On many
Android devices the hostname is shown with word “android” followed by
a series of numbers and letters.
In most of the cases the edition of this name is disable by default, but is possible to change
this name by editing or adding a property on the Build.promp of your android device.
In order to
do that you need to meet the following requirements:
- Root. (Your device must be rooted. Google and Youtube can help you with that.)
- Busybox. (Such as: BusyBox Installer)
- A Build.prop editor. (Such as: Build PropEditor)
Once you
meet the requirements, the procedure will be simple:
***ALWAYS
MAKE A BACKUP OF YOUR DEVICE AND BUILD.PROP BEFORE CONTINUE***
***WARNING:
MODIFYING THE BUILD.PROP OF YOUR DEVICE CAN POTENTIALLY HARM OR SOFT-BRICK YOUR
DEVICE, DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK***
STEP 1:
Open your Build.prop editor App,
in this case we are using “Build Prop Editor” on a Samsung Galaxy Nexus running
Android 4.3 (JWR66Y). Then click on “+” to add a new property.
STEP 2:
The new property name you are
going to add is “net.hostname”. The property value will be the new hostname you
want to give to your device, on this example we will use “Skynet”. Click “Add” to finish.
STEP 3:
Reboot to confirm. If you
successfully made it, then you will see the new property on the Buid.prop and
thanks to the root the new property will remain even if you reboot your device.
Confirm your new device hostname on the DHCP list of
your Router.
This guide was made by a noob, so all kind of comments will be well received, also, please confirm whether this worked or not on your device (don't forget to include your Android version).
