymmv).
As for ethical discussions on blocking ads for free apps, blah. I don't so much have a problem with ads, as I do with the personal data that gets send to the ad providers. I'm talking about location data and whatever else they might want to know about my device and what I'm running ("analytics" is a fancy name for "we want to find out as much about you as we possibly can get away with").
Anyway.. use it, don't use it, up to you.
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Thanks a bunch!

Thanks for the updated hosts. So should we even bother with the program, especially if it doesn't get updated hardly at all?

You're welcome!
If you push my hosts file, you don't need the AdFree app, but I wanted to acknowledge his work and give people a simpler alternative to using adb.
Best choice right now is my hosts file as it's simply more comprehensive.
Sent from my HTC Hero using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk

phaelox said:
You're welcome!
If you push my hosts file, you don't need the AdFree app, but I wanted to acknowledge his work and give people a simpler alternative to using adb.
Best choice right now is my hosts file as it's simply more comprehensive.
Sent from my HTC Hero using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
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Understood. Yeah, it was a great start/beginning to blocking ads, but no updates. Thanks again.

Thanks! I've been looking for something like this for awhile. Real quick question: is getting "Data connectivity errors" in browser normal with this? It didn't start till I pushed this on my phone.

tmayne said:
Real quick question: is getting "Data connectivity errors" in browser normal with this? It didn't start till I pushed this on my phone.
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Short answer: Yes.
Long answer:
You may know this, but I'll explain anyway. The way this works is as follows. The loopback address for any network interface is 127.0.0.1 -- this is the address for the device, but only from the device itself, it loops back on itself. We don't want to waste bandwidth with ads, or have ad providers collect all sorts of data on us, so we don't want to connect to them. Any FQDN -Fully Qualified Domain Name- (for example: analytics.admob.com) needs to be converted into an IP address to be able to connect to it. Here's where the 'hosts' file comes in. It's a simple text file with a record on each line that says redirect 'hostname' to 'ip-address'. So we put a line in that reads '127.0.0.1 analytics.admob.com'. This tells our device that any connection made to 'analytics.admob.com' needs to be redirected to '127.0.0.1', which is your device. Basically a dead-end, as you are not running their webserver serving ads on your device, so this results in a data connection error.
Now, usually you will surf to a site that loads images (advertisements) from a server that is listed in this hosts file, and as a result the ads will not load. That shouldn't popup any error windows. But if you try to visit http://analytics.admob.com in your browser, then yes, you will see an error.
If the latter happens with a site you do wish to visit, just open the hosts file in a text editor (one that supports UNIX-style line ends) and remove the line in question, or put a '#' in front of the line to comment it out.
Hope that made it clearer.

Yeah it did. No worries though since it seems that after pressing "Ok" everything works fine! Small trade off for blocked ads! Thanks!

Thanks for this How-TO!
So basicaly that mean we can restrict acces to certain websites from our phone?
eg: adding this line
Code:
127.0.0.1 forum.xda-developers.com
and I'll no longer be able to browse XDA from my phone?
Keep writing such How-To, like this one and the one to sign update.zip, I found this interessant and usefull

tmayne said:
Yeah it did. No worries though since it seems that after pressing "Ok" everything works fine! Small trade off for blocked ads! Thanks!
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You're welcome, glad I could help.
carbonyle said:
Thanks for this How-TO!
So basicaly that mean we can restrict acces to certain websites from our phone?
eg: adding this line
Code:
127.0.0.1 forum.xda-developers.com
and I'll no longer be able to browse XDA from my phone?
Keep writing such How-To, like this one and the one to sign update.zip, I found this interessant and usefull
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Cheers. And yes, that's exactly right. Just remember the hosts file takes FQDN's, so you can block a domain (or subdomain) this way, but not a directory or page on a domain. Also, blocking a domain does not also block its subdomains.
PS. this method of using the hosts file is not unique to your android phone, it works on most operating systems on PC as well. See this Wikipedia entry for more info.

what about non rooted phones? I just got myself a htc desire, I'm happy with it but would be happier if I wouldn't be required to see all those ads.

