i want to change my buildprop to make my phone think it is a g2 or a nexus s so i can get netflix or market apps i cant get otherwise it says to do this:
Root is required. Make a Nandroid backup! (I accidentally deleted by build.prop file and bootlooped my phone)
1) Download ES File Explorer (Or any other root file editor)
2) In ES File Explorer, go into Setting > Root Settings and enable both check boxes
3) Navigate to /system/ and copy/paste build.prop to /sdcard/ (just in case)
4) Open & edit /system/build.prop
5) Change the following lines to make your phone think it is a HTC G2:
ro.product.model=HTC Vision
ro.product.manufacturer=HTC
OR
ro.product.model=Nexus S
ro.product.manufacturer=samsung
6) Reboot the phone
7) Install the netflix apk (if you haven't already)
8) Enjoy
on the slide there is no just ro.product.model=
it is ro.product.name=htc_expresso
ro.product.device=expresso
what do i do to change this
Its there look a lil above where it says ro.product name its above where is says ro.product.brand
Lots and lots of things can be edited in build.prop, just be careful what you edit, lol. The wrong thing can wreak havoc with your device
You have a Samsung galaxy tab bound to an operator and you want to unlock it.
I’ve been through a thorough search in the internet and finally I got a solution. My tab is now free. It’s a bit complex, but not impossible.
Below, I’ll give a very clear and detailed description of the whole procedure you have to go through to unlock your tablet.
I you follow all the steps, you will be sure to get the expected result.
Step 1: Root your tab
[ why root the tablet: unlocking the tablet requires access to hidden system files in the root. The root is not normally made accessible to the standard users]
- From the web, search a Root package (easy to find on the web, just google ‘galaxy’ ‘root zip’ you’ll get a small zip file, it may be root.zip, root2.zip, doesn’t matter),
- download the root zip file,
- Copy it to your tab and remember exactly the folder where you paste it.
- Turn off you tab,
- Press simultaneously the volume (-) and power buttons and continue pressing until you got a system screen with two items menu (download, and …),
- Press the volume (-) again to navigate through the two items of the menu, select upgrade,
- In the top of the screen, you’ll get a list menu with 4 items. Scroll to item “install from SDCard” (use volume (-) and (-) to scroll),
- Press power button to select,
- You’ll have to select the root zip folder, navigate through the folder structure using volume (-) (+) buttons,
- Press the power button to execute the zip file,
- Rooting operation will start, you’ll see many progress messages, just wait until the whole process finishes, it takes few seconds.
- Navigate back the menu item “reboot the tab”, press power button.
[ Your tablet will reboot now, you will notice no change, but the change is there, your tablet is now rooted]
Step 2: Preparing to unlock
- From the market, install the free app “super user”,
- Open the newly created shortcut “super user” and validate any message you get, close if necessary, [the SuperUser is an app that will work in the background and grant permissions –when necessary- to other applications to access root. Without it, rooting a tab is meaningless],
- From the market, install “root manager”,[root manager is now your file manager that can go deep through the folder structure and access root folders],
- Launch the “root manager”, the first time you do that, you’ll be prompted to allow “Super User” to grant permissions to “root manager”, allow that,
- Take some time to make yourself familiar with “root manager”, it’s a very simple but powerful file manager,
- Now go back to serious work, locate the folder \efs at the root, [efs folder is very important, it holds all the information to validate your tablet to the GSM/3G operator, it validates the authenticity of your IMEI]
- Just make a copy of the whole folder and save it in a safe place – your PC or a memory stick-. We’ll be back later to this copy, continue now on the tab,
- Open \efs folder, locate the file nv_data.bin,
- Make a copy of nv_data.bin in the same folder \efs and rename the file eg: ORIGINAL_nv_data.bin,
- Delete all the files in the \efs folder except nv.log. Don’t delete the sub folders ( you should normally have the following sub folders .files, imei, gyro….),
- Now leave the tablet powered on (don’t turn off) and move to your PC to continue job,
Step 3: Molding the nv_data.bin file
- In the copy of the \efs folder that you previously made, locate the original file nv_data.bin,
- Make a copy of this file somewhere in your PC. That’s the copy you will be working on,
- Edit nv_data.bin with HexEdit.[ If you are not familiar with depths of binary files, don’t be daunted by the array of codes and bytes],
- Locate the byte 0x181469, it should read 01 value, just edit it to 00 value, do nothing more, just save and exit,
- Now you have created the molded copy of nv_data.bin,
- You need to move this copy of nv_data.bin onto your tablet, either using a memory stick or by USB cable. Paste the file in the \efs folder,
Step 4: tweaking the molded nv_data.bin file
- Now that you pasted the molded nv_data.bin to \efs folder, it needs some minor adjustments before being used,
- In the “root manager”, press and hold on the newly pasted nv_data.bin,
- You’ll get a menu, select properties,
- In the properties box, check all the 9 options (read, write, execute), leave the others,
- Save and exit root manager,
- Go the market and install the free app “terminal emulator”,
- Launch the terminal emulator, accept any message for super user permission,
- In the terminal emulator, execute the following commands [press enter after each line of command]:
o su
o chown 1001:radio \efs\nv_dat.bin
o reboot
- It’s done, your tablet will reboot unlocked.
