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[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] bealer:
As of 6.0 it was my understanding that Android uses a generated MAC for scanning/probing networks. But when actually making a connection, the real MAC is used (so as not to cause network issues). So this post is still relevant. I'm generating a new MAC every day or two as I use a number of public open wifi connections.

Also working on my hostname being random, and trying to stop all traffic on an open wifi network until my vpn is up.

Some might argue it's OTT, but I'd say it's just good practise (certainly the last point).
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] Michalko5896:
Well, if you are concerned about your safety, don't connect to any Wi-Fi / BT devices that you don't trust.
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] bealer:
The MAC address spoofing is more about privacy in terms of trying to be anonymous, making it *harder* to track where I connect etc...

Trust is a slightly more complex, non-binary issue.
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] Someguyfromhell:
MAC aadress is only used in local network, it does not go further than the very network you are connected to. What kind of advantage does MAC spoofing give you?

There's still your device ID, browser information and other stuff, that can actually reach the service you are connecting to.
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] bealer:
It stops wifi services tracking my phone. For example I use the wifi on the London Underground. Every time I connect to their wifi they'd know exactly where, when, how long, possibly my DNS requests just based on my MAC. It's all information that can be used for profiling or sold on (if that was part of the terms). They still may not known who I am exactly, but I'd rather they weren't able to identify/target me if it meant simply randomising my MAC. As mentioned Android already does this when scanning for networks.

Device Id isn't given, unless you mean hostname (which can be randomised too). If you're using HTTPS based websites then all browser traffic is encrypted via SSL. If you're not, then yeah it's possible to packet sniff your traffic (which is illegal), see what you're browsing, what your browser is, even part (but not all I believe) of your MAC etc...
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] mobincbabu:
Try Pry-Fi

Chainfire already has Pry-Fi for that. It has worked flawlessly for me.
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] dopefish1337:
first of all thank you for the commands but somehow this does not work with my Oneplus 3 (without T) on Sultans CM13. The address does not change after entering the commands, the commands do not show any error message.

Any advice?

Furthermore Pry-Fi seems to be able to change the MAC but it crashes sometimes and it seems to loose my saved WiFis. Furthermore i am not able to connect to my home AP after changing the MAC with Pry Fi. :-/
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] fleece:
Many public, free hotspots that require accepting terms on "walled garden" page today are tracking MAC address, DHCP-assigned IP address, and DHCP lease and active session time stamps. Example hotspots include Starbucks, hotels, etc. These hotspot network operator have logs to trace IPs back to MACs at a specific point in time until the logs are disposed.
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] bealer:
Ah, you'll need turn on airplane mode, then turn it off and reconnect. I'm currently trying to find a nicer/less clunky way of applying the change.

It may differ by device as it can depend on the manufacturer/model. Although I can't imagine it being different on an OP3. I'll see if it works on my wife's OP3 (takes a while to get the phone as she doesn't like me faffing with it).
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] bealer:
Does it work on the OP3T?

This method is simply one command so easily automatable via something like Tasker. Pet hate of mine is having an app that simply runs a one line command.
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] kumar raja:
One Plus 3 /Oneplus 3T Macc Spoofing

Watch this video and download the script

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DT2qbWn24A
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] NightMean:
Can anyone try this ? I'm not currently rooted Change My MAC - Spoof Wifi MAC
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] user334:
OnePlus 3T on VertexOS with Magisk 14 - program works perfectly.
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] xda_guest:
Thanks for nice method!

In Oreo script does not work. Apparently because of this command for activation of airplane mode that was changed in recent android version:

settings put global airplane_mode_on 1; am broadcast -a android.intent.action.AIRPLANE_MODE --ez state true

As a tip I resolved this problem with ifconfig wlan0 down:

#!/system/bin/sh

MAC=C0EEFB$(od -txC -An -N3 /dev/random| tr -d ' ')

sed -i "/Intf0MacAddress=/c\Intf0MacAddress=${MAC}" /persist/wlan_mac.bin

ifconfig wlan0 down

ifconfig wlan0 up

Also instead of tasker that is closed source software you can use simple cron job to start the script.

