A method (600) of providing device updates or personalization to a mobile communication device (706) operating in an informationally restrictive mode is provided. The method can include querying 707 a plurality of mobile communication devices 701,702,703,704,705,706 operating in a distributed system 700. Information from mobile communication devices operating in a less informationally restrictive mode is clustered 708. Each cluster 718 includes a representation of device usage, device configuration, or combinations thereof. Indicia 709,710 are transmitted 711 to mobile communication devices operating in the more informationally restrictive mode. Matching cluster 713 from at least one mobile communication device 706 is received 714, optionally with operational information 715. Operations 717 can be executed 716 in response to the operational information 715.