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Re: Bluetooth pairing names

From Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de>
Newsgroups comp.mobile.android, alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.os.linux
Subject Re: Bluetooth pairing names
Date 2024-12-26 21:35 +0100
Message-ID <lt5t0iFtok5U11@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References <a71019f681a6e14597d1911cdec71f99089dd8d4@i2pn2.org> <vkj0kk$2s922$1@dont-email.me> <bdq04lx7h6.ln2@Telcontar.valinor>

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Carlos E.R., 2024-12-26 21:20:

> On 2024-12-26 08:29, Dave Royal wrote:
>> david <this@is.invalid> Wrote in message:
>>
>>> I have some devices which pair as "E62" while others pair as "WS-1".
>>> Still more pair as "MK02" while others pair as "Kinivo BTH220".
>>> Some make sense such as my "OBDII" & "ResMed495698" & "JBL TUNE500BT".
>>>
>>> But who decides what are the allowed Bluetooth pairing names for a new
>>> device? Is there a central agency which assigns these names (sort of like
>>> how domain names are assigned)? Is there a lookup table for Bluetooth names
>>> (like they have with the first half of MAC addresses)?
>>>
>>> How does this seemingly almost random Bluetooth name assignment happen?
>>
>> Bluetooth devices have a Device Address similar to a MAC address.
>>   The ranges are assigned to manufacturers by the organisation that
>>   controls Bluetooth. The names can be anything - though they ought
>>   to adequate to identify what you're pairing with. You may be able
>>   to change the name - once paired.
> 
> 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?

Yes, you can change the name. At least Android allows to do this and as
far I remember, Windows and Linux also allow this. And it is the
computer or smartphone which will remember that name, since the pairing
of the device is stored, even if the headphone is not connected.

-- 
Arno Welzel
https://arnowelzel.de

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Bluetooth pairing names david <this@is.invalid> - 2024-12-25 23:43 -0700
  Re: Bluetooth pairing names Dave Royal <dave@dave123royal.com> - 2024-12-26 07:29 +0000
    Re: Bluetooth pairing names knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com> - 2024-12-26 08:20 -0500
    Re: Bluetooth pairing names "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-12-26 21:20 +0100
      Re: Bluetooth pairing names "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-12-26 21:31 +0100
        Re: Bluetooth pairing names Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2024-12-27 00:53 +0100
          Re: Bluetooth pairing names david <this@is.invalid> - 2024-12-26 19:42 -0700
            Re: Bluetooth pairing names Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2024-12-27 13:44 +0100
      Re: Bluetooth pairing names Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2024-12-26 21:35 +0100
        Re: Bluetooth pairing names "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-12-26 22:00 +0100
  Re: Bluetooth pairing names Jasen Betts <usenet@revmaps.no-ip.org> - 2024-12-29 02:18 +0000

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