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So how do you randomize your hostname (SSID ?)?

I found two options, although neither is useful for me

1) setprop net.hostname <NEW_NAME> #apparently does not work on Oreo

2) adding line "net.hostname=<NEW_NAME>" in /system/build.prop #requires reboot of the phone that is not so useful for on the fly changes
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] hairyfred:
Just use https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.xnano.android.changemymac&hl=en_US

Its what i use
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] midhunvj12:
mac spoofing in k20 pro

I almost tried every methods on internet to spoof the mac. nothing works.

Can anyone help e to do so. It will be more helpful.

Thank you
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] :
I assume you mean mac address randomization, arn't you?

Which rom?

BTW: This is the op3t forum... ;)
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] midhunvj12:
I didn't mean Mac randomisation, I want to change my Mac address to a specific custom Mac.

Lookinga for help in everyplace ?
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Does your device have a persist partion? Does it contain a file named wlan_mac.bin or simiar? What soc is your device using? And again: which rom are you using?

Most important: what exactly did you try already - I want to avoid writing stuff you've already tried.
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] midhunvj12:
1. No

2.but in another folder

3.sd855

4.stock miui11(also tried in evaluation X)

5.all tha apps,nethunter's macchanget, qpst by editing NV item file, changing values in phones memory with root explorer
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] jorge705:
http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.xnano.android.achangemymac&hl=es_419

net.xnano.android.achangemymac

this work for me (op3t android 9-10)
[OnePlus 3T Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Can you give me the path and show the content of wlan_mac.bin?

If you are rooted, can you give me the output of

adb shell su -c "mount|grep persist"

Sentence like "qpst by editing NV item file, changing values in phones memory with root explorer" or "but in another folder" are not what I've meant by "Most important: what exactly did you try already". Accurate and detailed information is mandatory to help you.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] ithehappy:
The first day I got the phone, it was so smooth that I couldn't believe it. Now after one month's usage it feels less smooth. I notice stutter here and there, while scrolling through WhatsApp list, while entering and exiting apps etc. Is this because the performance is degrading or am I just getting used with it and my mind demands more?

In any case, will a custom ROM like PureNexus be any better in terms of this? I'm on ElX kernel.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Smallsmx3:
Nah, it will be the same. Allot of it is just the app not being smooth, not the OS. Over time the cache builds and things just stutter some. The device is still a beast
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] mlin:
Hard to say for sure, but for the most part I feel like its just as smooth as day one. In fact, I was thinking recently how impressed I was that I hadn't reboot my phone for 3 weeks and its been rock solid stable and buttery smooth the whole time. I'm on full stock, rooted with TWRP.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] nabbed:
I haven't noticed any speed degradation - had XL over a month now.

It's still a piece of ****, but it's still fast.

I cannot believe you people orgasming over this garbage phone.

I'm only keeping it because FI is so cheap for low data usage.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Smallsmx3:
Why's it garbage
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] nabbed:
My previous phone was a Note 7. My standards are a bit high... If you are not familiar with Note 7, it's like trading in a Bugatti Veyron for a Mustang (and yes, I own a Stang.)
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Alcolawl:
Not to get too OT but I gotta step in and say something. What are you doing here on XDA? Every time I go into a thread I'm bound to see a post from you just ****ting all over this phone. Your comments are unconstructive and extremely off-putting. Some posters here have had their phone for a month or so, maybe less. If you went out a bought a new Mustang and someone came up to you and said "That car is a piece of ****, I can't beleive you like that thing." you'd feel pretty bad right? Or at least ticked off. I get that you miss your Note 7, I really do. Hang in there and you'll get your Note 8 soon enough.

