Serial Number Got Changed After Factory Reset

Question

After "Factory Resetting" my tablet I realized that the serial Number was changed (it is now a weird number 0123456789ABCDEF).



Edit March 17 2019



This is the number that shows when I do adb devices. As far as I know this is the serial number and not the Android ID.



End Edit



Why did this happen?
How do I go about returning it to its original SN?
How do I prevent it from happening again?



I have seen some options of changing the SN number but I'm reluctant to try them since the programs they use doesn't look like official (safe) programs.


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Answer

Your serial # is provided by the Linux Gadget driver. Depending on your kernel version it's either in



  • /config/usb_gadget/g1/strings/0x40*/serialnumber


    or



  • /sys/class/android_usb/android0/iSerial




Since you're rooted, you can easily change the number by writing to this "file" - which is really just a parameter that the driver will digest and export accordingly.


While you're at it, there are other cool strings there, like Manufacturer and Product , which you can mess with, and similar "files" containing USB identification, and controlling the device persona (Mass storage, MTP, PTP, etc)


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