Verification to make sure everything is OK
- Go to settings, about device, status. Make sure you have a valid IMEI number, the one you have printed on the back of your tablet, not the fake one: 00004**********,
- Insert a valid SIM module, you’ll be promted to enter PIN code if configured so,
- Enter PIN code,
- Enter the APN provided by your operator (necessary to access internet 3G),
ENJOY FREELY
I have rooted AT&T version of tab 8.9, and there is no \efs\nv_dat.bin file on it...
hi
sir can you post an edited nv_data.bin? i cant hex it.. it says it cannot find the bytes you provide TIA
Same for me, /efs folder is completely empty?
no nv-data.bin at all, i tried everything with no luck.
efs folder has some files but no nv_data.bin
I know this is an old post but install from SD card doesn't work in my recovery mode because there is no SD slot. How else can I install the files?
I made the Samsung Galaxy S3 hardkeys to Galaxy Nexus Softkeys.
Flashable with Metamorph or do it manually.
Did not try it, hope someone else can do it because my GNEX is in reperature.
Please post some screens if you flash it, so I can see and make it better, some updates etc.
DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.file-upload.net/download-4445951/GalaxyS3SoftgeysForGNEX.zip.html
Tutorial:
MetaMorph
Download and install MetaMorph from the Market, open it at least once so that the folder AndroidThemes will be created on /sdcard/
Download a Softkey Style using the MetaMorph link and move this .zip file to /sdcard/AndroidThemes using your favorite file explorer
Open MetaMorph, choose "Unzip/Extract new theme" and select the .zip file you downloaded. A popup screen will appear, meaning it has been extracted. Press the "Close" button.
Hit the "Apply all!" button and wait +/- 5 seconds (nothing will happen)
Reboot your phone immediately after this and you're done! Oh, and set a new wallpaper because it may be restored to default..
(Phone can hang in "SystemUI has been ended". Just pull out battery and restart phone.
2. Advanced (Hard) Method - Edit the SystemUI.apk from your phone - thanks to bangdrum! Not working for everybody!
Download and install Root Explorer from the Market and make a Nandroid backup
Download the softkeymod you like
Open Root Explorer and navigate to /system/app/, find SystemUI.apk, long press, and select extract. Go to the folder sdcard/speedsoftware/extracted and make sure you have a folder that's called SystemUI
If the folder is there navigate to where you downloaded the chosen softkeymod (usually sdcard/download) and long press it. Select extract all. Go to sdcard/speedsoftware/extracted and there should be a folder with the name of the softkeymod.
Click on this folder, and also on the next. Hit the menu key and press 'Multi Select'. Highlight all the images included in the folder and select 'Move' at the bottom. Navigate back to the SystemUI folder, go to SystemUI/res/drawable-xhdpi and 'Paste' here. A command prompt should pop up asking to replace the current images. Select 'Yes For All'
Go back to the sdcard/speedsoftware/extracted folder, long press the SystemUI folder and select 'Create ZIP'
Rename the created SystemUI.zip to SystemUi.apk and move the SystemUI.apk to your /system/app folder. Change permissions of SystemUI.apk to rw-r--r--
Reboot your Galaxy Nexus (pull battery out and reboot, this is an essential step) and your softkeys will be modded!
Credits to: atticus182 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1413582) for tutorial and search button !