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Back on topic, the phone is still smooth as hell for me. It'll trip on a few things here and there but it's really so minor and occurs so rarely that when I catch it I question if it actually even happened. If that makes sense.. I think when we start to see optimized ROMs and Kernel devs begin merging in cherry-picked updates to Sched and upstream updates, things will get near flawless with this phone. The one thing that concerns me is the lack of F2FS. The storage speed on this phone is pretty lacking, as discussed in my thread discussing why the OP3T with similar hardware is so much faster than this phone. F2FS is much easier on the phone's storage whereas EXT4 will eventually lead to performance degradation over time. Again, I feel that Kernels will rectify this in the future.

Another facet of this might just be that you're used to the speed by now. I'm sometimes still amazed by how much faster this phone is at certain tasks than my Nexus 5X, but when I first got this phone I was in awe nearly all the time when using it. Now it just seems normal to me.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] JAYNO20:
I am coming from using an S7 (which has the same ram and processor as the Note 7) and this Pixel is MUCH faster than my S7 was. :eek:
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Cbass15:
I myself had the Note 7 and this phone puts the Note 7 to shame in a speed comparison. My note 7 lagged like no other. Maybe mine was a defective one but my Pixel XL is blazing fast even after about 2 months of usage. ?
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] jdpro22:
Thank you for saying this!

If you don't like the phone, why are you even on XDA? Just use the phone until you can get rid of it and keep your crappy opinion to yourself. These threads aren't meant for discussing how bad it is. The idea is that we all work constructively with the hopes of achieving the best possible user experience for everyone
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Smallsmx3:
No thanks on the Samjunk. One man's trash is another man's treasure. Funny how non garbage it was considering the outcome of exploding phones, only to end up EOLd in a landfill
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] ithehappy:
I am so hopeful for this too man.

Yes, I mentioned that in OP for that reason only. I am sure that my mind is getting used with the smoothness and it demands more, much more :laugh:

Just got to give the devs time. Perfection takes time.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] freddy0872:
I personally moved away from Samsung a while back. Last sammy device i had was the Note 4.

I still have an S3 mini which in all reality is a "piece of garbage"but all i use it for is a glorified MP3 player while im out doing work and i dont wish to possibly destroy my PixelXL or whatever im using.

But back on track. Samsungs devices least back in the day were very well built! And aside from Touchwiz not to terrible!

But this Pixel XL blows me away. I came to this device from a Nexus 6 which I absolutely loved! The Pixel XL has surprised me since day 1! Im currently running Pure Nexus on it. Its the initial build as the second build wasnt important enough for me to update. Dont mind that i cant shut down. (LOL)

I reboot my device a couple times a week as a pure habit. I feel a fresh start every so often is never a bad thing.

One thing to possibly try if an app becomes sluggish is clear the apps cache while you see it being a bit of a jerk.

If that doesnt help. Clear the system cache in recovery and see if that helps. Your first boot might take a bit longer but you could see a difference.

My suggestion to you is. Try out Pure Nexus. Or any custom rom for that matter! There are several now. We have 2 boot slots to use on this device which is fantastic! If you dont like a certain rom? Try another! Or.... go back to your stock slot! Just read up and educate yourself on how the boot slots work and what happens during flashing. Its not like our old school Safe Strap from back in the day! (Or multiROM for that matter) Well kinda.... but works differently.

Enjoy Pixelers!
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] nabbed:
I'm venting here because I'm searching for a way to fix my brand new beautiful Mustang - you see, one tire is constantly losing pressure and the trunk just straight up doesn't close.

In other words, I'm extremely frustrated with my brand new $930 device. And the fact that Google just released a 50MB security update and still didn't fix a crippling BT bug introduced in 7.1.1 doesn't help the issue.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] zetsumeikuro:
At least you can count on your Pixel XL not exploding :D.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] mlin:
If I remember correctly from Mario's front page article on the OP3T, F2FS can be enabled through TWRP. I recall tidy one reason it's not enabled by default on most devices is some remaining bugs/issues to sort out.

