Change Phone name on Nexus 4

Question

When I look into the logs of my router, I have trouble identifying my own phone.

How can I change the name of my phone, on my nexus 4 running latest Android OS, without rooting it? Is it even possible?

Do the solutions in How do I change the name of my Android device? work? — eldarerathis, Mar 25 '14 at 19:04

sloosecannon · Answer 1 · 2014-03-28T04:29:50.797

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Developer options > Device Hostname should get you where you need to go. You may need to mash "build number" in "About phone" a few times to make the Developer Options appear in your settings app...

EDIT: Apparently that's for CyanogenMod only. Without that option, you'll need root...

edited Mar 28 '14 at 04:29

answered Mar 27 '14 at 04:29

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I didnt find the option "Device Hostname". Im running 4.4 – Enrique Moreno Tent Mar 27 '14 at 09:28
Do you have developer options enabled? – sloosecannon Mar 27 '14 at 12:23
Yes, I do have them on – Enrique Moreno Tent Mar 27 '14 at 21:36
Huh, evidently that's a CM thing. – sloosecannon Mar 28 '14 at 04:24

Change Phone name on Nexus 4

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