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[Android General] mdfpido:
Will this spoof Play Store into thinking your device is in another country? I'm in UAE and I can't download apps such as VEVO, Spotify, etc.
[Android General] noob14:
easy

its easy just do the ro.modelname modification tht's it:laugh:
[Android General] bigdaddy2000:
Please help with this bit below .... change from what to what . Sorry I am new to Android. Thanks as you help.

Once in build.prop you can edit the following things:

-edit Android Version by locating ro.build.version.release= and changing the current Build Version.

- Edit your Model # by locating ro.product.model= and changing your model #

- change your product brand by locating ro.product.brand=
[Android General] hasan291:
Whats the best phone to change it to?
[Android General] miz0ooo0:
great work :)
[Android General] chiruscan:
Seems like would have to change more than just what sin the OP

Theres product model, product brand, product name, product device, and product manufacturer that coudl all be checked against each other
[Android General] Aids10:
Thanks!; phone read verizon instead of sprint after CM9 :good:
[Android General] ketjuh92:
Thanks :D
[Android General] dark0shark:
In this thread I describe how to edit build.prop with the new ES File Explorer 3.0: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=40441455
[Android General] matt_an:
Now my camera wont work

So i successfully edited the build.prop, but eversince that the camera and gallery starts to get glitchy and i cant even take pictures. What should I do?
[Android General] mfprofumo:
Great guide. Helped me edit my build.prop for the first time. Thanks
[Android General] Kondra007:
Can't make GT-i9100 look like Sony Xperia Tablet S :(

phone doesn't boot...had to restore build.prop
[Android General] jimbohurt:
Im trying to get Iron Man 3 to work on my Xperia S tablet.

Does anyone know what i need to change my too to make it so i an download that app?

And then, once i succesfully download it and its on my device, can i go and put build.prop back to normal?
[Android General] ujwalbro2006:
can anyone tell me what names are suitable for mobiles like karbonn a7+. imin what name manufacture must b used to get bst gaming experience
[Android General] ibshar:
You can change it Samsung GT-S9081

And yes once installed you can restore the original file, but i don't think there is any need for that.
[Android General] jimbohurt:
Thanks homie, im in build prop now but not one hundered percent on what to change?

Do i want it like this?

ro.product.model=GT-S9081

ro.product.brand=Samsung
[Android General] ibshar:
I changed it to this:

ro.product.model= Samsung GT-S9081

ro.product.brand= samsung
[Android General] vaibhavx100:
help needed

hey i edited my build.prop too in order to install non compatible gameloft games by changing ro model and brand as suggested usually but it didn't solved the problem as the apps are still not compatible, i think i must have to change more extensions of my build.prop in order to get results, below is my build.prop outline, kindly suggest what to do, kindly remove the zip extension from the name
[Android General] aerialstoner:
Only thing is, what do I change them to? I'm on a rooted NOOK tablet..
[Android General] suruguru:
for n00bs like me

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.nathan.jf.build.prop.editor&hl=en
[Android General] a!n!d!r!o!i!d:
Would it be a big problem if I change the android version from 2.3.6 to 4.1.2. And what will happen if I install holo launcher hd which requires 4.0+ ? Will it run properly?
[Android General] pollutedmuse:
a similar tip

I am new also, but eager and always learning more about the ridiculously clever system. I really do appreciate all you guys who give so of your lives to the millions of us who have questions. That said I just wanted to add that if one was so inclined, one could could also alter a torrent or blackmart app's ability to...say for instance "check licence" with google play. This is done much the same way, but instead of devise build prop, by editing the apps manifest file-found by opening the file within ES explorer. I was tickled pink when I discovered this power several weeks ago. have fun all!!
[Android General] IndyIndy:
Hi,

i am trying to install a japanese App, that is only installable on Xperia Devices (like the Xperia Tablet S). My Tablet is a Samsung Galaxy Tab (GT-P5100)

I changed the following:

ro.product.model=GT-P5100

ro.product.brand=samsung

to:

ro.product.model=Sony Tablet S

ro.product.brand=Sony

also i am using a japanese proxy server to access the Google Play Store via web browser with my Tablet. But it still says that my device is incompatible.

