My application does not require any special uses permission to read ANDROID_ID; I use this code as on my HTC Hero:
String android_id = Secure.getString(this.getContentResolver(), Secure.ANDROID_ID); Tor On Jan 29, 2:35 pm, flsobral <[email protected]> wrote: > I was hoping I was missing a permission or something like that. > > We haven't touched the firmware or the system database, in fact the > Motorola device is brand new, it came to my desk still closed in his > box. > Is there any way to reset to the factory settings and restore > everything? > > I'll see if I can find an app from the market to test. > > On Jan 29, 11:04 am, "Mark Murphy" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Like I said, although it shouldn't make any difference if I'm using > > > the fully qualified path or not, I did try your suggestion and it > > > still gave me null. > > > I'm not questioning your program, I'm asking for help with my > > > particular case. > > > There are lots of examples on this subject that use the exact same > > > code, I even downloaded a project of an application that should do the > > > same, but I still got nothing. > > > > I know this code should work, and as far as I know nothing else is > > > needed to use it (like permissions and such), but it just doesn't work > > > on both devices I have. > > > It's not quite clear how you are expecting us to help, though. If the code > > the rest of us use successfully does not work for you, it's incumbent upon > > *you* to figure out what is different between your environment and what > > we're all using. > > > For example, perhaps your devices are rooted or have otherwise undergone a > > firmware replacement. In that case, ANDROID_ID may have gotten whacked, > > since that's stored in a system SQLite database AFAICT, and may not be > > maintained across a rooting operation or firmware replacement. > > > Unfortunately, I'm not aware of any place in the Settings app or anywhere > > that you can see the ANDROID_ID value without code, to see if that is the > > source of your difficulty. Perhaps you can find a pre-compiled app on the > > Market that will report that information. > > > -- > > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy)http://commonsware.com > > Android App Developer Books:http://commonsware.com/books.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
