Root [CDMA] How do I change status bar carrier caption/lockscreen carrier caption?

[LonneWolff]

I'm running CM7. I do not want to use leedroid tweaks because I have to be running a sense rom for that and I don't want to run a sense rom. Is there a step by step guide on how to do it?

 

[jerofld]

For CM7? Try under Trebuchet options. There should be some settings for the lockscreen.

 

[LonneWolff]

For CM7? Try under Trebuchet options. There should be some settings for the lockscreen.

There are setting for the lockscreen, but no setting that lets me change the caption.

 

[xevious]

There are setting for the lockscreen, but no setting that lets me change the caption.

The eri.xml file inside "/system/framework/framework-res.apk" contains the carrier name. This is a binary file, so it must be decompiled to get access to the XML files within it in ASCII form.

I've seen some Android websites document editing this file then rebuilding the apk and pushing it back in place of the original. I tried this and screwed up my system (thankfully I had a system backup to restore from). The simpler approach is to leave that apk file alone and simply copy the edited ASCII eri.xml to /data. The OS should pick it up (at least this is the case on Cyanogenmod based ROM's). Worked for me.