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[Motorola Droid RAZR] brkahughes:
[MENTION=4245858]Ohmster[/MENTION], he said he had the original address on a letter from the IT department, so he's good to go: now spill it! How did you change the MAC using wifical?

- Brian

"... no matter where you go, there you are.". -Buckaroo Banzai

AIO XT912 Stock Utility:

Reflash/Root/SafeStrap​
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
[MENTION=3865478]iamteachme[/MENTION]

Mr. Chen is very good with this sort of stuff and has graciously offered to help restore your WiFi MAC address provided you provide what the previous MAC addy was and should now be. Do you actually know what the MAC address "was" or "should be"?

If you can supply the desired address, we can probably help you change that. Regardless of whether you want the help or not, please take a moment and Thank Mr. Chen for offering. The respect and thanks that goes on here really helps us keep it together and run as a well oiled machine.

Just for fun, Brian Hughes did ask me "how to do it" and I took the challenge and wrote detailed instructions on how to do this. Not for the inexperienced or faint of heart. We were having a discussion. But if you give us the address you want, we can supply you with the modified file to put on your phone, either tell you where to put it and how to set permissions, or possibly Brian can make you a flash zip that would do it for you. Just flash in Safe Strap and boot.

Everybody here has different strengths and together, we make a formidable force to reckon with. Do you have the desired MAC address? Give it up and we will make you something permanent to get you through the next few weeks. Do you want to do that or just let it go and watch Star Trek or something? Choice is yours and sometimes, I myself would just rather "watch Star Trek". :laugh:

...maybe watch SVU or something else, but you get the idea. Up to you, bra. We take care of our own 'round these parts, pardner! :cowboy:
[Motorola Droid RAZR] brkahughes:
I was just looking at the mechanics of making a flash file for that purpose and made a startling discovery... My wife and I have RAZR Maxx's and I have a decommissioned OG RAZR that was my daughters to test on. Two are stock/cm11, one is LS/cm11; all have distinct WiFi MAC addresses and not one has an nvs_map.bin file! [emoji15]

Does anyone have any thoughts on this? I wonder what would happen if I ran wifical (NOT trying it! LOL).

Also: does anyone know what other, device specific information is contained in this one file that you might be propagating across devices by modifying your file and sharing it?

- Brian

"... no matter where you go, there you are.". -Buckaroo Banzai

AIO XT912 Stock Utility:

Reflash/Root/SafeStrap​
[Motorola Droid RAZR] brkahughes:
Yeah, I remember the problems with duplicated MAC addresses and the lengths we all went to trying to sort it out. One of our overseas brethren couldn't log into his providers WiFi hotspots because his generic MAC that was flashed with cm11 was "already registered" on the system!

My /pds folder is intact, and several folders and files are there, but not one of the three phones has the nvs_map.bin file under the wifi folder, it's just an empty folder. No telling when they lost it, all three have been reflashed stock, and two have had stock replaced at least once with an aftermarket ROM. It doesn't cause a problem anyway, and they all have different MAC addresses, and I've preserved them in screenshots "just in case"... Possibly many others are in the same position and wouldn't know it unless they had to recalibrate WiFi for some reason.

- Brian

"... no matter where you go, there you are.". -Buckaroo Banzai

AIO XT912 Stock Utility:

Reflash/Root/SafeStrap​
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
...so, you can or you cannot run wifical.sh in a terminal window and if you do, what happens? :confused:

EDIT:

So you have NO nvs_map.bin file? The reference guide shows 3 possible locations for the nvs_map.bin file.

/data/misc/wifi

/pds/wifi

/system/etc/wifi

If you do not have it, you can make one. Go read this, it is for a DroidX but may be similar enough.

{WIP} GUIDE: NVS_Map Creation *AKA How I fixed my wifi/MAC issues*

They also tell you other places to look for the file, and ES File Explorer does have a search that will find nvs_map.bin if it exists on your phone. The supplied page should provide enough stuff to read for you to sort this out. Tell us what you find. :silly:

EDIT:

I think we all pretty much beat this subject to death. Thanks for your input, Brian. :good:
[Motorola Droid RAZR] iamteachme:
Thanks bro i am restoring to stock .....

