There was a time when it was common for the carrier name to appear in the status bar of Android phones, which made it trendy change operator name to personalize the phone. It is still possible to do this, but with a totally different method.
Some mobiles allow us to modify the name of their SIM, others do not. For these seconds, we have the possibility of change network name without rootUsando Shizuku.
Root of sin, pero with Shizuku
Searching the Internet, it will not be difficult for you to find applications to change the name of your network operator, although it is normal that they need root. The advantage of the latest creation of Kuba Wojciechowski is you don’t need root, but enough with Shizuku.
We have already told you about Shizuku, an application that -based on the connection via ADB wirelessly from the mobile to the mobile itself- allows other apps to use some advanced features no root needed.
CarrierVanityName, which you can download from GitHub in APK format, therefore requires Shizuku to be installed, configured and active on your mobile. When you open the app, you will need to give it permission to access Shizuku.
With this permission, the app barely has a few buttons. It will display the different SIM cards that are in the mobile with its current name and give you the possibility to indicate a custom name for each of the networks. You can write whatever you want and inlcu
Example of the application in operation and how the result is displayed in OxygenOS
What happens next depends on what layer your mobile has, as some mobiles display the network name more prominently. In theory, wherever the actual operator’s name appeared, the invented name will be displayed.
By the way, although it is based on a “short-lived” system like Shizuku, the fictional name we choose will be maintained after restarting the mobilebut if you’re tired of the new name, you can always press Reset leave it as it is
Through | Mishaal Rahman
