Perhaps this has already been answered in the originating thread, but I couldn't find it. The LVL docs suggest using additional features besides ANDROID_ID, and the question was which? Dianne Hackborne had issues with using the IMEI. Is using the MAC address a better option?
On Aug 20, 12:04 pm, Trevor Johns <trevorjo...@google.com> wrote: > Hi everyone, > Just to follow up a bit here, the reason we believe this is happening is > because ro.serialno isn't set on these devices. (Note that the ro.* > properties currently aren't required by the CDD/CTS.) Unfortunately, it > seems that we're using ro.serialno as the seed for the PRNG when generating > ANDROID_ID. > > See: > frameworks/base/packages/SettingsProvider/src/com/android/providers/settings/SettingsProvider.java:416 > > http://www.google.com/codesearch/p?hl=en#uX1GffpyOZk/packages/Setting... > > I've gone ahead and opened up a bug here for tracking purposes: > > http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=10639 > > (We suspect that the Droid 2 isn't the only phone affected by this, likely > just the most noticeable instance.) > > We have a fix for this checked into our internal Git repo, so once that > change propagates to vendors this shouldn't be an issue on future devices. > For existing devices though, if you absolutely depend on the uniqueness of > ANDROID_ID, you'll unfortunately need to rely on some other identifier > (IMEI, WiFi MAC, etc.). > > -- > Trevor Johns > > On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 10:46 AM, suzanne.alexandra < > > suzanne.alexan...@motorola.com> wrote: > > Andrew, > > I don't know that this is reported in any public bug system. I've > > reported it within a Motorola bug system. > > > - Suzanne > > > On Aug 20, 12:33 am, "Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru)" > > <cor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > John, have you had any complaints yet about conflicts from duplicate > > > > unique ids? > > > > I handled it in code. > > > > -John Coryat > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
