Mac address on smart phone

[prudence]

will resetting my phone to factory settings change the mac address if i want to use it for tethering?

provider - tmobile
phone - galaxy s3

i haven't activated my tethering option yet with tmobile. i have used the phone before to access my original business amazon acct (not sure if i accessed it using wifi or the 4G) the business acct is still good but I want to make a back up since it takes about 3-4 months of good rep to gain featured merchant status.

i noticed on the phone that the IP address for the 4G and the mac address stays the same whether i restart the phone or put it on airplane mode and back (tethering option is not functional yet). thinking of using the phone tethering option when functioning as a solely used by the stealth acct.

so again, will resetting to factory settings change the mac address of the phone?

[rsot]

Not sure on this one but wait for others to chime in.

[slim jim]

Why would restoring to factory settings change the mac? Factory settings is just settings you are not changing any hardware. Think of doing this on a computer, the mac would not change

[BiN4RY]

MAC addresses are usually hardcoded. Some devices may allow you to spoof it using rooted/jailbroken tools but regardless, I still suggest people to stay far far away from operating stealth on their phones.

[prudence]

so there's no point in using the smart phone as a tethering agent regardless of whether i use a brand new laptop since i already used the phone once to log in into another account?

[prudence]

Originally Posted by BiN4RY

MAC addresses are usually hardcoded. Some devices may allow you to spoof it using rooted/jailbroken tools but regardless, I still suggest people to stay far far away from operating stealth on their phones.

oh......i wasn't gonna operate from the phone itself. i was gonna use it to tether using a brand new laptop. problem is, i know i used the phone once to log into my real account.

[Freshman]

u dont have to worry about phone device MAC, only pc MAC, must tether wifi + make sure your pc configured right

[MtnDew]

Freshman...if you tether wifi aka hotspot they can still see the phones mac right?

I have been trying with hotspot and have failed I cant spoof my wireless mac adapter on my computer either only my ethernet (wired) connection. Anyone have help with this for me please post or pm me thanks