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Unity 4.2 SystemInfo.deviceUniqueIdentifier regression

Discussion in 'Editor & General Support' started by Alexey, Aug 2, 2013.

  1. Alexey

    Alexey

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    We found out that we broke SystemInfo.deviceUniqueIdentifier in 4.2 (it will return values different from before)
    you need to change Unity/DeviceSettings.mm:
    change
    CC_MD5(macaddr_str, sizeof(macaddr_str), hash_buf);
    to
    CC_MD5(macaddr_str, sizeof(macaddr_str)-1, hash_buf);
     
    Alexey, Aug 2, 2013
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  2. jvil

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    I'm a little confused about SystemInfo.deviceUniqueIdentifier as doc says it is guaranteed to be unique for every device.

    It's the equivalent to Settings.Secure.ANDROID_ID on Android? Or it's another identifier that Unity generates? Because with ANDROID_ID there has been at least one widely-observed bug in a popular handset from a major manufacturer, where every instance has the same ANDROID_ID, so can't be guaranteed to be unique for every device. Also, it is not 100% reliable on releases of Android prior to 2.2.

    Anyone can clarify this deviceUniqueIdentifier for Android?

    Thanks!
     
    jvil, Sep 10, 2013
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  3. Alexey

    Alexey

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    this is a post about ios ;-)
    but regarding android - we use hash of mac addr, and check android_id only if there is no permission to access telephony
     
    Alexey, Sep 11, 2013
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  4. skullthug

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    Sorry to hijack this back to Android, but I'm having difficulty getting SystemInfo.deviceUniqueIdentifier to default to displaying android_id. I have a custom AndroidManifest.xml that has the phone permission removed, but it keeps getting re-added (I'm assuming by Unity) automatically when I build. Removing the call to SystemInfo.deviceUniqueIdentifier removes the permission from being auto-added.

    Does Android_ID only occur if the device is not a phone and thus cannot get permission? There's so little documentation on this :(
     
    skullthug, Oct 31, 2013
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