How to change bluetooth device name?

Question

I just can't figure a way to change my bluetooth device name.

Is there any command?

Answer 1

You can't change bluetooth device name from control panel in ubuntu yet. Here is the bug report, which provides this workaround:

If you want to change the bluetooth device name permanently, you have to create a file called /etc/machine-info which should have the following content:

PRETTY_HOSTNAME=Device Name

Answer 2

It seems the option was removed from the Bluetooth control panel, but you should still be able to change the name via the command line:

sudo hciconfig hci0 name 'Device Name'

Once you run the command, you should be able to verify the change by bringing up the Bluetooth control panel again and checking the device name.

Answer 3

What I did (on 12.04):

1. device name is stored in /var/lib/bluetooth/XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX/config
2. delete it
3. restart (~# service bluetooth restart)
4. device name is rewritten in config (according to /etc/bluetooth/main.conf ?)