Unfortunately root is required to remount /system as writable to be able to overwrite the hosts file.
Without root you could use another free app found in Market called "AdBlock", which functions as a localhost proxy. Just set localhost as proxy in APN/wifi settings. It doesn't come with a prefilled list of keywords to block though, but it works on a URL level, not FQDN, so you can specify a url or part of it to block.

Just one more quick concern about the Data Connectivity issues: Certain areas of my university require a redirect page login in order to connect to wifi. However, it seems that at certain locations, I get the Data Connectivity error pop up repeatedly and my phone never makes it to the redirect page.
Actually it seems my phone only likes the wifi in my dorm. As stepping outside (to a library or classroom) and attempting to connect to the same wifi produces the error.
Is this an issue with the hosts file or with the phone itself??
Thanks!

If you DO see the wifi redirect page at SOME locations, then the hosts file is not blocking it (wouldn't make sense as it's likely an intranet page anyway). Sounds like wifi reception is unstable on your phone.
This is getting off-topic, but..... Have you already updated your radio? (the part of the ROM that handles everything related to GSM/3G/WiFi/Bluetooth connections). If not, here for the latest radio update.zip - flash through recovery.

phaelox said:
If you DO see the wifi redirect page at SOME locations, then the hosts file is not blocking it (wouldn't make sense as it's likely an intranet page anyway). Sounds like wifi reception is unstable on your phone.
This is getting off-topic, but..... Have you already updated your radio? (the part of the ROM that handles everything related to GSM/3G/WiFi/Bluetooth connections). If not, or the latest radio update.zip - flash through recovery.
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I should note that I'm using a Motorola Cliq...Handler 1.5 ROM. There is a radio update available for the Motorola Cliq (I'm currently using 1.3.18 and 1.4.8 has been released) but there are some apk incompatibilities with it (particularly Swype which I love...since it's in closed beta right now, there are no accessible updates for it unfortunately).
Since I bought my phone off of ebay, I can't send it back for a new one. The essential things work but it is a bit frustrating that it has some problems.

tmayne said:
I should note that I'm using a Motorola Cliq...Handler 1.5 ROM. There is a radio update available for the Motorola Cliq (I'm currently using 1.3.18 and 1.4.8 has been released) but there are some apk incompatibilities with it (particularly Swype which I love...since it's in closed beta right now, there are no accessible updates for it unfortunately).
Since I bought my phone off of ebay, I can't send it back for a new one. The essential things work but it is a bit frustrating that it has some problems.
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I'm pretty sure that updating radio won't affect other softwares since "radio" is *just* the piece of code that can handle GSM/Wifi/BT/3G, ... signals

I'll always keep an open mind, but from what I know, I'm with carbonyle on this.
Back on topic:
if you come across an app that still displays ad, regardless of my hosts file, please reply in this topic with the app/version (and a logcat output would be nice if you know how) and I'll see if I can find the ad provider domain and update the hosts file.

I'm confused... This is for blocking apps adds???

:No-Frost: said:
I'm confused... This is for blocking apps adds???
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Yes it is. See it like a firewall wich blocks mobile ads. Because the app wont recieve any response from the ad url it tries to reach, it'll simply not display the ad (like when you use the app without wifi or data connextion on)

Wooooooo thanks... worked like a charm in glympse shazam and others =D...
PS: Air Control still have adds... Mmm how can we know what's the host for the add in the apps so we can contribute into blocking them???

[MOD] DNS Server Changes

for anyone looking to boost the eris internet speed (every so subtly) you may want to try changing the default DNS servers on the phone similare to stated here:
Found this one in the Fascinate forms (i've recently switch phones). Thought this might be a tad helpful for the eris too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9735607#post9735607
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9735607&postcount=6
and for those asking. whats the point:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9733302&postcount=4
Please note I have not tested this on the Eris, so I wouldn't advise flashing the files, BUT the location of the files is the same as on the Eris. I just dont know if the settings within the file being flash are all identical, so someone smarter than me may want to mess around with this and "port" it over to work on the eris.
good luck!

