I bought a lot (500+) cheap China tablet with AllWinner processor and Android 4.0.3. All tablets expose the same serial number. I can't deploy my application simultaneously on several devices (with a USB hub) using ADB.EXE because it can't distinguish them.
I'm thinking about a pre-deploy process that change the internal serial number, is it possible? Where is the serial number stored?
Note: tablets are rooted
build number etc by editing the 'build.prop' file in /system. The serial number can be changed by adding the property 'ro.serialno=' to build.prop file
You need to populate
/sys/class/android_usb/android0/iSerial
sysfs file with unique values for every device. Most vendors do it with custom init script, which would read the value from a persistent system property or a regular file and put it in sysfs on every power up.Try editing
/data/misc/wifi/serialno
then reboot, it worked as a permanent solution for meThe location of this number may differ between android versions
The serial number should be stored in a file with only the serial number inside and no
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