Renaming my android device thru Terminal emulator

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I wanted to rename my andrioid device thru terminal emulator. So i diid tye foowloing
The device was rooted. I verfified root access thru root checker. (also it shows # on TE when is type "su". I entered the follg command
setprop net.hostname JRDROID (INSTEAD OF OLD NAME)
i verified the name thru getprop
However after rebooting the device still shows old name such "androidXXXXX".any clues or suggestions

 

[rameshjey]

renaming my insignia android device

I wanted to rename my android device thru terminal emulator. So i did the following
The device was rooted. I verified root access thru root checker. (also it shows # on TE when is type "su". I entered the follg command
setprop net.hostname JRDROID (INSTEAD OF OLD NAME)
i verified the name thru getprop
However after rebooting the device still shows old name such "androidXXXXX". Any clues or suggestions

 

[itguyjax8430]

I wanted to rename my andrioid device thru terminal emulator. So i diid tye foowloing
The device was rooted. I verfified root access thru root checker. (also it shows # on TE when is type "su". I entered the follg command
setprop net.hostname JRDROID (INSTEAD OF OLD NAME)
i verified the name thru getprop
However after rebooting the device still shows old name such "androidXXXXX".any clues or suggestions

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It sounds like it is not writing to the build.prop. You should be able to just use a file explorer to open the bulid.prop and change the name via a text editor.