I think i am gonna restore it to stock and just root no safe strap or any of that just root as verizon lets hotspot work on all prepay accounts in my area cause thats where they make their $$$$ they want you to run out of data so youll buy more lol but i am going to restore to stock here in just a sec and run rooted stock rom till i get my new phone. I found an lg g2 with the plastic still on it for 150.00 cant pass that up wife has one and that thing is a beast. I will keep my razr for a backup incase i drop my lg g2 off my motorcycle. thanks for the help guys.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Really? Oh. Well, you know what's best for you. Me, I want one of those big fat Galaxy phones and I almost had it. My XT912 died and insurance would cost me $99 to replace. A new *****in' phone would have been at least $200 or more plus 2 year contract. I am really broke now and so I save some money by replacing the Razr. Plus, I am really learning a LOT in this thread now. I don't want it to end. Since getting the replacement, I totally changed the way I use the phone, what I install, I monitor the system, I only install good roms, I make backups and restore them when a new build is bad, and, I made a lot of friends I am not ready to give up yet. The payoff is that the new strategy on my phone is super performance like I have never seen in years. I tell ya, anymore of that "Tap and Wait" stuff and my Razr was going to become very closely acquainted with the wall! I got it right this time and will use this new experience when I do upgrade.

You know what is best for you and your family, teachme. A lonely geek might be happy tinkering with a phone all the time. You got a wife, family, things to do, places to see, and a lot of fun to have. To hell with the phone. Get what suits you and have some fun, bra! Myself and all the rest will be here in one way or another at XDA, look us up anytime. ;)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] iamteachme:
I'll still hand out here and watch the developments. Bunch of good guys here . That is harder to find than a nice phone.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
You got *real* friends here. Stay in touch!

I am a member of several droid forums on the net. XDA was one of "the most difficult" forums to make friends on and become and accepted and acknowledged member. The culture was a little different back then. A lot of cliques and people did not take to strangers all that well. It took me almost a year to become accepted and welcome in the thread. Now that I am here, it is a really terrific place to be. One thing I make a point of is to make new, serious members feel welcome and encourage others to do the same. The "old boy network" just does not work for me and never did. It took a while but even the most quiet and senior members have finally opened up and are sharing their secrets with the group. Now THAT is what I call progress! :D

Y'all come back now, hear? ;)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] sherri:
Can't have an "old boy network" when you include "old girls". ?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Old girl? ...kidding me, right? You, are beeeuuuutiiiful, Sherri! Dinner and a movie? :p

If you got a husband or someone would would sort of not like you doing that, then, never mind. But, the offer is genuine. :D

Thanks for stopping in. Yes, you certainly are a senior member and have earned your wings. ;)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] iamteachme:
Worked a treat thanks ...

i found my file in system/etc/firmware/ti-connectivity/wl1271-nvs.bin followed the guide and worked great thanks again bro.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] welder73:
What did you do exactly?

Sent from my Razr XT910
[Motorola Droid RAZR] iamteachme:
A custom ROM I used a while back changed my Mac address of my phones WiFi. At work they use Mac filtering so j couldn't use the WiFi after it changed. Following the guide I changed out back and can now set it to what ever I want.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] welder73:
Guide for making a new nvs.map_bin file?

I tried that but no luck...

I have also wl1271-nvs.bin,what I should do with it?

Sent from my Razr XT910
[Motorola Droid RAZR] iamteachme:
One sec I'll post a step by step what I did.

---------- Post added at 05:17 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:33 PM ----------

Apps i used . Root Explorer and Hex editor ( free from app store )

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tuba.tools&hl=en

Any file explorer will probably work i like root explorer cause i can set permissions with it when i am done. TURN OFF WIFI BEFORE STARTING THIS .

1. Get Current mac address goto wifi hit menu goto advanced and write that down.

2. Write down what you want it to change it to below it.

3. open root explorer (or your file browser ) and go to system/etc/firmware/ti-connectivity and copy wl1271-nvs.bin then paste it to your sd card external or internal will work.

