How To 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.

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