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This page is for those very lucky people who have somehow managed to score themselves the mythical 16GB AT&T Pre 3 device, and want to be able to make it impersonate a normal 8GB EU Pre 3 for the purposes of OTA updates and using the webOS Doctor.  Note that the device continues to have the same cellular frequency bands, and continues to have 16GB of flash.
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This page is for anyone who wants to make a certain Pre 3 model impersonate some other Pre 3 model.
  
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You need to use the meta-doctor to change the tokens on the device. Others will update this page with more detailed instructions on how to do that, but the basic gist is:
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This was important before the doctor and OTA update of the AT&T Pre3 became available. Now it is not so important and is no longer recommended unless you have good reason to do so. Using an AT&T Pre3 (has 16 GB) in Europe (European Pre3 has 8 GB only) could be such a reason. Or you want your AT&T Pre3 speak German, Italian, or French.
  
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# Install "Show Properties" on your device, and email yourself the complete token set before you start. This is your backup in case you make a mistake or ever want to revert the device to a 16GB AT&T Pre 3 again.
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If your Pre3 ever ends up with a 9.9.9 webOS version in your palm profile, you can also use this procedure to switch it back to a real version (make it impersonate the other type of device, and then switch it back again using the other script).
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# make DEVICE=pre3 CARRIER=wr clobber unpack
 
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# cp build/pre3-p220manta-wr-2.2.0/webOS/mantaray.xml .
 
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# Edit mantaray.xml to set the desired tokens.
 
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# make DEVICE=pre3 CARRIER=wr CUSTOM_XML=mantaray.xml REMOVE_MODEL_CHECK=1 REMOVE_CARRIER_CHECK=1 clobber all
 
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# Flash the device using the resulting custom doctor - you can stop it as soon as it has finished writing the tokens, or allow it to complete if unsure.
 
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# From this point on, you have an EU Pre 3 device, so you never need the CUSTOM_XML or REMOVE_*_CHECK flags ever again.
 
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# Re-flash the device using the standard EU Pre 3 doctor.
 
  
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You need to set the following tokens:
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Note that the device continues to have the same cellular frequency bands, and continues to have the same amount of flash memory.
  
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                                <Val name="DMCARRIER" value="ROW" action="overwrite"/>
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#Install "Show Properties" on your device (found in Preware) and email yourself the complete token set before you start.
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                                <Val name="DMMODEL" value="HSTNH-F30CE" action="overwrite"/>
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#*This is your backup in case you make a mistake.
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                                <Val name="MfgCode" value="" action="overwrite"/>
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#Download and setup the webOS Metadoctor.
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                                <Val name="PN" value="180-10918-01" action="overwrite"/>
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#*This is a tool that helps us modify the official doctor and then flash it onto our phones. Follow that page but DO NOT FOLLOW after where it says "STEP 2: Running the webOS Doctor" on that guide!!!! http://www.webos-internals.org/wiki/Application:MetaDoctor
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                                <Val name="PRODoID" value="HSTNH-F30CE" action="overwrite"/>
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#In the terminal, type  <pre>./scripts/meta-wr-pre3-impersonate-att-2.2.4</pre> (to create an EU Pre 3 doctor for an AT&T Pre 3) or <pre>./scripts/meta-att-pre3-impersonate-wr-2.2.4</pre> (to create an AT&T doctor for an EU Pre 3).
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                                <Val name="ProductSKU" value="FB437AA#ABU" action="overwrite"/>
 
  
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If you've also somehow been able to unlock the device, you may also want to set this one:
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This is a one time processs only. If there is a need for re-doctoring, you have to create a new doctor file corresponding to the existing one. E. g. if you impersonated an AT&T Pre3 mimicking being a European wr model, you have to build a wr doctor for the next time. Otherwise the impersonation doctor will refuse to load.
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                                <Val name="SimLockDef" value="UNLOCKED" action="overwrite"/>
 

Latest revision as of 16:50, 17 April 2014

This page is for anyone who wants to make a certain Pre 3 model impersonate some other Pre 3 model.

This was important before the doctor and OTA update of the AT&T Pre3 became available. Now it is not so important and is no longer recommended unless you have good reason to do so. Using an AT&T Pre3 (has 16 GB) in Europe (European Pre3 has 8 GB only) could be such a reason. Or you want your AT&T Pre3 speak German, Italian, or French.

If your Pre3 ever ends up with a 9.9.9 webOS version in your palm profile, you can also use this procedure to switch it back to a real version (make it impersonate the other type of device, and then switch it back again using the other script).

Note that the device continues to have the same cellular frequency bands, and continues to have the same amount of flash memory.

  1. Install "Show Properties" on your device (found in Preware) and email yourself the complete token set before you start.
    • This is your backup in case you make a mistake.
  2. Download and setup the webOS Metadoctor.
  3. In the terminal, type 
    ./scripts/meta-wr-pre3-impersonate-att-2.2.4
    (to create an EU Pre 3 doctor for an AT&T Pre 3) or 
    ./scripts/meta-att-pre3-impersonate-wr-2.2.4
    (to create an AT&T doctor for an EU Pre 3).

This is a one time processs only. If there is a need for re-doctoring, you have to create a new doctor file corresponding to the existing one. E. g. if you impersonated an AT&T Pre3 mimicking being a European wr model, you have to build a wr doctor for the next time. Otherwise the impersonation doctor will refuse to load.

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