Pre-loaded mobile communication device customization manifest

A method of customizing a mobile communication device, comprising:

• determining by an application installer executing on a mobile communication device that an update of a customization application is available;
• downloading a customization application update by the application installer, wherein the customization application update comprises a new customization manifest associated with a wireless communication service provider and wherein the new customization manifest defines customization data associated with the wireless communication service provider;
• installing the customization application update by the application installer in a system portion of a non-volatile memory of the mobile communication device;
• determining by the updated customization application executing on the mobile communication device that a universal integrated circuit card (UICC) has been installed, wherein the updated customization application comprises a plurality of customization manifests among which is the new customization manifest;
• in response to determining that a UICC has been installed, reading identity information from the UICC by the updated customization application, wherein the identity information is associated with the wireless communication service provider associated with the new customization manifest;
• based on the identity information, selecting the new customization manifest by the updated customization application from the plurality of customization manifests;
• writing at least some of the contents of the new customization manifest by the updated customization application into non-volatile (NV) parameters in the mobile communication device, whereby a user interface of the mobile communication device is customized for use with the wireless communication service provider;
• and
• after writing to the NV parameters, initiating wireless communication service provisioning by the mobile communication device with the wireless communication service provider associated with the new customization manifest.

A mobile communication device that customizes a user interface of the mobile communication device based on a pre-loaded customization manifest, comprising:

• a processor;
• a non-transitory memory;
• and
• a customization application stored in the non-transitory memory, wherein the customization application comprises data defining a plurality of customization manifests and comprises instructions that, when executed by the processor,
• determines that a universal integrated circuit card (UICC) has been installed in the mobile communication device,
• reads identity information from the UICC, wherein the identity information is associated with a wireless communication service provider,
• based on the identity information, selects a customization manifest that is one of the plurality of customization manifests,
• writes at least some of the contents of the selected customization manifest into non-volatile (NV) parameters in the non-transitory memory, whereby a user interface of the mobile communication device is customized for use with the wireless communication service provider, and
• after writing some of the contents of the selected customization manifest into NV parameters, completes wireless communication service provisioning with the wireless communication service provider based in part on the NV parameters.