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   Andy Burnelli wrote:   
      
   >  C:\> adb shell am start -n com.google.android.gms/.ads.settin   
   s.AdsSettingsActivity   
   >       That should pop up an Android "Reset Advertising ID" settings page.   
   >   
   >  C:\> adb shell input tap 500 400   
   >       If run after the command above, that will tap the button to   
   >       asking to "Opt out of Ads Personalization" in that Activity   
   >       if that button is like mine, at the X=500 & Y=400 location.   
   >   
   >       On my phone, this is the "Reset advertising ID" button location:   
   >         adb shell input tap 500 200   
   >       On my phone, this is the "OK" button on that GUI above.   
   >         adb shell input tap 700 1000   
      
   For the record, for anyone attempting to reset the Android Advertising ID   
   from Windows, Android 11 and below would reset the id to a GUID, or   
   globally unique ID, (similar to what Windows 95 CoCreateGUID created,   
   according to Mayayana's kind advice on the Android newsgroup today).\   
     Doubletap to Reset AD ID   
     Set doubletap to any Activity   
     Calling an Intent with a URI   
     Calling an Intent with a GUI   
      
   However, notice in Android 12 the GUID at times is set to all zeroes.   
     Check Advertising ID   
      
   We surmised that's because there are two new commands in Android   
    Settings > {Privacy,Google} > Ads > Reset advertising ID   
    Settings > {Privacy,Google} > Ads > Delete advertising ID <== new!   
    Settings > {Privacy,Google} > Ads > Get new advertising ID <== new!   
     Delete Advertising ID   
      
   Apparently "delete" isn't so much a delete as a "zero out" such that the   
   GUID is of the form (8-4-4-4-12) of 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000.   
      
   This program is the only known program in all of Google Play that is known   
   to report that Advertising ID outside of the Android Settings GUI.   
     *Device   Identifiers* by Umang Chamaria   
     Free, ad free, Google free, GSF free, rated 3.8, 5K+ installs   
       
      
   But it's a crappy program otherwise as that's its only real job   
   (still, it's the _only_ one anyone knows about that does that).   
      
   These are better for reporting most of the identification IDs on Android.   
     *DevCheck Hardware and System Info* by flar2   
     Free + inapp, ad free, Google free, gsf free, rated 4.8, 1M+ installs   
        
      
    *Device ID* by Evozi   
     Free, ad free, Google free, GSF free, rated 4.5, 1M+ installs   
        
      
    *Inware* by evowizz   
     Free, ad free, Google free, gsf free, rated 4.4, 100K+ installs   
        
      
    *Device Info HW* by Andrey Efremov   
     Free, ad free, Google free, gsf free, rated 4.7, 1M+ installs   
        
      
    *Device ID* by BINHDRM26   
     Free, ad free, Google free, gsf free, unrated, 10K+ installs   
        
      
    *Device Identifiers* by Umang Chamaria (this gets the advertising ID)   
     Free, ad free, Google free, GSF free, rated 3.8, 5K+ installs   
       
      
   Unfortunately, I haven't found one app which gives you everything you need.   
      
   If you can find an app that does all that we need, that would be great, as   
   it would be nice, for example, to have all the critical versions spit out   
   by a single app.   
    Android Security Patch Level version   
    Google Play Services version   
    Google Play Store version   
    Google Play System update version   
    Android Device ID   
    Google Services Framework ID   
    Google Advertising ID   
    Java VM Android Runtime version   
    Media DRM Widevine CDM Device Unique ID   
    Hardware Serial Number   
    Device Build Fingerprint   
    etc.   
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