Are there some other settings that I need to change?
[Android General] abhishekturumella:
thread strtr explained perfectly how to do it so that even beginners like me can do it with ease.thnx dude.....and also thnx to all others :D...Es file explored method dint work for me...after editing it says "error cannot save. the changes will not be saved"

so i downloaded build prop editor and it worked perfectlyyyy !!! :good::good:
[Android General] catapult1234:
That would be like putting a ferrari sticker on your bike and ask if it can go 200 mph now! :eek:

No of course it will not run properly. Holo launcher expects certain functions of the android API level, which are simply not present in 2.3.6

Cheers
[Android General] radhames3048:
Hi I have a lg optimus g e970 on lg stock jelly bean and I'm rooted, nothing more.

I bought root explorer app and I went to my build.pro file (I notice that there only was that file, no the build.prop.bak file) them I edit the ro.radio..blablabla and when I get out I saw I have a new file (build.prop.bak) so I stupidly erase the build.prop file and I only got the build.prop.bak now. I research a little and I found I did a terrible thing and now im scared to reboot my phone.

A little after I try to open the build.prop.bak file and it won't open them I open it with the open with option and use the view and edit text option and it open I it was identically a the build.prop file so I erase the .bak and rename it to build.prop

I don't know if that resolve the problem but I'm scared to reboot my phone.

The only idea I have its going to settings---> backup and restore ---> factory reset and reinstall everything, root, etc.

Pliz help :crying:

Thanks in advance and I'm sorry to bother..
[Android General] chrissi77:
Since my tablet was incompatible to a game, I once tried Market Helper. White this app I was able to load the game and then it's work. So I must not change the name of Device in the build.prop.

Sorry for my bad English.
[Android General] dagauth:
Thanks for the tuto!

Really useful to change the device "ID" :) i can access much more app now with my chinese tablet :)
[Android General] nabil alami:
If I change the location in it would it change it on the Google play store?
[Android General] wwboynton:
Hello! I've gone and done something silly, it seems.

I edited the build.prop file of my HP Touchpad running CM10.1 to identify itself identically to my Verizon Razr Maxx. However, in the process, must've done something careless, as it now hangs just after the CMod splash, with a blank screen, flicking the backlight on and off indefinitely.

I used the ADB to push the backup of the build.prop file to the right place, then pulled it to check that the right version had been pushed. However, despite reverting the file to its original state, I have no such luck; the device is doing the same thing.

Suggestions, anyone? Help would be much appreciated.
[Android General] desperadoxzg:
I used your way to try it, I also used many other ES explores to try to edit the file

but every time when a reboot my phone, this file just automatically change it back

I already make sure that I change the properities to write first, and also, change it back when I was finish, but it just keep happenning!

It is driving me CRAZY

Please give me some help with this, THX
[Android General] Rymon:
HEEEELP!!!

Hi all!

I have a Nexus 4 running on PAC (Android 4.2.2).

I have edited the build.prop file, but before that I had taken a copy of the original one in one file (lets call it copy1...but the name is still build.prop), and a copy of the edited file (lets call it copy2...still same name).

I used the edited file for some time, but now I wanted it reverted back to the original settings.

Once I set copy1 in /system/ and overwrote the edited file, I rebooted my phone and after the Google logo it just goes blank.

I booted through TWRP recovery to set it back to copy2 through the file manager, but still the problem is the same.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!
[Android General] prince537:
THnX

Hey buddy , thanks if i want to learn more about build.prop where can i learn?:silly:
[Android General] winaloha557:
I faced this problem before, I used to save entire build.prop in my sd card and I've modified something in build.prop and then copy and replace into original build.prop in system folder, once I reboot, it got bootloop, luckily I had made nandroid backup, I just learned that if I replace entire build.prop to original one, it will get bootloop.

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I've edited lpa.use-stagefright=true to false value in my friend's phone, and it got bootloop, why did it happen? :(
[Android General] Maxael:
Thanks

Thanks again for the guide
[Android General] jimmys01:
wow very helpful!

