How to add "Samsung Galaxy Y User" on your Phone

Hello SGY Users,

I will make a tutorial on how to add "Samsung Galaxy Y User" on your "About Phone" in your Settings application. Well this tutorial belongs to Ryan Joshua Yaco. So dont forget to thanks to him! This is Tried and Tested. Well I have tested Stock ROM and 3 Custom ROMs. Well here are its proof.

Stock ROM:

CyanogenMod 7 [PsychoGame]

Hyperion 7.x Pre GM

Hyperion 8 Build 2 

 

Downloads: 

• Apktool- in the Step 1. [Go to the page and the Download Link is there]  
• Notepad++ - http://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v6.3.2.html
• ^ Install Notepad++ FIRST before Doing the instructions 

Instructions

1. Decompile your Settings.apk [Dont know how to decompile? Go here]: http://www.galaxyyarchive.info/2013/04/how-to-decompilerecompile-apks-using_17.html
2. Go to res>xml>Right Click the device_info_settings and choose "Edit with Notepad++
3. Now find this Code:
   <Preference android:title="@string/build_number" android:key="build_number" android:summary="@string/device_info_default" style="?android:preferenceInformationStyle" />
4. Now add this code below the code shown on number 3
   <Preference android:title="@string/SGY_User" android:summary="@string/username" style="?android:preferenceInformationStyle" />
5. Now it will show like this: 
   <Preference android:title="@string/build_number" android:key="build_number"
   android:summary="@string/device_info_default" style="?android:preferenceInformationStyle" />
   <Preference android:title="@string/SGY_User" android:summary="@string/username" style="?android:preferenceInformationStyle" />
     
6.  Save it.
7. Now go to res>values>Right Click on the strings and choose Edit with Notepad++
8. Now find this code:<string name="build_number">Build number</string> 
9. And type this code below the code in number 8
   <string name="SGY_User">Samsung Galaxy Y User</string>
   <string name="username">Name that you want to appear</string>
10. Erase the "Name that you want to appear"  and change it to your name that you want to appear. You can also type symbols on it. 
11. Save it and Recompile it using Apktool
    
    How to re-install the APK you modified?
    [1. Flashable Zip File]
    • Download this Re-usable Flashable Zip File 
      https://www.dropbox.com/s/xq7b43vbkkodpys/Re-usable%20Flashable%20Zip.zip
    • Open the ZIP File and paste the APK you modified in system/app folder.
    • Now put it on your phone's SD Card 
    • Flash it via Stock Recovery or CWM Recovery
    [2. Pushing Method]
    • Copy the APK you modified and Paste it on your SD Card
    • Open a root browsing tool and Copy the APK you modified and paste it on system/app
    • Hold the file and Choose Permissions
      Check = ^
      
      ^  ^
      ^
      ^
    • Finally Reboot.
     
    Recommeded for Me = Flashable Zip Method
     
    Credits
    • Ryan Joshua Yaco - for the Tutorial. Thanks Him!
    
                                                                                                                                                                                                              
    
    Paolo (Author)

    About The Author:
    
    Paolo is another author of GalaxyYArchive Blog. He is a Filipino and loves to install modifications on his phone to share it to other Samsung Galaxy Y Users.
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