Changing Sprint PPC-6700 Bluetooth discovery name

[JasonSmyr]

Question for you all..

I want to change the name of my phone that shows up to other Bluetooth devices.

Right now it shows up as POCKET_PC

I searched registry for "POCKET_PC" and found a key called "OrigName" that was "Pocket_PC" changed that and it did not affect the name.

The Bluetooth setting don't have an option for it..

Any suggestions?

(sorry for cross post.. put in wrong group)

[JasonSmyr]

Question for you all..

I want to change the name of my phone that shows up to other Bluetooth devices.

Right now it shows up as POCKET_PC

I searched registry for "POCKET_PC" and found a key called "OrigName" that was "Pocket_PC" changed that and it did not affect the name.

The Bluetooth setting don't have an option for it..

Any suggestions?

(sorry for cross post.. put in wrong group)

[Cybrid]

Originally Posted by JasonSmyr

Question for you all..

I want to change the name of my phone that shows up to other Bluetooth devices.

Right now it shows up as POCKET_PC

I searched registry for "POCKET_PC" and found a key called "OrigName" that was "Pocket_PC" changed that and it did not affect the name.

The Bluetooth setting don't have an option for it..

Any suggestions?

(sorry for cross post.. put in wrong group)

settings>system>about>device id? I'm guessing.

[JasonSmyr]

Nope..

sigh..

[Lordsmiff]

The only way to do it is using either third party tweak programs or editing the registry.

Don't know any tweak programs off the top of my head (perhaps HTweakC would work for you) but you can get a great free registry editor from www.phm.lu - look in the pocket pc software area.

The key you need to edit is in:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Bluetooth\Set tings

Change the LocalName key to something more...likeable and soft reset ;-)

Have fun,
Smiffy.

Oh, and I accept no responsibility for you messing your device up if you change anything other than exactly what's said here...blah blah blah...

Just make sure you've sync'ed everything up, got backups, etc. so if you do screw something up, a hard reset will sort it out.