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[Q] Change Device Name after root

Hey
I've managed to root and upgrade my device to 4.1.2, and keep the signal (network discovery)
now, since I live in Japan my phone's model is Acro HD SO-03D (and not Acro S LT26w/i).
After rooting and flashing (excluding the baseband)... my phone details says its LT26w, I didn't mind much but it kinda restricts me from using various applications, I wanted to use HULU (Japan) and I've got a proper account but it says it can't play the videos on this device. (works fine on the PC)
I've check the site and Acro HD is on the list of playable/supported devices.
I think that because HULU doesn't recognizes the new device name, it doesn't play anything.
Is there a way to change it ? just the name of the device.
I've tried this:
http://www.droidiser.com/2012/11/change-device-name-android-version.html
but it didn't work. it just changes the name in the ABOUT PHONE section.
Thanks in advance :angel:
EDIT:
I found this but it didn't help me much
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2226181&highlight=device+name
I don't want to just see the name in the ABOUT page, I actually want to fool applications into thinking I have SO-03D.
Can I just make HULU ignore the phone type and play it anyways ?
EDIT:
Here's the reply I got:
Thanks for your prompt reply. I have confirmed that the latest Android version for Japanese Docomo Xperia acro HD SO-03D is (Android 4.0. / Build number: 6.1.F.0.128). And build 6.2.B.0.211 does not seem to be supported here in Japan. If you have made any changes personally like rooting, this won't be supported for viewing.
I am sorry for the inconvinience but please let me know if there’s anything else I can help you with this issue.
How can I fool the application into thinking I've got a downgraded version ?
beside changin' the stats in the ABOUT DEVICE page...

[Q] Z1 Compact Chinese version M51w - google services not available but needed

Dear all,
desperately I am looking for a solution for a kind of very stupid and annoying problem:
I bought my Sony z1 compact in China. Model version: M51, Also called "colorful" in China
This Phone has a for China modified Android version installed. Nothing related to google works.
Well, sure the search engine in the browser. But I need the calendar, play store, etc.
Now I am thinking, has anybody experience with this device? ( only find posts to D5503)
Would it be possible to just update it with an international version? (Android 4.4 firmware 14.3.A.0.681)
Do i need to root, unlock Bootloader, or should a "normal update" work was well?
Or any other suggestions how to proceed?
I come the Apple world, where a jailbreak is one download and one click, I rooted a Xiaomi 2s with some small difficulties, but this looks way more complicated with this phone.... So any help would be appreciated..
Thanks,
mic

solved!
Well, developers,
forums are something strange. I really thought that anybody had a suggestion, a thought, an idea or whatever... 70 views and not a single answer.
Interesting.
Sure i could figure out that a root would help of course, but for a newbie like me, all of the descriptions have gaps and require much more knowledge about it, so that there is still a huge risk to screw it up and to maybe not destroy the phone, but to make it not usable until another solution is found.
Since I needed the phone, for receiving calls and SMS, i needed to go the less risky way and in the end - risk was still there ( is the M51w restricted to china and will not handle the firmware of the D5503) I followed the guide on the
"xperiafirmware" page called "Sony XPERIA Z1 Compact D5503 - Android 4.4 - firmware 14.3.A.0.681" ( sorry, cannot post links yet)
I just flashed the Android 4.4 - firmware 14.3.A.0.68 made for the d5503 (according to the guide "1. how to install the newest Android 4.4 for Sony XPERIA Z1 Compact D5503") it worked with out any problems.
One thing that might be misunderstanding is the Flashtool.
After downloading the flash tool its not called "Xperia flash tool", it looks the same as the "androxyde flash tool", and there is a second one which is the " Sony flash tool that is called "Emma" but the flash tool.
So,... just use the one this author linked in his guide, and don't get confused by the names..
Now I have my problems firstly solved. But have to say that, with that some others come...
- Google account sync seems to be not really under my control
- two google accounts even more hard to handle
- and further settings very limited, so that I sometimes even have the feeling i was free with iOS. And the Xiaomi of course let me taste the complete taste of freedom.
- SD card management
- Walkman
- album folders
...
Well , I will figure that out as well.
Hope this post will help somebody!

