I am pretty sure only root can do that. Plus, you didn't indicate which property you are trying to set, but there are a bunch of them that are read-only and nobody can change.
On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 5:51 PM, J Junos <[email protected]> wrote: > > Attempting to change some properties using setprop, but it doesn't > seem to update any properties. > > My process: > > 1. mount my device > 2. type in "adb shell" > 3. type in getprop > 4. get the property that i want to modify > 5. type in "setprop (key) (value)" > > No warning or error is reported, but when i do a getprop, no changes > are recorded. Is there a way to refresh my properties? Or is this a > permission issue? > > I'm using SDK 1.5, on a HTC magic (Canadian version). > > Thanks for any help, > > JJunos > > > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer [email protected] Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