I have finally found a way to install mega jump to my phablet!
[Android General] Zorbeyd:
You can search with "build.prob command functions" and "build.prob tweaks" .
[Android General] RedSkyRoad:
Is there a way to mod my build.prop from Recovery with a flashable zip?

I need to change my density and add a few lines at the bottom when I setup my ROM for the first time...
[Android General] Haoh:
very nice tips
[Android General] eco_bach:
This is great except with the version of ES File Explorer I am using (v3.0) there doesn't seem to be any 'Root Settings' option.

Anyone know where it is hidden?
[Android General] Valaran:
I don't find in last ES release the option for mounting root fs in rw :(
[Android General] ShapesBlue:
I have the newest es file Explorer and if you go into the menu where it says root Explorer click that and the options come up for it and it says mount r/w

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See the first message I posted. I quoted the wrong person my apologies
[Android General] eco_bach:
Yes thanks, was somewhat hidden
[Android General] ShapesBlue:
Yea it kinda was. I use both es file Explorer and root Explorer. I'm more use to the Root Explorer interface but es has been growing on me slowly

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[Android General] uuc328:
silly question but shouldn't you unmount /system when you are done?
[Android General] filip_pine:
awesome and very well explained tutorial...

Thank you :good:
[Android General] gopichandpai:
Thanks for the tutorial.

If I have few apps installed on my phone already and if I change the phone model, what will happen to apps that I already have? Do I need to reinstall them? Will I get the updates to these apps whenever there are updates available?

Thanks,

Gopichand Pai
[Android General] jie88:
sigh

Hey i think you should at least put the warning of telling people doing it wrong could put u into boot loop?

My whole sunday morning was suppose to be alot more tense free...

I m using asus memopad.. now it just wont turn on and i did not do any back up.

Damnnn it
[Android General] jie88:
Omg pls fking help me on it..

There re just so little information i can get of asus memopad 8... I feel so helpless

I tot its just an non intrusive steps to make d game works but i got my device soft bricked??? And even if it s not bricked i bet i will lose alll my data ..

Ts i really think you should at least give us a heads up regarding the boot loop.

Zzz
[Android General] :
help!

is root required?

i am not able to save.

pls help!
[Android General] ShapesBlue:
Yes. The file for build.prop is in the system folder. Without root you can't access it.

Sent from my Wicked S3
[Android General] elzafir:
Is there an app to simplify this process?

I'm thinking it would be a hella lot easier if there's an app with preloaded device build.prop strings for multiple phone models and an integrated function to update Google Dashboard device model.

My problem with manually editing build.prop is that I don't know the strings for phones I don't have access to.
[Android General] DutchArjo:
can I simply edit the build.prop file in the rom's zip file to be flashed and change the name 'cooper' to 'GT-S5830' to make swype (from the stock rom, which uses GT-S5830 as name in the build.prop) work?
[Android General] DutchArjo:
The answer seems to be 'no'. I'm stuck at a black screen after the installer was finished and I rebooted.

Any help on getting swype working by modding the build.prop is more than welcome.
[Android General] sp99:
Cannot edit build.prop

Hi there,

When I try to save the changes to the build.prop file it comes up with the attached error. I am running cyanogenmod 11 nightly.

Thanks a lot in advance :)
[Android General] ShapesBlue:
Which app are you using to edit the build.prop seems like whichever one it is you haven't granted superuser privileges to it

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[Android General] sp99:
I have tried the ROM toolbox one through the build properties viewer and es note editor and the android built in editor. It doesn't ask for superuser permissions which is strange.

