Hacker Trick Spoof your Android’s MAC address

Get around annoying data and time restrictions on public Wi-Fi connections using spoofing ...

Chances are that you have heard of IP addresses in your time, but MAC addresses are something that aren’t quite so well known.While your IP address is usually Ever changing and temporary, your Device MAC address is a permanent ID that's used to identify the Network interface card inside your Android device. MAC addresses are so permanent, they’re also Know as a burned-in address or Simply a physical address.

If you’ve rooted your Android device, it’s possible to temporarily Change that device’s MAC address and then use this spoofed address to connect to the internet. This has benefits if you’re concerned about privacy, but spoofi ng your MAC address also has a very Practical use, particularly if You regularly use public Wi-Fi.

Many places that offer Public Wi-Fi also put restrictions on their signal. For example Your local cafe might only let You connect to their Wi-Fi for a maximum of 30 minutes before booting your device off the network. When you spoof your MAC address, the network will no longer recognise your device and you will get another 30 Minutes of free internet access.Other venues may place a limit On the amount of data you can Consume before blocking your MAC address. Once again, spoofing tricks The network into thinking your Android is an entirely new device. In this tutorial, we will look at Several options for spoofing your device’s MAC address.

1. Gather your tools

You can find your device’s MAC address by opening the Settings app on your Android and selecting About Device followed by Status. You’ll find the address under WiFi MAC address. Next, download WiFi Mac Changer and BusyBox, both of which are available to download for free from the Google Play store.

2. Forget network

Open your device’s Settings and select Wi-Fi. Find the network you plan on connecting to after spoofing your MAC address. Wipe the slate clean by long pressing on this network and then tapping Forget network. Launch WiFi Mac Changer and grant it super user permissions when requested.

3. Simple changes

If you have a specifi c MAC address in mind, you can enter it in the New MAC fi eld. Most of the time though, you won’t have a particular address in mind or care what it is, so just tap Generate Random MAC to save yourself the hassle. Start by trying to change your address the easy way and tap Simple Change.

4. Make a Connection

If you see a Mac Changed Successfully message, return to your device’s Wi-Fi settings and tap the network you want to connect to. Enter the network’s password, if requested. After a few moments you should have connected to the network using your new address.

5. Hard Change

If the connection fails or seems to be stuck on authenticating then it’s time to try things the hard way. Return to WiFi Mac Changer and once again either generate a random MAC address or enter a specific address of your choice. However, this time around tap Hard Change.

6. Compare Addresses

After a few moments, you should see a Mac Changed Successfully pop-up. Open your Wi-Fi Settings and try connecting to your network. Once connected, you can check you’re using the fake address by opening WiFi Mac Changer and comparing the real address to the fake one.

7. Switch Back

If you want to resume using your genuine MAC address, simply tap the app’s Set Real Mac Back button. Alternatively, you can disable and then enable your Wi-Fi connection again, or reboot your device. Both of these actions will cause your device to default back to its genuine address.

8. Try an Alternative

If you don’t get results using this app, one alternative you may want to try is MacMan, which you can download for free from the Google Play store. Once again, make sure your device has forgotten the network you want to connect to, then launch MacMan and activate the main On switch.

9. Create a Brand New Profile

Tap the + button at the top of the screen to create a new profile. Give your profile a name, then either enter a specific MAC address or generate a random one by tapping the blue arrow icon. Tap OK and this profile should now appear in your MAC Address List.

10. Try Your Profile

To activate the profile you have just created, tap its accompanying arrow icon. Then return to your Wi-FI Settings and tap the network you want to connect to. It should now connect successfully. If you want to resume using your original MAC address, you’ll need to reboot your device.

Enjoy the hacked MAC address...

Get Samsung Galaxy Edge Style Notifications On Your Android Device...

