[LUG] OT: Android network name

[Julian Hall <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 Hi All,

I have an Android phone and tablet, as does my friend, so when he is 
visiting a look at the connected devices in my router's WiFi section 
shows something like:

android_123456890
android_012345689
android_901234568
android_890123456

Is there any way, *without rooting a brand new phone and tablet*, to 
change the names on the devices themselves, so they display something 
more human-friendly, such as;

IconiaA500
GalaxySIII

(etc)

I know I can identify them by MAC address in the router and assign 
different names when I add them to the MAC filter list, but that still 
doesn't change how they are displayed in the Connected Devices, so I 
have to compare the MAC addresses of what's connected with the filter 
list to see which is connected.

I don't honestly see why this functionality is missing from Android to 
be honest as it seems fairly basic.  My phone has Android 4.1.2, and I'm 
on O2 - just in case this is a function O2 have removed and it's on the 
SIM-free ones.

Kind regards,

Julian

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