CM9 Touchpad identifies itself as an "Acer A510". Can I edit this string?

**WyreNut** · 12-24-2012, 01:03 PM

Hi all, when trying to do my duties on the HP "Other HP Products and Technologies/webOS Hardware & Software" section of their forum, when I use the Android User agent of the stock browser, their forum software sees my device as an "Acer A510". This gets tacked onto each post I make!

I'd like to look like more of a "team player" and have the forum see my device as an "HP TouchDroid" (for example).

Anyone know how and where this string can be edited?

Thanks!

WyreNut

**rootedVette** · 12-24-2012, 01:14 PM

You will need to modify your build.prop file.
There are plenty of tools on the Play Store to do this, or you can just open it it a text editor.
Here is a general guide.

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**WyreNut** · 12-24-2012, 05:37 PM

Outstanding!

Many thanks rootedvette!

WyreNut

**WyreNut** · 12-24-2012, 06:40 PM

Alas! That string didn't exist in build.prop.

Is there a program you could recommend that can search the entire device for "Acer A510"? The file manager recommended in the thread seems to only search for file names globally...

WyreNut

**rootedVette** · 12-24-2012, 10:03 PM

Hmm. I was almost positive that it was in build.prop.
I can't think of any apps that would search for a particular string, but if you have adb installed (which i am sure you do), then you can use a shell to run Linux commands.
With the device connected run:

adb shell

You should be able to use the below command to find your string.

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