Get Edge-style notifications about incoming phone calls on any Android device

The Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge came with an innovative way of displaying notifications - illuminating the bevelled edge along the side of the screen. Now even if you don’t have an S6 Edge, you can still get a taster of this Edge display using the Edge Color Notifications app.
The drawback is that no device other than the S6 Edge has that bevelled edge, so the app compensates by illuminating the edges of your screen with animations instead. You can also assign specific colours to your important contacts, so you can see who’s calling at a glance. You can even tell the app to reserve animations for the contacts you’ve assigned a colour to, so if you see an Edge-style notification, you’ll know someone important is calling!

STEPS TO STYLE...

1. Enable settings

Download the Edge Color Notifications app from the Play store and launch the app. To set up Edge Color Notifications, open the side menu and select Home. Enable both the People Edge and Phonecall notification options. Open the side menu and select Phone Call Settings.

2. Customise Your Columns

You can customise the Edge effects for when you receive a phone call. This includes changing the width of the animated columns (so the effect is more noticeable or subtle) and changing the column’s default colour. You can also choose from a list of animations.

3. Left, Right Or Both

One of the most important changes you can make is choosing which side of the screen your animations will appear: left, right or both. If you select the Full Border animation, your columns appear around every side of the screen, regardless of what you select here.

4. Assign specific colours

By default, Edge Color Notifications will apply the same colour to every single person in your contact lists, but you’ll usually get more value out of the app by assigning specific colours to people. To do this, open the side menu and select Contacts Colors.

5. Choose a new colour

You’ll see a list of all your contacts, with the same default colour next to each contact. To assign someone their own colour, tap the block of colour that appears next to their name and choose a new colour from the pop-up that appears. Tap OK to save your changes.

6. Be Selective

Once you’ve finished assigning colours, you can restrict Edge Colour so that it only displays the Edge animations for contacts that you’ve assigned a specific colour to. If this is the case, return to Phone Call Settings and select Only show contacts with specific color set.

Enjoy your Edge notification Style device...

Hide your root access from prying apps

Just because you rooted Android shouldn’t mean you can’t use your favorite app...

 You’ve rooted your phone or tablet and can now enjoy previously unavailable apps and additional functionality. The problem is, some of the apps you were using previously no longer run. In order to maintain the integrity of their products, some app developers opt to disable their apps (or restrict them) if they’re found to be running on a device that has been rooted. If you’ve spent some time trying to get your device rooted (we all know that it isn’t always easy) then this can prove particularly frustrating. To work around this, you will need to fool these apps into thinking that the phone has not been rooted at all and for this you will need RootCloak Plus, which requires the Xposed Framework. While there are other solutions are available (such as the Hide my Root app by Amphoras on Google Play), RootCloak will give you the best results.

Steps to go:- 

• Ensure Xposed has been updated

Before installing RootCloak, ensure your Xposed Framework is up to date. You need v2.4.1+ with XposedBridge v42+ installed. Open the app, go to Framework> Install/Update to confirm this and wait while the framework updates.

• Install RootCloak

Next, browse Xposed’s Download section for RootCloak and install by tapping Download. Follow this by rebooting your phone: tap Framework> Reboot. You will now be able to start configuring RootCloak to hide or cloak your root status from certain apps.

• Problematic apps

The chances are that any apps that are causing you trouble have already been included in RootCloak’s list. This means you don’t need to configure the app! To check, open the app that was complaining about your rooted phone and see if it displays a nag message. 

• Configure RootCloak

Xposed-compatible apps can be opened from your Android launcher without opening Xposed Framework first. Open RootCloak from the launcher and view the menu. You’ll mostly use Add/Remove Apps for this, but if the app you want to block isn’t listed, tap + to add it.

• Stop blocked app

If the app you’re trying to run continues to nag you about your phone’s root, it’s likely that you will need to stop it. Open Settings > Apps, find the app in question and tap Force Stop. This will require the app to restart and check permissions before launching

• Last resort

Using RootCloak should help you persuade root-phobic apps to run, but if this doesn’t work check the Debug log where you should find answers. With persistent issues, run the app in a non-rooted environment, maybe an Android tablet or switch to a more usable app.