4. open wl1271-nvs.bin (the one you copied not the original) with hex editor app and look on the first 2 lines and you will see your current mac address it will be listed backwards for me the first 4 were on line 2 and the rest on line 1 change them to match what you want . thats why i said write what you want it to be below the original so you can change 2 at a time . once you are done hit menu and save.

5. copy your wl1271-nvs.bin ( the one you edited ) and paste it over the original found in system/etc/firmware/ti-connectivity ( you will need a root explorer to paste here) then set permissions to match the picture below. now go back and check that your mac has changed to what you want it.

[IMG="Permissions"]https://db.tt/u5BGgFpZ[/IMG]
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Wow, Teachme, you get an A+ for learning and doing your own work! :D

Making a new nvs.bin file by the online Texas Instruments guide does not work, you can edit your own bin file or take one from another phone, editing it, and saving it to your own phone. This is what Teachme did. And he did a very good job with it and with posting the instructions for it. The attached picture will help you hex edit the file.

Welder, I made a color coded hex editor map of the nvs_map.bin file file, showing where each digit of the MAC address is so that you can use the picture to change your own MAC address in a Hex Editor app or program, save the file, and restore it back to the phone. This picture will help you a LOT with this, HexEditor_NV_map-MAC-Change.jpg attached. Use it to change your own MAC address in a hex editor. Page 49 of this thread has a lot of help with this. Teachme is using this Hex Editor app to do the work. This is kind of funny, I wrote the author Alex about this app because it did not work in CM11. I wanted it so bad that I debugged it for him with special debug apk files to get it working in CM11. Alex lives in Ukraine and is heavily involved with the current war, it was hard to get him to trust me and give me his name.

[MENTION=3313632]ChungHung.Chen[/MENTION] also helped a lot in this effort. Go change your MAC, it can be done! The attached files will help you a lot with this. You get instructions by iamteachme to directly edit your MAC Address file, and the original instructions to perform this on the hardware backup file, nvs_map.bin and restore it with the wifical.sh command. :D

NOTE:

If you still have your /pds folder, inside of it will be a wifi folder, and inside of that is an nvs_map.bin file. This is the file used when running wifical.sh in a terminal window as root.

Save this entire /pds folder to your PC by the ext-sdcard, once gone, it can never be replaced!

Edit the nvs_map.bin file as well to insure accuracy when running the wifical.sh script.

EDIT:

How to fix your XT910 & XT912 phone's WiFi MAC Address

[MENTION=3865478]iamteachme[/MENTION] you did such a good job in writing this HOW-TO Guide for XT910 phones that with your permission, I would like to include in my own HOW-TO Guide for XT912 phones because the files are identical and your procedure takes an entirely different file approach. I will attach the zip file for those that need it. Thank a lot for all the hard work you did on this. It should be indexed here to help others with the same problem. The bold title above is for search engine indexing purposes. Man, you did a really good job, bra. The "Teach Me" is now "The Teacher"! :D :good:
[Motorola Droid RAZR] iamteachme:
Thanks bro
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
You earned it bra. Now everyone can benefit from the weeks of hard work that you did. Welder is very interested and he has an XT910. This works for all Razr phones. You are welcome! ;)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] juukoumar:
it seems my phone has no os help please

please i need help i rooted my phone and installed cm 11 it worked well..suddenly i started receiving messages that systemui has stopped whenever i tried to touch status bar it could suddenly bring the msg then i wanted to clear cache it wasn't clearing, so i booted in safestrap un fortunately wiping cache i wiped the system on rebooting i got this message no ios instead i continued rebooting from now and then my xt910 Razr stops on M logo never turns on i need help please...it i don't have ios on it and also i cant like install software like safestrap for me to install cm again
[Motorola Droid RAZR] brkahughes:
I'm sorry, I don't know why systemui was crashing on you,a number of factors can cause that...

Unfortunately, if you can't get to SafeStrap, you will need to RSDlite the proper image back on your phone. You can't RSD SafeStrap, since it doesn't replace your old recovery, just hijacks it and requires a working stock "slot" installation. Also, as you have an xt910, there is no simple utility to use and you have to have the correct stock image for your carrier.

