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Re: Unrooted Android 4.3 "ip link set wlan0 address de:ad:be:ef:ca:fe" operation not permitted

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On 08/07/15 04:24, Paul B. Andersen wrote:
> Unrooted Android 4.3 "ip link set wlan0 address de:ad:be:ef:ca:fe"
> operation not permitted
>
> This article, dated in 2015, says we can temporarily set the MAC
> address of an unrooted Android device using a terminal emulator:
> http://www.techpluto.com/how-to-temporarily-change-android-mac-address-without-rooting
>
> The article suggests Terminal Emulator for Android by Jack Palevich
> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jackpal.androidterm
>
> The steps they suggest are:
> 0. Find your MAC address in the settings about menu
> 1. Start the "Terminal Emulator for Android"
> 2. Get out your reading glasses because the text output is tiny!
> 3. Find the name of your WiFi card
> 4. Change the MAC address
>
> Example on my system:
> 0. My WiFi MAC was 5c:0a:5b:a1:ff:00
> 1. I started the terminal emulator (& put on my reading glasses)
> 2. I typed "ip link show" (or "ip link show | grep -i 5c:")
> 3. That MAC address showed up as "wlan0"
> 4. I typed "ip link set wlan0 address de:ad:be:ef:cafe"
> and "ip link set broadcast de:ad:be:ef:ca:fe"
>
> I got the error "Operation not permitted".
> I also tried "ifconfig hw ether wlan0 down" but got an error for
> "permission denied" (I was going to then change the MAC address).
>
> What am I doing wrong?


Some android devices uses SELinux to limit things even more and could be 
this which limits you.

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  //Aho

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Re: Unrooted Android 4.3 "ip link set wlan0 address de:ad:be:ef:ca:fe" operation not permitted "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2015-07-08 06:42 +0200
  Re: Unrooted Android 4.3 "ip link set wlan0 address de:ad:be:ef:ca:fe" operation not permitted "Paul B. Andersen" <somebody@somewhere.no> - 2015-07-08 04:54 +0000

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