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Not to go further OT, but what are your main gripes with the Pixel?
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] muzzy996:
Took me a while to find it but Jerry Hildenbrand had some interesting thoughts on bluetooth issues with Nougat and how they're potentially related to bluetooth stack and certain hardware that people are trying to pair their Android N phones to. Look for his posts in this thread:

http://forums.androidcentral.com/google-pixel-pixel-xl/755478-there-speaker-issue.html

I don't know whether he's on the mark here or not. . All I do know is that I have no issues with connectivity with my car, Fossil Q Marshal or JBL Charge 2+ . . all relatively new devices . . so i do wonder how some are experiencing issues while others like myself are not.

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Back on topic - IMO loss in smoothness always boils down to resources as users settle into devices and continue to add software and tweaks to their devices. The more we use the device and add to it, the more apps start to battle for resources either in terms of running services or cached ones. The variation in now we each use our devices leads to variation in experiences as the OS deals with balancing available resources against the services and apps that need to be running vs cached.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] nabbed:
Jerry Hildenbrand? That weird beard mofo? How can he possibly fix a bt bug that was introduced in a recent Google update?
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] mikaole:
First just don't feed the trolls.

I would definitely recommend a custom rom.

The one that said customs are the same than stock just flashed the wrong roms.

Pure is much smoother and snappier than stock.

And there are roms that feels like night and day if it comes to smoothness.

So just try them out and you will see and feel the difference.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] clapper6601:
This has how I started to deal with trolls but I'm to the point where I just read their post and see how it's going to end anyways and don't even waste my time even thinking of replying.

https://goo.gl/photos/85kFQemYv9jtionR7
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Taosaur:
If anyone is reading this in 2017 ;)

I ran CM11 for quite a while, and performance ground to a halt. Maybe there's not a ROM out there that doesn't need to be reflashed every once in a while, but I'm curious what folks have found viable as a daily driver. I'm looking at new tablets, but wouldn't mind getting the old HD+ in give-to-a-niece-or-nephew condition if nothing else.

I semi-accidentally flashed Nougat from Amaces' thread, and it's a big improvement over my bogged-down CM11 build, but has some display and battery glitches. I'm grabbing his/her most recent Marshmallow build to try now.

Any thoughts on what's the most stable and best performance? Does anyone else find their system slowing way down over time, without a fresh install?
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] digixmax:
I had had the same good experience with CM11 until mid last year when many commonly used apps started to become unresponsive and oftentime crashed (force-closed). So over the holidays break I took the plunge and upgraded to Amaces' experimental build lnos_ovation-ota-NMF26Q.170104, so far the performance is as good as it used to be with CM11.
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knowngni:
Hi, I'm in the same boat as you my friend.

Decided to dig up my old nook HD+ I hadn't use for about a 2 years and found it had carbonrom (jellybean 4.2.2) on it. I remember really getting frustrated at the frequent reboots but it was still better than the extremely laggy CM builds that were available at the time.

Need something extremely stable as I plan to hand this off to my dad who quite non-tech-savvy but enjoys a few time killer games.

How is the performance on Marshmallow? I'm kinda still hesitant to upgrade too far to the latest android from the fear of poor performance due to higher hardware requirements for newer generations of android
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chris8428:
I am also upgrading for the issues you mentioned. Netflix and YouTube became slow and as some people have reported would not play videos due to thinking they were not connected to the internet. I was on CM 12 and will try one of Amaces new builds, just not sure which one.
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ieatabiscuit:
I personally use his last MM build (because xposed), with the official relax of twrp 3.0.2.0 with great results. I use Pico GApps, and have no issues with it. I have used the N builds, they all worked well for me, but I just like xposed to much to keep using anything newer than that last MM build.
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nmyshkin:
OK, so me too. My husband is finally tired of his HD crying about no space to re-install B&N crapware apps (Hulu+, Twitter, etc.) and is ready for something beyond rooted stock. His main prerequisite beyond stability is a smoothly functioning HDMI port which he uses

a lot

.