I have the download fail a couple times before it takes but then it says bad .zip file...mind just posting the .PNG images her so us folks on AOKP can just plug them in through ROM control.
This^^
here is the link for the png-pictures for CDMA users:
http://imageshack.us/g/513/icsysbarback.png/
Thanks to help from Drummerjed, for doing more than making this mod, but for teaching me to do it myself.
I leave here the framework-res.apk modified by me (for cm10.2 stable version only) and the guide made by Drummerjed
by Drummerjed:
"Hi, it's very easy to do:
1.Download the latest version of Tickle My Android from here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1633333
2. Install it using the instructions in the first post
3. Open Tickle My Android and select Option 2 (Theming Menu)
4.Then select Option 2 (Pull Files From Device)
5. Connect your phone to your PC, make sure you have ADB installed correctly on your PC and 'USB debugging' is enabled on your phone
6. Select Option 1 to pull framework-res.apk from your phone
7. When it asks you if you'd like to decompile the file say yes
8. Then select yes again when it asks you if you'd like to install the file to the PC
9. Go to the '_working' folder in the 'TickleMyAndroid' directory and open the 'framework-res.apk' folder
10. Navigate to 'res/values/dimens.xml' and open 'dimens.xml' with notepad++
11. You should see "navigation_bar_height" "navigation_bar_height_landscape" and "navigation_bar_width" near the top of the list
12. Change the values of these strings to 36.0dip, 36.0dip and 32.0dip in that order
13. Save the file. Close Tickle My Android if it's already open, then launch it again
14. Select Option 2 (Theming Menu) again
15. Then select Option 14 (Recompile Files)
16. Select Option 2 (Recompile App With Original Signature)
17. Select "framework-res.apk" then say yes to recompile it
18. The new "framework-res.apk" file will be in the '_out' folder in the 'TickleMyAndroid' directory
19. Now simply push this file to your phone and move it to /system/framework and overwrite when prompted. Or you can create a flashable zip with Tickle My Android, just select Option 17 from the Theming Menu
Hope this helps. This guide should work with all future versions of Android."
To use my framework-res.apk modified just use some app file manager (eg root explorer) and put in the folder /system/framework. For me to put the apk the device reboots automatically but it works.
Remember to make a backup before, it may give some wrong things ok!
I found a way to make this modification. Later I put here the framework-res.apk changed.
And a little tutorial how to do, and the credits of who showed me how.
Disclaimer: I'm not the owner of these fonts. They are collected from "Font Manager" module by androidacy
Font manager is availabe, so why I'm posting this thread?
It's because I found some disadvantages in font manager module-
1/That completely depends on internet
2/Previewer is not great
3/So many almost same looking fonts
4/Often gives errors
Introduction:
Preview all & pick one from 112 cool fonts + download & apply it using file manager(Rooted).
Steps:
Note: Don't use solid explorer. Install & use "MT File Manager" . Otherwise you will face auto reboot while applying font.
1/ Backup default font: Open Mt file manager . Grant superuser permission. Right hand side is the rooted part. Go to /system/ . Long press on "fonts" folder. Click on copy button. Now it will be copied to the non rooted part. That's your backup.
2/ Preview fonts: Download the attached preview.zip file. Extract it using Zarchiver. You will find a folder "preview fonts" & an apk file "Font Viewer". Install the apk & open it. Go to settings of the app. There are 2 text boxes. Erase the pre-written text of first box & write "The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over the Lazy Dog." In the 2nd box, Erase the russian numbers & write "1234567890". Go back to the main interface. Now browse & open the "Preview fonts" folder. All 112 font previews will appear in a group. You can see detailed preview by clicking on each. Find which font is best for you & note the font name.
3/ Download fonts: Click on the download link below. That's a google drive folder. Click on search button. Search the font name that you liked in preview. Download the zip file of that font.
4/ Apply/Install: Open MT file manager. On your left side, click on zip file of the font. On right side, Go inside /system/fonts/. Scroll a bit on left side (So that you can select all in left). Click 3 dots on top right . Select all. Long press on the selected files. Copy them to right side. Check the box to replace all without permiting one by one. Reboot your device.
Go back to default font:
Select all files in your backed up "fonts" folder. Copy and replace to /system/fonts as mentioned in the 4th step.
Download fonts : here