Nice, I've had to do that with my computer out here I wasn't sure how to do it on the phone. Hopefully it is trivial to get setup right.

to bad this wouldn't work with cricket flashed phones, as i hear cricket blocks any dns server other than theres

Hi everyone, I am a old ERIS user who is a NEW ERIS abuser. I am running xtrSENSE 5.0.1 and I noticed that the only file in "/system/etc/ppp" is [if-up-vpn] So my question is how would I modify or edit the DNS servers? I have tired pushing a modified ip-up. I had no luck, hopefully someone can shed some light. Thank you

Download SETDNS from market.

Zuckstone said:
Download SETDNS from market.
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Is there any other way besides using an app? But I will try out the app, and thank you.

Ideally, you want to pick DNS addresses that are "close" to you, as in the # of hops. Geographically close doesn't always mean it will be 3-4 hops away either. For me, the (3) listed are 9-11 hops away.
Going to try SetDNS and see where my current VZW DNS are or how many hops away they are...

[DEV][WIP]Permanently change wireless MAC address

Heya guys;
Alpha Terminal script attached (randomizes mac) Reboot after you run it as root
I've been working on changing the mac address for a bit, and as of 30 minutes ago, I seemed to have successfully accomplished it.
Survives reboot
Accepts any OUI
Completes 4-way WPA handshake
However, while I have been successful on my phone, I don't have another device to confirm repeatability.
For the brave souls who wish to try, please note that this is a -permanent- change. Your original MAC is not copied somewhere automatically, so don't blame me for not remembering your original MAC, or if you get eaten by the dragons that may lie ahead.
For this test, I'm going to start with the basics of what I did. As I get feedback, I'll respond with questions and hopefully narrow down potential system variability. I was running these commands as root, though.
Open your terminal emulator of choice and follow along (replace the ×''s with the mac of your choosing
Code:
netcfg wlan0 hwaddr ××:××:××:××:××:××
Enjoy your new permanent mac. (Could it be this simple?)
confirm the change
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ip link show wlan0
Make the change permanent
Code:
echo "××:××:××:××:××:××" > /efs/wifi/.mac.info
Reboot, then check to see if the MAC took
Code:
ip link show wlan0
Try connecting to an AP with WPA on, and report back.

Very interesting, could you put this all into an app? So perhaps Mac addresses could be spoofed? A GUI would make things a lot easier. I'll try this out later on my oneplus one. [emoji3]
-Sent from my BR0K3N ON3.

[DEV][WIP]Permanently change wireless MAC address (WORKS!)
evilpotatoman said:
Heya guys;
Alpha Terminal script attached (randomizes mac) Reboot after you run it as root
<< snip >>
Try connecting to an AP with WPA on, and report back.
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Works on Samsung Centura SCH-S738C running Ice Cream Sandwich ( 4.0.4 ), and rooted with stock
ROM. Verified after reboot! The phone reconnected immediately to wifi network.
Also works on Samsung Tab 3 SM-T217S running KitKat ( 4.4.2 ), and rooted with stock ROM. Verified after reboot! The phone reconnected immediately to wifi network.
I skipped the commands, and simply edited both the ' .mac.info ' and ' .mac.cob ' (backup?) files (after backing up both!).
So simple. Works where MacChanger failed. May I tell you that I love you?

forid200 said:
Very interesting, could you put this all into an app? So perhaps Mac addresses could be spoofed? A GUI would make things a lot easier. I'll try this out later on my oneplus one. [emoji3]
-Sent from my BR0K3N ON3.
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Yepper, spoofing works, but since that may an indication of nefariousness , the script doesn't spoof the oui, just mods the last 3 octets. Interested modders may mod my script as they see fit

evilpotatoman said:
Yepper, spoofing works, but since that may an indication of nefariousness , the script doesn't spoof the oui, just mods the last 3 octets. Interested modders may mod my script as they see fit
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Privacy is hardly nefarious.
"This Android app turns off Wi-Fi tracking without turning off Wi-Fi"
"'Retailers, crooks, the government, and others shady individuals are tracking your movements. Even when your Wi-Fi is turned off, your phone may be broadcasting information to whomever is in range which can be used both to track repeated visits to as well as your exact movements in an area under surveillance,' Chainfire wrote on Google+."

