I am using WiFi MAC address as Unique id, from Marshmallow onwards returning fake MAC address(for security reason). With this my Android application behaves differently. How to get the actual MAC address of the Android device. I am using the following code-snippet. WifiManager wmgr = (WifiManager)getSystemService(Context.WIFI_SERVICE); String wifiId = wmgr.getConnectionInfo().getMacAddress(); Following permissions are added in Manifest file. Top games for macbook pro 2015.

• How To Find Mac Address

How To Find Mac Address

FWIW the solution posted by Rob Anderson which comes from the source that he cited will return a MAC address with lowercase hexadecimal characters and will be missing any leading zeros (e.g. '12:34:56:78:90:0A' would become '12:34:56:78:90:a') which, depending on the device, will result in you generating invalid MAC addresses.

This behavior is due to the Integer.toHexString method that is being used in the sample calling the hidden AOSP java.lang.IntegralToString::intToHexString(int i, bool uppercase, int minWidth) method with false for the uppercase flag and 0 for the minWidth parameter. If you want uppercase and a minimum width of 2 then you can either add the IntegralToString::intToHexString method to your project and pass in true/2 for those parameters or you could simply use String.format('%02X') instead which will perform the conversion for you with uppercase and a width of 2. Or even more preferable; you could use String.format('%02X:') which would then save you the append call to add the colon after each byte.

MOST IMPORTANT STEP: Scroll down and find MAC address. This is an important number because it is how your IPTV service will identify your set top box. This is an important number because it is how your IPTV service will identify your set top box. I am trying to change the MAC address on a device running Android. It has been rooted and a command line installed ('ConnectBot'); I was looking around Google for methods of changing the MAC address on it and I found something called ip and ip link.Initially I thought I would use ifconfig but I haven't found the name of the network interface to change. You need to replace XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX with your new MAC address, you can write any alternative MAC address that you want to assign to your device. You are done, you have successfully changed your Android MAC address. You can check your new MAC Address by just typing ” busy box link show eth0 ” in Terminal.