One other thing -- you can't assume that all devices will have IMEIs. If a device doesn't have a phone radio, there is no IMEI for it.
On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 6:56 PM, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > Root users can do basically anything. :) And definitely once you can run > your system image (which on most devices is also available once you have > root), it would be relatively trivial to return whatever you want IMEI to > applications as well. > > Like the other Settings.Secure things, ANDROID_ID can not be changed by > third party applications. You should probably taking the wording as that > documentation as "engineers hedging their bets" speak. In fact the purpose > is that the ANDROID_ID gets assigned by the system at boot, and can not > change after that unless the user wipes their data -- in which case the next > boot is a fresh boot and a new ANDROID_ID will generated. > > This is very likely what you want. For example, if I buy a new phone, and > factory reset my current phone to give to my friend, then my friend should > be running a phone with its own ID and applications should not be thinking > it is still me using that phone. > > On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 8:24 AM, Mark Murphy <[email protected]>wrote: > >> On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 11:20 AM, Nyll <[email protected]> wrote: >> > But >> > there are some posts on the internet showing it is (was?) possible to >> > spoof ANDROID_ID. >> > >> > Is this still the case? If so, for anybody, or just root users? >> >> AFAIK, root users can still modify the database where ANDROID_ID is >> stored. Non-root users cannot. >> >> -- >> Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) >> http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy >> http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy >> >> _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 3.1 Available! >> >> -- >> 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]<android-developers%[email protected]> >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >> > > > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > [email protected] > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and > answer them. > > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer [email protected] Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. -- 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