Thanks
[Android General] ShapesBlue:
In es file Explorer you have to manually set it up to ask for superuser. Rom toolbox asks for it when you first run the program

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[Android General] sp99:
I have found the option in es but it still cannot save. The permissions on build.prop are rw-r--r-- is that ok? Thanks
[Android General] ShapesBlue:
Should be ok. Try saving it. If it doesn't work change the permissions

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[Android General] sp99:
When I try changing the permissions using ROM toolbox it says that it was not successful and "please note that some file systems do not allow permission changes". Could this be anything to do with cyanogenmod as the same thing happened when I tried to change the bootanimation.zip in system\media? Nobody else seems to have had the same problem though with the build.prop or the boot animation (which I have scince changed in data\local) though which is quite strange. Thanks again.
[Android General] ShapesBlue:
Odd. I changed mine with that without any issues. I use root Explorer, es file Explorer and root browser and the one with rom toolbox was the only one that worked correctly

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[Android General] jkfilter:
Gives me an error when I turn on the wifi.

Is written:

ro.wifi.channels=

# MTK, Infinity, 20090720 {

wifi.interface=wlan0

# MTK, Infinity, 20090720 }

# MTK, mtk03034, 20101210 {

ro.mediatek.wlan.wsc=1

# MTK, mtk03034 20101210}

# Vanzo:chenjingcheng on: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:49:07 +0800

# MTK, mtk03034, 20110318 {

#ro.mediatek.wlan.p2p=1

# # MTK, mtk03034 20110318}

# End of Vanzo:chenjingcheng

# MTK, mtk03034, 20101210 {

mediatek.wlan.ctia=1

# MTK, mtk03034 20101210}

wifi.tethering.interface=ap1

wifi.direct.interface=p2p1

ro.opengles.version=131072

Is that true?

plz help...
[Android General] ShapesBlue:
Honestly I have no idea. Anytime you edit a file, especially a system file you should always back it up first

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[Android General] jkfilter:
Thank you very much. This file in buil.prop should be empty for ro.wifi.chanells=?

my device is mtk6573
[Android General] zamlkawy:
i did it ... but status bar don't work :(

and i can't set any background

PLZ help how to back it again ???
[Android General] force70:
Restore the nandroid backup you made before changing it, problem solved.

Sent from my Note 3, G2, S4 or Note 2
[Android General] zamlkawy:
i don't made it :(
[Android General] force70:
Uh oh.....well thats a problem. ALWAYS make a back up before messing around with your device.

No biggie just change back manually whatever adjustments you made in the first place.

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[Android General] zamlkawy:
i follow this topic in me GT-I9152 but after it

cannot find status bar

cannot add any background

all what i did is .. move systemui.apk to system/app and replace using root explorer ... then the mobile restarted and after restart that happens
[Android General] force70:
Can you simply change it back to the stock configuration it had before you altered it?

Worst case scenario would be flash your stock firmware but beware that this will fully wipe your devices internal storage.

The easier way would be If you can find a flashable zip with the stock build prop for your device that work too just flash in recovery. Anyone with a mega that can help this guy out?

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[Android General] zamlkawy:
sorry but i can't understand what shout I do

what do you mean by

how i do it ... what is the steps ??

sorry i'am not professional in that

i just think it app can i do ... don't think all that will happen

PLZ tell me steps to follow it

thanks

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if i do reset factory ... it will successes or not ???

I have all my data ... and I can get It Back

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i did wipe data factory reset ... but no action done ... i still cannot access status bar and cannot set background
[Android General] force70:
No a factory reset wont fix it, short of a zip you can flash in recovery which someone will need to make for you or undoing the change you made I think using odin to relfash your factory firmware may be your only option.

Lots of info here on xda on how to use odin and return to stock. ...this thread is not the place to explain it though. Search you will find what you need!

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[Android General] zamlkawy:
I already did it and no action done

And I post in the wright forum

Thanks about your help
[Android General] force70:
Check your pms.

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[Android General] Silentankit:
Gingerbread to JellyBean !!

Can i use jelly bean apps in gingerbread after editing build.prop??
[Android General] ShapesBlue:
Not a clue. Only way is to try it out

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[Android General] i7demon:
Guys i couldnt find "Root Settings" on my App any idea why?
[Android General] ShapesBlue:
Root settings? Is your device rooted?

