Change the Device Name and Version of your Android (Rooted) Phone

Now you can fool your friends by showing your device name and Version to any top level phone. This tweak requires root and proceed only if your phone has gained super user permissions. Suppose you have Samsung galaxy Y and you want to display it as Galaxy Ace in in the settings. This tutorial will definitely going to help you.

Stuffs Required

A rooted phone, rooting explorer(preferably)

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.