Change Carrier Name in Notification Bar

LordDrakkon

Way, way, way back when when I was running a custom ROM for Android Ice Cream Sandwich. I had the ability in that ROM to set the carrier name that appeared in the notification bar to whatever I wanted as long as it wasn't too long. Is it possible to do this in Graphene OS? If not. Would it be possible to implement in the future? I miss the ability to brand my carrier as $h!tty Wireless. :D

Xtreix

LordDrakkon You can submit the request on Github, I'm not a project developer but I'm willing to bet that would be extremely minority and expect the request to be denied, it doesn't seem like something useful to me.

de0u

LordDrakkon You could try: Settings, Network & internet, SIMs, tap on the name of the carrier, tap on the pen icon at the upper right.

LunaticBuzz

That does not reset the carrier name, it just seems to alter what is visible in, e.g., the Messages app, so you know which SIM is operating. (You can also change the colour, so that text in the phone history and phone screen colours change depending on SIM.

I have a dual-SIM P6a. The physical SIM correctly swaps from the network wholesaler to the VMNO carrier name, but the same is not true for the eSIM. On startup the network wholesaler name briefly appears before switching to the generic Your provider. This also happens when the physical SIM is not in use, i.e., when the eSIM is the only one operating.

This is intriguing, and somewhat amusing. But it would be nice to be able to fix it, too. Has anyone manged to find a way?

c86

LunaticBuzz

I believe the only ways are either in developer options or rooting the device and adding code for the changes. Newer androids don't have it in dev options anymore so it's probably not something you would want to play with.

I wouldn't really recommend poking around in dev options on GOS unless you know what you're doing.