[Q] How do you re-brand to T-Mobile USA?

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I tried the de-branding hack (MobileOperator = "000-88"), but I was only able to update to 7008. Since T-Mobile USA is going to start pushing updates, I want to "rebrand" my phone back to what it was. Does anybody know what the MobileOperator string is for T-Mobile USA?

The string is TMO-US

Originally Posted by jsmarcus

The string is TMO-US

Thanks! I'll give it a whirl.

is there any reason to want to rebrand the device? does anything stops from working after unbranding? thx

I also want to rebrand my HD7 but the registry editors ive used dont show it. How can I change it back to TMO-US?

Originally Posted by omaropa

I also want to rebrand my HD7 but the registry editors ive used dont show it. How can I change it back to TMO-US?

You'll need to run this XAP called HTC-ProvXml-Deploy.

This XAP will load a self-contained CustClear.provxml file into the registry. You'll just need to create your own CustClear.provxml file and overwrite the one that's already in the XAP.

You'll need to create a .reg file with the following contents:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\Platform\DeviceTargetingInfo]
"MobileOperator"="TMO-US"

Then run rgu-2-xml to convert it to an XML file.

The XML file should look like this:

<wap-provisioningdoc>
<!-- *** COMMENTO *** -->
   <characteristic type="Registry">
      <characteristic type="HKLM\System\Platform\DeviceTargetingInfo">
         <parm name="MobileOperator" value="TMO-US" datatype="string" />
      </characteristic>
   </characteristic>
</wap-provisioningdoc>

Rename the file generated by rgu-2-xml to "CustClear.provxml" (without quotes obviously). BTW, you can just take the XML above paste it into NotePad and save it as "CustClear.provxml" if you want to skip the rgu-2-xml conversion.

Next you'll need to open up "HTC-ProvXML-Deployn.n.n.xap" as an archive file. You can either change the extension to "zip" and open it up in Windows (you'll need to change the extension back to "xap" later, obviously), or you can use 7-Zip. If you have 7-Zip, right-click on the xap file and select "Open archive".

Drag your new CustClear.provxml file into the archive and overwrite the file already contained therein. Double check that the file was overwritten by dragging the file from the archive to another folder (e.g. your desktop) and open it up in NotePad to inspect.

Next change the extension of the zip file back to xap if you have to, and then deploy the xap to your device. Run the app, and you should have a rebranded HD7.

Unfortunately, I don't think there's anyway to tell if the changes stuck.

Thank you. This was very easy to follow and I was able to follow your instructions and deploy the registry settings!

I already customized myself a provxml to rebrand my HD7 back to TMO-US. Attached it for download. Just deploy to your device and hit the green button to provision.

Note that this is specifically to rebrand back to TMO-US.

Hi,

Slight highjacking, but I also rebranded mine to 000-88, and want to change back. I was too stupid to write my old registry down.

I have an Samsung Omnia with 3 for Sweden. Could any swedish guy check that out?

I'd like to ask the same question for my O2 Germany HD7.

I know, one probably just has to change TMO-US into something like O2-DE or else, but I don't want to mess around with these reg files so I rather ask.

O2 Germany pushed the update yesterday and since my general reception got worse after forced NoDo I want to try it with the official one.

So it'd be nice if anyone could tell, what providerIDs one has to use for certain countrys/providers.

Big thanks in advance!