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. -- 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
