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For my non-rooted device (which I am not allowed to root, so I need to find another way around), if I do 

adb shell setprop MY_PROP 1

followed by

adb shell getprop MY_PROP

I get a blank line.

How can I set a property?

Alex P.
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Tom
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  • Ifound the same issue ... I think it is not possible ... even if you try > su cd /something you will get a white line ... – ahmed_khan_89 Apr 28 '14 at 12:35

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By default the shell user is not allowed to create properties:

$ adb shell "setprop test.test 1; dmesg | grep test\.test"
[  271.706897,0] init: avc:  denied  { set } for property=test.test scontext=u:r:shell:s0 tcontext=u:object_r:default_prop:s0 tclass=property_service
[  271.707157,0] init: sys_prop: permission denied uid:2000  name:test.test
Alex P.
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Without root you can only add props that start with debug.

adb shell setprop debug.my.prop newProp
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