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• Surround sound on Google Movies

Enjoy movies with 5.1 surround on Android

Peace and quiet has descended. Work is done, the kids are in bed (or the parents!) and you’re ready to watch a movie on your Android Lollipop phone or tablet, streamed direct from the internet via the Play Movies & Videos app. You make your selection, hit play and… well, it looks good, but the sound could do with a lot of work. Movies play with surround sound at the cinema but despite your phone’s sound system, the same doesn’t seem to be true here. Or is it? Although it should be enabled by default, you can easily switch on Dolby 5.1 surround sound in the Play Movies & Videos app. Open the menu, then Settings, find Surround Sound and check the Enable Surround Sound box. You might even tap the Play Demo button to get an idea of the 5.1 soundtrack capabilities of Android.

• Change brightness depending on time

It is possible to manage brightness more effectively on your Nexus 5

Display brightness can be a big problem on the Nexus 5, especially for battery life. While the Adaptive Brightness setting can be useful, a slicker option is to have the brightness automatically change depending upon the time of day You’ll need to have Unknown Sources enabled (you can do this from Settings>Security) before heading to XDA-Developers.com and searching for and then downloading the BrightTime app. Upon launching BrightTime you’ll find some timestamps already present. You can use these or delete them and set up your own using the ‘+’ button. Just tap on a time and adjust the slider to determine how bright the display should be at that time; you can also adjust the clock as necessary. For instance, you might have the brightness turned high during daylight hours and then turned lower during the night. With the BrightTime app active, your phone’s brightness will be adjusted when the corresponding time of day arrives.

• Set owner information

Display a lock screen message, and help get your lost phone back!

Your phone has been lost. Fortunately, though, it’s in the hands of someone trustworthy and who wants to return it. That’s the good news. The bad news is you didn’t save any contact information on your device, so your Good Samaritan doesn’t know how to get in touch to return your Android. This isn’t a situation you want to be in is it? So best avoid it, something that can be easily done via Security>Owner info. This is a space where you can add a message instructing a kindly discoverer of your Android phone or tablet in the steps they can take to return it to you; perhaps you might even mention a reward (but only if you’re prepared to pay it, of course!) For safety’s sake, however, please don’t include any personal data, beyond a secondary phone number or email address. When you’re finished, tap back to save.

• Cast your screen for productivity

The Cast screen button will send your Android home screen to a TV via Google Chromecast..

One of the most overlooked options in the Quick Settings screen on Android Lollipop has to be the Cast screen. Using this, you can send what is currently displayed on your device to any TV with a paired Google Chromecast attached.While this might be something as mundane as browsing the web or enjoying Facebook on your TV, you could also be sending far more important pictures from your Android device to any HDTV or other hardware with a HDMI input. For instance, Skype sessions can be sent from your phone to your TV, meaning the person you’re speaking to is presented in a more life-like size. Alternatively, you might send a presentation from Office 365’s PowerPoint or Google Slides. To enjoy this feature, run the app you want to use and then open Quick Settings and tap Cast screen.

• Hack the Lollipop Overview screen

The new Overview screen displays your open apps and, if the feature is active, enables you to pin an app or game, thereby cancelling the menu buttons. But the Overview itself can be tweaked, enabling you to specify various settings including how many running apps are listed. On a rooted Android device, head over to Google Play and search for the utility Recently by Chainfi re. Install it on your phone or tablet to proceed, and then launch. Grant super user access to proceed, then toggle the switch in the top-right corner of the display. You’ll see a number of options, such as Age Limit, which determines how long an app can stay in the Overview, and Entry limit, where you can cut down the number of apps that are listed in the Overview screen to just running apps. Many other options are available; use them to customize the screen.