[arm-allstar] iphone name change

Ron WA2WWK wa2wwk at gmail.com
Tue Jul 26 19:44:13 EDT 2022


I did roll back the name to the original name and the node works well.  My
real question is, will the phone just change to another name or is there a
way to lock the name in the iphone?  Thanks  WA2WWK  Ron

On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 9:05 PM "Buddy Brannan via ARM-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> Yes, you can, and probably should, change your phone’s name.
>
> Go to Settings / General / About. You’ll find your phone’s name there.
> Just change it, then back out of settings.
>
>
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> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
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>
> > On Jul 25, 2022, at 8:16 PM, Ron WA2WWK via ARM-allstar <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> >
> > I'm running my node on an iphone hotspot.  The name changed from iphone
> to
> > iphone(2) to iphone(3).  The  first change was after an update while the
> > second was when in close proximity to several phones for a week.  Is this
> > common and if so, can I change it to my call sign or something else.
> > Apparently, the node looks at the hotspot name and password, not the MAC
> > address.  Any ideas?  Thanks for your help.  WA2WWK Ron
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