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[Android General] i7demon:
hi thanks for getting back, yes its rooted with stock rom, ty
[Android General] ShapesBlue:
The file your looking for is in system and then build.prop

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[Android General] i7demon:
"Shapesblue" can you tell me how i access it becuase ive tried on the *#0011# and i cant access all the menu for some reason ive found this is common with some Samsungs and ive been told to flash my modem but wasnt sure how to do that if you can help i would be greatly appreciated. cheers
[Android General] ShapesBlue:
First of all are you using a file Explorer? I'd recommend j rummys root browser if you don't have root explorer

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[Android General] :
I am unable to save builder.prop and don't have a build.prop .bak file
[Android General] ShapesBlue:
Try using root browser free from the play store, it seems to work better as some others don't work at all

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[Android General] Silentankit:
Not possible...!!

ummm...nww i realised...its not possible...!!
[Android General] ShapesBlue:
Ok now we all know that. Thank you for letting us know

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[Android General] yogesh.kalyana:
a little help

can we also edit the build version and kernal version that is displayed in the about phone settings ?
[Android General] Kjc99:
I'm trying to change my data toggle icons from H+ and lte to 4G and 4glte I have a T-Mobile Galaxy S5 I've tried changing device name and product to international but nothing works.... Any advice plz

*GALAXY S5*
[Android General] Trach:
You need to decompile SystemUI.apk to change the data_toggle icons from H+ and LTE to 4G because build.prop won't change the icons automatically
[Android General] Kjc99:
Sounds difficult.... You know of any links for some info? Changing csc won't do it either huh?
[Android General] Trach:
Here you go mate :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2527867

Changing CSC wont help because CSC stands for Customer Sales Code.That is basically when you need to repair,the technician will look at the code and warranty
[Android General] wickedflow21:
Galaxy S5 help

Hey guys relatively new here, but I have a nagging issue on my S5. I downloaded xposed, and my phone is extremely slow. In addition, S Health doesn't work. I tried changing a build.prop from “ro.securestorage.support=true” to “ro.securestorage.support=false.” I did that, but it says ( saved as build.prop.ba ) and when I go back, it remains to be “ro.securestorage.support=true." Any ideas? Much appreciated!
[Android General] ShapesBlue:
What are you using to edit the build prop? I suggest root browser free by jrummy as I've tried root Explorer and es file Explorer and neither seem to want to save the file. Root browser free does indeed work

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[Android General] wickedflow21:
Ugh.

Sadly, this doesn't work. I can't deal with it so laggy, so what I will do is unroot it. Do you believe that will help?
[Android General] ShapesBlue:
It very well may help. No harm in trying

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[Android General] wickedflow21:
It's weird because I removed xposed and everything and it still won't work. Now I'm just waiting for this 1.5 GB file to download then I will unroot it. If I just factory reset it, do you think it will still lag?
[Android General] ShapesBlue:
It shouldn't after you factory reset, no guarantees though

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[Android General] GaTechnics:
l34c problems.

Well I was fooling around with my build properties and now my phone wont go past the LG screen... Please help me someone.
[Android General] ShapesBlue:
Can you get into recovery or download mode?

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[Android General] GaTechnics:
well i've tried every button combo i could and none did anything so i got to messing with android-sdk and when i type the [adb reboot recovery] it reboots to this little green robot that says "no command" but now when i try to do that it says "error: device unauthorized. Please check the confirmation dialog on your device." but I cant check anything bc its just on the LG screen. it gives the error msg in windows command prompt (the sdk interface)
[Android General] ShapesBlue:
I'm not completely sure what to tell you. [MENTION=5153662]Android-Andi[/MENTION] is there anything you can suggest here? I know messing with a build.prop is bad news and can have disastrous results.

Let's see if he can help. He knows his stuff

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[Android General] PS_quantum:
I have CM11 Alpha5 in my galaxy fit. Setting →about phone shows Android version 4.4.2. But while try to download google search app for google now launcher from google play, messege comes as 'your device isn't compatible with this version '!! I think this messege shouldn't come as my device os is 4.4.2!!! Where does it come? what to do? Help please. thanks!! :confused: