Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Arno Welzel Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android,alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.os.linux Subject: Re: Bluetooth pairing names Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:44:28 +0100 Lines: 34 Message-ID: References: <9f02c9f62ba9d2eef1794dbb32d2ae64dcea6c50@i2pn2.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net OIv4DDb8EsrZ5qCECL2B4AeQLnb3frIVqtXDPAv2YpKHD0BWYb Cancel-Lock: sha1:LSb6agv2U+0jo6KAiID/M1mlLkI= sha256:rW0es6my7KKPhCFQvQ5rz9u9sudiazjNMv24uCKLfCc= Content-Language: de-DE In-Reply-To: <9f02c9f62ba9d2eef1794dbb32d2ae64dcea6c50@i2pn2.org> Xref: csiph.com comp.mobile.android:145677 alt.comp.os.windows-10:181013 alt.os.linux:80845 david, 2024-12-27 03:42: > Using , Arno Welzel wrote: > >> Carlos E.R., 2024-12-26 21:31: >> >>> On 2024-12-26 21:20, Carlos E.R. wrote: >> [...] >>>> Wait, you say I can change the name of the, for example, headphones I >>>> connect to my phone? Will that new name hold for the next time I connect >>>> to them? >>> >>> I forgot to ask: And will that changed name be visible on other phones, >>> computers, etc, connecting at different times to the headphone? >> >> No. The name is only the local label for the headset in your phone. >> >>> What I mean to know is if the change is written inside the headphones, >>> or only in my phone. >> >> Only in your phone. > > Is there a Bluetooth unique name lookup table somewhere on the Internet? I'm not aware of any. But this is not needed since the device is not identified by its name but by the device ID. The name is just text offered by the device. A host (like a smartphone) will display the name as it is offered, but you can change that, if you need to. The device ID will stay the same, even with a different name in the host. -- Arno Welzel https://arnowelzel.de