Tricking Android to think it has a special SIM card in it.

[Android Central Question]

I am a developer, and I found an Android ISO. I would like to make Android think it has a SIM card in it and change all the details about said fake SIM card, without any actual SIM card. I would also like to make Android think it is running on the latest Google Pixel so the custom Android gets updates. Any ideas, help?

 

[mustang7757]

I am a developer, and I found an Android ISO. I would like to make Android think it has a SIM card in it and change all the details about said fake SIM card, without any actual SIM card. I would also like to make Android think it is running on the latest Google Pixel so the custom Android gets updates. Any ideas, help?

Hi, if you can make a account here , not aware of anything like you mentioned.

 

[hallux]

I would also like to make Android think it is running on the latest Google Pixel so the custom Android gets updates. Any ideas, help?

That's not quite how it works. When you have a custom OS build any updates for that build have to come from that developer. If you trick it into thinking it has a Pixel to get the Pixel updates you end up with a Pixel OS version and don't have your custom build anymore IF it even works. Android is VERY different from Windows when it comes to updates.

 

[Mike Dee]

I am a developer, and I found an Android ISO. I would like to make Android think it has a SIM card in it and change all the details about said fake SIM card, without any actual SIM card. I would also like to make Android think it is running on the latest Google Pixel so the custom Android gets updates. Any ideas, help?

For what purpose?

 

[bkenzie]

@Mike Dee (sorry if this isn't how you reply, im new here) I am making a custom Android setup for computers, and I am trying to make Android think it has a SIM card based off a network, but the other networks name is something else. That way when you swipe down, where it would typically say the name of the network, it would say a custom text string.

 

[Mike Dee]

I don't think you can do it without extreme programing knowledge and as stated by someone else any OS update would overwrite your work.