How to change product properties (manufacturer, model, etc.) with Genymotion Desktop?

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Keywords: Genymotion Desktop, GMTool, admin edit, --sysprop, MODEL, PRODUCT, MANUFACTURER, BOARD, BRAND, DEVICE, DISPLAY, SERIAL, TYPE, FINGERPRINT, TAGS, system.prop, build.prop

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Availability

This feature is not available with the free for personal use edition; a paying license is required.

System files

There is no system.prop in the Genymotion OS build; the file is merged with build.prop which is partially read-only.

Modifying product properties with gmtool

To modify these product properties, you need to use gmtool with the admin edit and --sysprop options:

gmtool admin edit "Virtual_device_name" --sysprop=<PROPERTY:VALUE>

Example: changing the model property

For example, to change the model property value to "new_phone" for a virtual device called Samsung Galaxy S9:

gmtool admin edit "Samsung Galaxy S9" --sysprop=MODEL:new_phone

Available properties

Available properties are:

You can set multiple system properties.

Further information

For more information, please refer to GMTool user guide.

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