Just my 2 cents... Downgrade back to android 4.3 I'm pretty sure some of those problems will be solved. And another is Chinese version of Z1C doesn't have LTE support and since you flashed an international version of the ROM LTE might show up in the settings but there's a huge chance it will not work or possibly cause errors. Phones made for chinese market doesn't have google installed because google is blocked in their country. Just a FYI Never noticed your post so I didn't get to assist you before this but seems like you made the correct choice on solving your problem.

mic001 said:
so that I sometimes even have the feeling i was free with iOS.
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Once you get fully up and running, you'll LOL like the rest of us reading that. In this kind of situation you are kind of on your own because until you've tried you'll never know and most of the People reading wont advise you to do something that could potentially hard brick your Phone. You've done what I would have done which is grab an ftf and tried it, not much more you can do.

Same problem
Hi Mic,
I want to follow your example with my Chinese Z1 Compact. Are you still around, in case I have some questions? Have you tried to fix the other problems you mentioned? Any new comments? I am going to try to understand the procedure but I would feel better if I could pick your brain in case I get stuck.
cheers
Zibo

Root Xperia ARC LT15A

Hi ... Good Night, i'm from Brazil and I need a help ...
A long time I have been trying to accomplish the root on my phone "Xperia Arc LT15a" but without success :crying:
This past weekend, I found a tutorial here that explains very well, I could almost do though .... The Sony PC Companion received an update, and after the time that I use the "Xperia-ROOT.rev3" program , or when I update my android GB 2.3.4 for ICS comes the problem, the Sony PC Companion does not gives me the option to uncheck the box FlashTool "wipe user data" ... could someone please help me, not I know what to do :crying:
I used google translate, sry for my bad english ...
I have >
Xperia Arc LT15a
android : 2.3.4
kernel : 2.6.32.9-perf
[email protected]#1
Version Number : 4.0.2.A.0.42

reimapelo said:
Hi ... Good Night, i'm from Brazil and I need a help ...
A long time I have been trying to accomplish the root on my phone "Xperia Arc LT15a" but without success :crying:
This past weekend, I found a tutorial here that explains very well, I could almost do though .... The Sony PC Companion received an update, and after the time that I use the "Xperia-ROOT.rev3" program , or when I update my android GB 2.3.4 for ICS comes the problem, the Sony PC Companion does not gives me the option to uncheck the box FlashTool "wipe user data" ... could someone please help me, not I know what to do :crying:
I used google translate, sry for my bad english ...
I have >
Xperia Arc LT15a
android : 2.3.4
kernel : 2.6.32.9-perf
[email protected]#1
Version Number : 4.0.2.A.0.42
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User data will be wiped after you root your phone. You can't keep it.

popthosegaskets said:
User data will be wiped after you root your phone. You can't keep it.
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how can I root my xperia Arc lt15a in ICS with firmware 4.0.2.A.62 or changing the firmware, i do know ... without use Sony PC COMPANION ?

[Request][Help in Rooting Sony xperia Z1 Compact]

Hello Xdadeveloper's members ..
what a such big forum for android ..
please i need help in rooting Sony Xperia Z1 Compact ..
i have searched alot but i always get lost or fail ...
so can any one make for me a noob guide or it should a dummy guide
my android version Kitkat 4.4.4
Build number 14.4.A.0.157
i tried this thread before : {Easy Root Tool for various Xperia devices} by " zxz0O0 " {http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2784900}
but it has done nothing i have waited 78 minutes and the cmd stucks on doing magic or something like that .. and never get a result
also i tried tr.apk from towelroot site on the phone and after i pressed make it rain it says : your phone isn't currently supported
i hope i could find who can help me ...
something else i would know is rooting comes first or CWM clock work mod and which is better for sony xperia z1 compact CWM or TWRP
and how to make it for sony xperia z1 compact because i donot know how to make it ? even i donot know how to enter it through my mobile ,,... but i have Done it through Samsung galaxy mini by pressing (home + power + volume down)
i tried to do this for sony but nothing happened..
Thanks

There are enough guides already, if you struggle with the existing ones you're not reading them properly.