I just recently flashed AOSP 7.0 on my Nook Tablet and like it, but I have no idea where to go with the HD. So many choices. It doesn't seem sensible to go back to something like CM 11 at this point. And....how can you tell one coded file name from another in [MENTION=4473900]amaces[/MENTION] folders?
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] digixmax:
I believe the file names of Andrei Măceș' ROM builds (for both of his AOSP and CM/LM ROMs) are derived from the names of the corresponding Android OS releases+builds that they are based on. See https://source.android.com/source/build-numbers.html for the naming convention for the Android OS releases/builds.

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Beware that there seems to be an issue with HDMI support on late CM13 and LN14 releases -- see https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=71075161&postcount=1649.

Also, it might be worth checking out if screen-casting is an acceptable alternative to HDMI.
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nmyshkin:
OK, thanks. So for now I'll check out the CM 12 thread and maybe early CM 13. A pity about the HDMI, but understandable considering it's such a specific feature.
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nmyshkin:
Going retro!

We decided to go for CM 11 on the Nook HD--at least for now. Reading about the various issues with ROMs beyond KitKat is sort of disheartening, and with CM 11 I knew we'd still have the HDMI out working (yes it does!). Since it's also my husband's first "real" android experience (not counting the stock B&N system), something safe and stable seemed like a good first step. The installation went without a hitch, but I wish I had wiped system along with everything else as there was a bunch of B&N junk folders and prior app data still present in 0. Anyway, not too much to clean up.

Meanwhile we can investigate various screen casting options for both his HD and my Nook Tablet.

Our thanks to [MENTION=4517926]dofuuz[/MENTION] who posted CM 11 builds here.
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] e.mote:
>Reading about the various issues with ROMs beyond KitKat is sort of disheartening

Not sure why you're disappointed, as the Nook (HD and HD+) has far outlived most of its peers. It's like criticizing a dog that can't sing well, when we should celebrate the wonder that it can sing at all.

I'd never thought that I'd still be here in these forums. But the Nook is still very much usable, with the latest Nougat ROMs. It's slower, yes, but everything still runs as it should. The few bugs are known and are manageable.

I've dabbled in all the versions. The fastest version for me was 10.1/10.2. After that, they all go downhill in terms of speed, and unfortunately also bugs. The latest version doesn't help much in the speed department, but it's also the most stable. Most importantly, it's the only one that still has active development. Most current apps work, as well as casual games.

Shout-outs to [MENTION=349198]leapinlar[/MENTION] and [MENTION=6822220]PeteInSequim[/MENTION], if they're still around. Thanks to [MENTION=3511186]digixmax[/MENTION] and others for taking up the mantle of the shepherd for the few remaining stragglers here. Lastly, thanks to [MENTION=4473900]amaces[/MENTION] for still hanging around this place.
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nmyshkin:
No, don't get me wrong. I think the custom ROMs are phenomenal. I run [MENTION=4473900]amaces[/MENTION] AOSP 7.0 on my Nook Tablet (talk about ancient). But everyone has a different tolerance for glitches, and in this case a functioning HDMI port was a priority. The HD runs like well-tuned machine now and we don't need a more up-to-date OS for anything we do right now. So it's lucky a copy of the CM 11 ROM was still available.

The day may come for an update, but for now we're happy.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NitroKoS:
I have about 30 of these phones and people have been asking me how I get SuperSU on them:

https://youtu.be/qkik4q5ERaU
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Handsome Jack:
In the video, you said Kingroot 4.5

There is new:

Kingroot V5.0.4 should I get it instead?﻿
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jxzz:
Successfully rooted the Alcatel Streak with KingRoot. But my cell phone won't boot after I applied the KingRoot/SuperSu replacement.

Here is thread on requesting ROM to recover from the issue. Obviously another person had same issue as I did:

https://xdaforums.com/android/help/requesting-alcatel-4060-o-cricket-stock-t3578896
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kdm6389:
I have uploaded all the partition dd image at mediafire.com excepect /system witch is big file and i have low bandwidth

Note, the recovery image is compressed zip us unzip before dd back