What did you use to get the MAC, when I tried it on my Droid (gen 1) with the wifi off I get a NullPointerException
On Feb 15, 4:48 pm, Oceanblue <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for your input Brad. > > I've decided to go with MAC address for now. I tested with my device > with wi-fi switched off & in Airplane mode & I was able to retrieve > the MAC address (using Android API) in both cases. Hope this is the > right choice. > > On Feb 15, 12:19 pm, Brad McNeiL <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Just a note if you choose to use the IMEI/MEID - On some HTC devices, > > if the device is put in to the Airplane mode, switched off (while > > taking a flight scenario), and then if the device is powered back on, > > and then taken out of the Airplane mode. This might seem like a very > > normal thing to do. > > > However, if you check the settings for the IMEI/MEID it comes up as 'N/ > > A'. :( This applies to retrieving it via the API as well. > > -- 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
