@Simon Your technical description makes sense...
But at this stage, Ubuntu on smartphones/phablets/tablets does not allow users to set an alias ("Bluetooth device friendly name") for a bluetooth device (host OR slave), meaning that users are stuck with whatever ACTUAL name the manufacturer has allocated to a particular device. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1547980 Title: Unable to change device name in bluetooth settings. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/1547980/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs