Pre 3 Impersonation

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 Pre 3 became available. Now it is not so important and is no longer recommended unless you have good reason to do so.

If your Pre 3 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.
   • 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
3. In the terminal, type

   ./scripts/meta-wr-pre3-impersonate-att-2.2.3

   (to make an EU Pre 3 into an AT&T Pre 3) or

   ./scripts/meta-att-pre3-impersonate-wr-2.2.0

   (to make an AT&T Pre 3 into an EU Pre 3).