Changing my iPhone's MAC address (problems)

[djearlybird]

Hi guys. I tried changing my MAC address today at work for the 1st time in a few months, and now it won't let me do it. I would always type ifconfig en0 lladdr xx.xx.xx.xx.xx.xx and it would change with no problems. However now when I do it it spits the error stating "ifconfig: ioctl (set lladdr): Operation not permitted"

Anyone have a clue why this is happening? Last time I was able to do it, I was running 1.1.4, but I don't think that should be the problem. Suggestions?

 

[djearlybird]

I figured it out. You need to login via Terminal 1st as root, not mobile.

 

[tkiltkil]

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I figured it out. You need to login via Terminal 1st as root, not mobile.

Well, how exactly do you do this? How do you change from mobile to root?

 

[kAoTiX]

Basic linux commands from the terminal on the iPhone.

su root
will then prompt for password

sometimes just 'su' on its own will work but I haven't tried it.