Device unique identifier or mac address

Hi all!

We have a problem accessing the device unique identifier or the mac address in BlackBerry devices. Both returns an empty string. Is this a bug that we have to report?

Thanks!

 

Is there an ETA on this issue, I'm using the latest version of Unity and the unique Id still appears to be blank.

Thanks,

Jon

 

Alas no, McKrackeN logged the issue I assumed following your comment above, but ultimately you just use:

SystemInfo.deviceUniqueIdentifier

And it's empty...I can log a bug if you like though?

Thanks,

Jon

 

Oh, I've found a thread relating to this and apparently it's an issue blackberrys end...

 

Hmmm, according to this:
http://supportforums.blackberry.com...ique-ID-from-Blackberry-10-Phone/td-p/2348553

Its not an issue blackberrys end :S

 

Hi Alex,

I can confirm this is definitely an issue with Unitys implementation.

SystemInfo.deviceUniqueIdentifier return a two character string which is Unicode and is consistent. What I think is happening is Unity is parsing deviceinfo_identifying_details_get_pin(..); return value as a 2 Unicode string, but it's represented by BlackBerry as a hex string.

deviceinfo_identifying_details_get_pin(..); does return an int, which is then normally converted using QString::number(pinValue, 16); I've successfully wrote a plugin which returns the pin correctly if you want the source code, the returned value matches the format shown in the blackberry settings.

Incidentally if you get the bytes of the SystemInfo.deviceUniqueIdentifier, I don't think they match the original pin, so I think something is getting lost.

Thanks,

Jon

 

You got to be kidding me. I filed a bug report for this right after the blackberry 'support' in unity started.
here is the bug report where you guys had all the info you need to "solve this puppy":

http://fogbugz.unity3d.com/default.asp?554545_nchdse91dpokdeu7

 

Hi Adam, I'll go one better I'll file a bug report with not only the code to show you the chars, but also one that includes my plugin to get the actual device Id so you can be sure when it's working as expected. By the way the chars will not come out in a GUI control or in the debug.Log as they come out as high end Unicode that just display as odd blobs...but they appear as blanks in the GUI / Debug. So you have read the chars and output the byte values instead to see something is actually in there.

 

Here by these methods you can find Mac Address on your BlackBerry:

From the home screen, select Setup > Options > Device > Device and Status Information.
The WLAN MAC field displays the MAC address for the smartphone.

 

Nice, So you suggest I prompt my customers to copy/paste their MAC address from there by them selfs ?

 

Extrawurst, if you need to get the blackberry pin, I'll happily send you my plugin. Just let me know.

Thanks,

Jon

 

Hey All , I just tested what the "deviceUniqueIdentifier" returns and happy to share this.
on iOS it will return a unique string every-time you removed the app from your iOS device.
if you rebuilt the xcode project, without removing your app from the iphone, the same previous "deviceUniqueIdentifier" is returned.