100% agree with CFs implementation, which is why my script (rudely) emulates it. The nefarious acts I hinted at consist of things like manually setting your MAC to aide in the hacking of APs with MAC authentication. I'm sure you can agree with that being an invasion of privacy.

evilpotatoman said:
100% agree with CFs implementation, which is why my script (rudely) emulates it. The nefarious acts I hinted at consist of things like manually setting your MAC to aide in the hacking of APs with MAC authentication. I'm sure you can agree with that being an invasion of privacy.
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Agreed. Though, I believe the good of personal privacy outweighs the potential evils.

evilpotatoman said:
Yepper, spoofing works, but since that may an indication of nefariousness , the script doesn't spoof the oui, just mods the last 3 octets. Interested modders may mod my script as they see fit
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It's handy in a lot of cases, but the tools to do something shouldn't be restricted in my opinion. About the spoofing a particular MAC, there's many legitimate reasons why you may wanna do this too. So flagging it off as just for malicious usage is sort of invalid. For example, if you go to a mall, and they have free Wi-Fi, however they require you to create an account and login, via this they will log your usage and collect data. For privacy reasons, you may wanna spoof MACs. Or if you go to a hotel and want to setup your chromecast but it has a login landing page, you're stuck. Unless you can spoof the MAC with your phone.
-Sent from my BR0K3N ON3.

HoytK said:
I skipped the commands, and simply edited both the ' .mac.info ' and ' .mac.cob ' (backup?) files (after backing up both!).
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It may be that the time stamp on the '.mac.info' file must be earlier than the time stamp on the '.mac.cob' file. Can anyone confirm this?

Can anyone make a script to reverse what Pry-Fi did to my device, so that it stops rebooting randomly.
I will happily pay for your time. I just cannot believe this and Pry-Fi are there only viable options? Surely someone can build a script to run via terminal to fix issues?
Let me know if you are action donations?
I would be forever in your debt!

Device Name

I looked around couldn't find anything. Is there any way to change the device name from the default? Is it possible without root?

ericstephani said:
I looked around couldn't find anything. Is there any way to change the device name from the default? Is it possible without root?
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Not sure what you mean because your post is pretty vague. You cant edit build prop without root though if that's what you are asking...

XxMORPHEOUSxX said:
Not sure what you mean because your post is pretty vague. You cant edit build prop without root though if that's what you are asking...
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I am referring to it's network name. For example, my phone identifies itself as android-cb9aec3 on my network. On previous phones I have been able to change the device name in the settings. I can't find anything in the settings on the 6P. I'll look into editing build.prop. I imagine the value is part of the "net" class. Thanks for the tip.

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I am referring to it's network name. For example, my phone identifies itself as android-cb9aec3 on my network. On previous phones I have been able to change the device name in the settings. I can't find anything in the settings on the 6P. I'll look into editing build.prop. I imagine the value is part of the "net" class. Thanks for the tip.
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Might check in developer options. I know I've seen the option there before.

Settings/Wi-Fi/(menu top right 3 dots) Advanced/Wi-Fi Direct
Looks like there is an option the Rename Device (top right).
Not sure is this is want your looking for?

I'm used to rename my devices in my router settings and that's what I need to have.
Maybe you should describe the purpose a bit more.

BackInA88 said:
Settings/Wi-Fi/(menu top right 3 dots) Advanced/Wi-Fi Direct
Looks like there is an option the Rename Device (top right).
Not sure is this is want your looking for?
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Thanks for the suggestion. I believe the Wifi Direct name isn't the device's network name. The network name I am referring to is the name that is included with the phone's DHCP request for an IP address.
In previous versions you used to be able to change this in the developer options. I can't find it anymore on Marshmallow.

I set a static IP address on my device and entered the name I wanted to use (nexus6p) and the IP address in my local DNS server. Did the same for my Chromecast device . I only see these names on the network. I've done this with all my wireless devices.

ericstephani said:
Thanks for the suggestion. I believe the Wifi Direct name isn't the device's network name. The network name I am referring to is the name that is included with the phone's DHCP request for an IP address.
In previous versions you used to be able to change this in the developer options. I can't find it anymore on Marshmallow.
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It still exists on cm13. I have a clean compiled copy if you want. Just pure cm source plus blobs. Nothing added.