XperienceD said:
There are enough guides already, if you struggle with the existing ones you're not reading them properly.
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which one i can begin with there are many and many updates for theses threades also what is first cwm or root and i have follow a thread and it stucks on doing magic !!!!
please if you know how to make it could explain it for me because i am not a professional ...
Thanks for your reply

No professional qualification required, just a little common sense and some grey matter should suffice.
Start here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49928704

http://forum.xda-developers.com/sony...d5503-t2976806
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[Q] Where is the network personalization code is stored?

Greetings!
Where is the network personalization code (NCK/NSCK) is stored on the phone?
In TA partition or in so-called NVram?
Thanks!
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Sony Xperia A2 SO-04F (Japan version of Z1 Compact)

@the_laser, you should know this.
And the second question: the place in which NCK (or its hash) is stored is manufacturer dependent?
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Sony Xperia A2 SO-04F (Japan version of Z1 Compact)

1.
in sony smartphones simlock data stored in unit 0x7da of trim area partition 2.
2.
any manufacturer can store simlock data in any place he wants to : special partition, some file in non volatile partition,etc.

the_laser said:
1.in sony smartphones simlock data stored in unit 0x7da of trim area partition 2.
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1. Which exactly data? Sim-lock state (locked/unlocked) and NCK or its hash?
2. In the case of hash, does is salted with some value?
3. Do you saw the sources of tewilove's UICCUnlock utility? How is possible to remove sim lock without valid NCK?
4. NCK validation and depesonalization (sim-unlock) is always done in radio firmware (modem) or not?
All questions is about modern Sony and Sharp devices. If answers is not for public, please, PM to me.
Thanks again!

1.
everything
2.
yes.
i'd posted format of unit 7da somewhere on my support forum ( probably, here too )
tell you in advance that bruteforce is not an option.
3.
UICC is not operator/network locks, which are commonly called "simlock"
4.
starting from secboot3 it is done in trustzone

@the_laser, thanks a lot!
Ok, I'll try to find something specific about UICC lock and 7da unit contents.
Earlier in another topic you had said that this part of TA area is a dynamic part. Could we change information in this part? For example, put a predefined hash for a known NCK or simply remove sim-lock state?
If bruteforce is impossible, how does all these sites with unlocking codes by IMEI work?

1.
dynamic part protected by HUK ( hardware unique key ), which is never appears outside of trustzone.
thus, it is not possible to calculate HUK without access to own code execution in trustzone, but once you have this, why you need to calculate HUK ?
2.
all sites with unlocking code for sony is "resellers" of one big unlock code source, who, in turn, have access to sony database of operator network lock/unlock codes .

Thanks again, @the_laser!
1. So, how is possible to write a simlock.ta in flashmode? Does it signed by the TrustZone on the fly at the flash process?
2. Your words about someone with access to the Sony database sounds unbelievable. Is this a Chinese manufacturer of the Sony phones? Why Sony don't stop it?
3. Ok, NCK by IMEI sellers have a database. But, how is "hardware" unlock solutions work? As I saw in their logs, it looks like they flash TA with sim-unlocked state. But this is impossible without some keys, I think.
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Sony Xperia A2 SO-04F (Japan version of Z1 Compact)

1.
simlock.ta is not signed
2.
believe in my words or not, it will not change this fact.
why sony don't stop it ?
maybe noone yet properly reported it to sony ?
maybe because there is big money involved and proper people in sony taking their share ?
who knows ...
3.
sorry, i don't know what logs you talking about.

Ok, thanks!
Later I will continue. On your forum probably, because my native language is Russian.
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Sony Xperia A2 SO-04F (Japan version of Z1 Compact)