Change Your Android Device Name And Version

Change your Device
Name and the Android
version you're on!

NOTE: THIS WONT HELP YOU TO UPDATE YOUR
ANDROID 4.1 PHONE TO 4.2

it is just
meant to fool your friends, mainly girlfriends
(because they are not technically as sound
as guys, no offense) by changing the Android
version you are running and your device's
model name and manufacturer.


This small tweak needs you to be rooted and
is one of the cool perks you get once you
root your device.
Stuffs Required: A rooted Android mobile, your
wise brain, this guide, any file explorer which
can access root files (recommended: root
explorer)

Change your Device Name
and Android Version:
1. Open Root Explorer.
2. Go to /system folder.
3. Mount the system as Read/Write from the
top right corner.
4. You will find a file named build.prop
there.
5. Long press that file and open it in text
editor.
6. Find the line named ro.product.device and
change that to anything you want your
device's model name to be.
7. Find the line named
ro.build.version.release and change the
value after = to anything you want your
Android version to be.
8. Press menu and hit Save.

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How to restore (just in case...): Your original file
will be saved as build.prop.bak and you can
rename that back to build.prop and delete
the modified file


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Nice one

No matter how you change your model number on the inside, how about the outside?

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