If you are landing on the "dead Andy" and can get your hands on the latest OTA zip from your carrier and place it on the root of your SD card, try volume up and down together, you might be able to "install update" from stock recovery... This would prevent wiping the internal SD card which happens when you have to RSD.

- Brian

"... no matter where you go, there you are.". -Buckaroo Banzai

AIO XT912 Stock Utility:

Reflash/Root/SafeStrap​
[Motorola Droid RAZR] JakeDHS07:
End of an era

Ladies and gentlemen I have returned. Unfortunately I return with some bitter sweet news but its not all bad. I will be moving to the Droid Turbo as my main device (hope to have root and etc working ASAP) and I hope to see a few of you over there.

As far as the RAZR goes I love this community and am KEEPING my RAZR not trading it in so I will be able to continue helping out and developing here for that device as well for as long as it remains active. I haven't heard anything as far as 5.0 or CM 12 for the RAZR but I will keep my eyes open and see what I can do for all of you.

This Q&A was initially started by me to gain some more reputation and recognition around here as my quest to become an admin went into full swing. I was called back to Ireland for a couple of months on family business and handed off the duties to Ohmster and the rest of our brilliant community. They have done an amazing job. Now that XDA has setup an "Official" Q&A Help Thread directly under the parent developer thread, this "Handy at the Time" Q&A thread is now redundant and a tad confusing for new members to ask the questions they cannot yet ask in the developer thread. So in the best interests of the Razr Community, I am going to concentrate my efforts to help in the official Q&A thread where I feel my efforts will be utilized to it's best potential. This way all questions to a common thread can all be consolidated in one convenient place and will be easier for new members to find. It has been a lot of fun but the fun is not over, I will see you all in the [Q&A] [ROM][4.4.4][CDMA/GSM] Official CM11 thread soon, right here:

http://xdaforums.com/droi...lable-t2901995

This Q&A thread will close in one week and members are referred to the official Q&A from now on.

Thank you everyone and I will see you over there!!!

Cheers,

Shaun AKA JakeDHS07
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Bravo!!! (Applause)

Shaun, you are one very active, talented, skilled, and amazing guy. You taught me a lot and it would be a pleasure to join you in the official Q&A thread.

Hey, you ever-so-popular thread has hit 50 pages until the XDA authorities saw fit to actually create a newbie Q&A thread. Now how is THAT for being ahead of the time? :D

Great work buddy. Meet you on the other side of the fence. There are newbies and seniors alike to help! :cyclops:
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Thread Closed

Dear Members,

It has been a blast here in the JakeDHS07 and Ohmster's CyanogenMod Q&A Thread helping everyone, meeting new members, making friends. But with the opening of the Official [Q&A] [ROM][4.4.4][CDMA/GSM] Official CM11 (M10 Snapshot Available 9/18/14) thread now in place, keeping this separate thread open is no longer reasonable. It is much more important to concentrate our efforts in the new, official channel where we can reach and help a lot more members with issues.

So in light of the new official thread,

JakeDHS07 and Ohmster's CyanogenMod Q&A Thread

is now officially closed.

Please post your questions and help requests in the new, official thread. Thanks everybody! :D

Click below for help​

[Q&A] [ROM][4.4.4][CDMA/GSM] Official CM11 (M12 Snapshot Final)​

* It took some doing, but I finally got the Q&A Thread name changed to reflect the current build status, M12 Snapshot. It was getting a bit old at M10. ;)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Yeah, I just saw this morning. Maybe try again. I will backup my now updated 03/09 just in case. Found some great new Xposed modules I want to keep.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] JakeDHS07:
Xposed has a update now. Just installed it. Apparently it changes the installation path. Might try updating xposed before installing the framework again. Hopefully that fixes your issue

DROID RAZR MAXX CM 11 JBX KERNEL
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Dwillian:
I started having dialer issues (i.e., immediately shows call ended and there is a fast beep) since the 3/17 or 3/18 nightly. I finally reverted back to stock and dialer is working just fine. I'm glad you reported this I was beginning to think it was just me.

I'm keeping an eye on the forum to see if the latest nightlies are having any issues. In preparation I completely uninstalled SafeStrap, wiped internal memory, reflashed back to stock using Matt's utility, took the Verizon OTA, rooted phone, and reinstalled SafeStrap 3.65.

Extreme I know, but I wanted to start completely over with a pristine installation. Actually stock is running really well on my phone now so I'm happy staying on stock until more CM11 wrinkles are worked out.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] JakeDHS07:
I tested the plus and have extensively tested the new cm dialer since the lookups were added and have had no issues so far. On day 2 now running 3/22 nightly with 3/23 JBX

DROID RAZR MAXX CM 11 JBX KERNEL
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Yeah, I am having some issues with Xposed now. I got v 2.4 installed and that is all that is offered for download in the framework. I downloaded 2.5 from Xposed Installer , WiFi'ed it over, installed from ES File Explorer, and checked, still at v 2.4. How the heck did you update Xposed framework and does it say 2.5 in the framework, Jake?

UPDATE 1:

Oh, I got it! I uninstalled the framework, rebooted, then went with Dolphin to get v 2.5, DL, installed right from the pull down panel. Activated, checked version, 2.5! What is cool is that all of my modules stayed. I thought that uninstalling the framework might dump everything, but no. The modules install like apps so they stayed. They seem to be working. Advanced Power Menu was not giving me the nice colors in reboot screen. Still don't have the colors back. Author says clear cache, uninstall, reinstall, try. Could also be other modules interfering. I did add one very cool module, Cool Tool. It is an app too and gives you anything you want to know about the hardware. Using this now for CPU monitor. It can be an app or module. I really like this one!

UPDATE 2:

Oh I got my Advanced Power Menu module colors back! When installing Cool Tool, there are a LOT of preferences. Not like "hard to do" or anything. Just show the things you want. I like to enable the Xposed module and then "Hide Panel" button so it shows in the notification area. Your choice. But this one module can replace several all at once. Oh man, what to do with the night. Dead in here. Guess save what I got, try Sherri's idea of saving the Launcher with it's backup feature so future installs like clean, I can restore the launcher and desktops in one shot. Now that idea I really like. Sherri is pretty smart! And of course, Jake is an awesome tester and reporter. Thanks Jake!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] cigator:
I have a question regarding the radio baseband on my Verizon Razr Maxx running CM 10.2. Ever since flashing this ROM, my LTE and Wi fi signal has been weak. The baseband is CDMA_N_05.21.00R LTEDC_U_09.1D.00

I was wondering if updating or replacing the baseband would improve my signals. If so, where do I find the baseband files to flash to my device?

I tried the *229 method, but it was strange, when it said to select option 2 I couldnt do it because the phone would never let me display the dial keypad.

Thanks.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] EdCarden:
I'm running CM11 M4. An annoyance I have periodically is CM forgetting my phone number. I'm not sure how or why this happens. Wiping Dalvik, and rebooting seems to fix it, but I'm wondering if there's anyway to prevent it from happening in the first place? This problem occurred when I was running some of the CM11 nightlies as well. It could very well be a problem with my phone or SIM. Just curious if anyone else has encountered this issue.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] JakeDHS07:
Baseband is not really the issue. I would recommend updating to CM 11. There have many fixes for signal and 3G/LTE worked into CM 11. I'm not sure if they were backported to 10.2 but for best performance and signal I would update to newest CM. 3/23 build is solid.

DROID RAZR MAXX CM 11 JBX KERNEL
[Motorola Droid RAZR] JakeDHS07:
I have not seen it personally but if it is fixed by cache wipe or by rebooting it is likely just a result of the system being confused due to constant updates and mixing up files. If you haven't backed up apps and done a clean install (delete spot and recreate then install) trying that might help. If you would rather not and try a simple fix taking the sim card out and cleaning the contacts isn't a bad idea. I found a no sim error on mine once and it was because the contacts on the Sim card were dirty. Took it out with a damp paper towel and cleaned the contacts. Now it reads fine. Sometimes dust just gets in the way.

DROID RAZR MAXX CM 11 JBX KERNEL
[Motorola Droid RAZR] cigator:
Thanks, I will give that a try.

What gapps do I need for the CM 11 Rom? Also, I use Safestrap 3.6.3, will that work for this Rom?