Changing MAC address of phone (no root) - Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers

I have to use public wifi because the place I work at doesn't offer wifi for their workers. But the public wifi has a 1 hour maximum limit, and so I was wondering if I could change the MAC address of my phone without rooting it? From what I have read, it is only temporary, but that is enough for me. I tried following a guide (can't link it because I'm a new member, but just google how to change mac address on android with no root).
I run into trouble with the error "request send failed: Permission denied" when using Terminal Emulator
I have attached a screenshot of 3 commands I tried.
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The first command was "ip link" which worked and showed me all the interfaces
The second command was "ip link show" and didn't work
The third command was "ip link set wlan0 address xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx" which didn't work (I used a MAC address generator to ensure the MAC address I tried was valid)
Can anyone help me please? I'm not sure why I'm getting a permission denied
I am using a Samsung S8 (SM-G950F) on Android 8.0.0 with Samsung Experience version 9.0
I have the Samsung Exynos Octa 8895 2.31GHz model

I need to change my MAC address for the same purpose, but on Huawei Mate 10 Pro with the same Android Version 8.0.0 and EMUI 8.0.0 no root - used the same article and have the same errir after entering the commands from the Terminal Emulator. Looks like it worked on older Android versions. Anyone has any successful experience or ideas how to change MAC address on Android 8.0.0 without rooting device?
Thanks in advance!

Simply just check if your phone comes with mac randomisation option

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@chikko80
https://developer.amazon.com/docs/fire-tv/developer-tools.html#snapshot
>adb shell "dumpsys activity service com.amazon.ssm/.OverlayService|grep colorstandard"
[com.amazon.ssm.multimedia.video.colorstandard]: [BT709_8_SDR]
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@Kramar111
I tested it today, and yeah basically its doing what i need, but the problem is, that i don't want to have open the Advanced Options all the time. The idea was to read out the color standard in the background without limiting the tv experience. So the advanced options menu should not be visible.
Do you have another idea?
@chikko80
No

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