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April 29, 2018  0 comments

If you’ve ever customized your Android device beyond

the means of apps from the Play Store, you might have
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come across editing build. prop le. It’s located in

the /system directory of your device.

What’s build.prop le?

You might wonder what does build. prop le does, and

why is it so important for the OS installed on your

device. Well, build.prop le contains information about

system properties. Also, it contains other critical build

information which is used system-wide on an Android

device.

Strings and values de ned under build prop le are

critical to the OS, as they de ne what features are to be

enabled on the device. By editing build.prop le, you

can create or modify system properties which are then

loaded when your device reboots.

How to Edit Build.prop

Without Rooting Your
Device:
. Setup ADB and Fastboot on your PC.
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. Boot your Android device into TWRP recovery.

. Select Mount » and then select System from the list

of partitions to mount the system partition and

then go back.

. Connect your device to the PC with an authentic

USB cable.

. Open a command window on the PC and issue the

following command to pull BuildProp le from the

device:

adb pull /system/build.prop

. The above command will download

the buildprop  le to your PC in the same

directory where your command prompt is running

from.

└ Tip: Make a copy of the build.prop le before you

edit it so that you’ve a backup of the original le.

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 . Download and install Notepad++ software on your

PC.

. Open the build prop le on your PC using the

Notepad++ program.

. Edit the buildprop le as per your requirement and

save it on the PC after making the changes.

. Once you’ve saved the edits to the build prop le,

push it back to the device using the following

command:

adb push build.prop /system/

. Now set the correct permissions for the buildprop

le with following commands (issue them one-by-

one):

adb shell

cd system

chmod 644 build.prop

. Once you set the correct permission for build prop

le, reboot your device to system

from TWRP’s Reboot » System option.

That’s it. You’ve now successfully edited build.prop

without root on your Android device.

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