Change Model Number?

sasokutenshin

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Jan 31, 2012
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I'm on the XT1056 Sprint Moto X with unlocked bootloader, rooted, stock 4.4.2. I was trying to change my model number in my build.prop. Nothing super important; I just wanted to add the XT1056 to where it simply says Moto X. In my build.prop, it already says ro.product.model=XT1056, which of course is not what shows up in my About Phone screen. Then it says something about how that's obsolete ? Any ideas how to actually change this?
 
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Darth

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I wouldn't be editing build.prop unless its for something important, and its confirmed by others to work. ;)

But that's just me.
 

sasokutenshin

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I wouldn't be editing build.prop unless its for something important, and its confirmed by others to work. ;)

But that's just me.
That's great and all, but it doesn't really help me. Build prop editing gets done all the time, and there's no real danger with superficial changes as long as you know what you're doing. I've changed my model number before on previous devices by editing the aforementioned line. Since that doesn't seem to work on the Moto X, I'm wondering if someone can help me figure it out; A. Because I want to change it, and B. Because I want to learn how, why, and what's different from my previous devices.

I appreciate that your reply was meant to be helpful (and warning) in case I'm some kind of noob. But I'm not. I messed with it for a while, tried some searching and research, then figured I'd come to some XDA peeps for help.
 
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