DNS Hostname Changer

Doesn't work - gives message that root is not detected. Does not ask for root. SuperSU, Titanium Backup, Solid Explorer, Tasker, and other all operate wtih root and report root is available.

doesn't survive reboot as advertised, would be 5 stars otherwise

Root. Doe's what it says on the tin. If it fails make sure you have been granted access in supersu

Fast. Simple. Free. Works. This does what it says with no extra junk or in-app purchases. It's exactly what you need to change your host name, nothing more, nothing less. A perfect app for the job.

Work perfect.... I don't know what others are complaining about, but I was able to enter lower case letters.

Guys if you are getting an error that device is not rooted then check if superuser app is blocking the root access requests. Mine denied it for some reason without prompting for root access and I had to manually give it root access for this app to work.

Does not even tries to get su permission, complains about no root. You only need this in Terminal (so you don't need any app): > su > getprop net.hostname > setprop net.hostname

Grew tired of looking at the Android ID names on my router. Now I know which devices are what and of course call them by name over the wire.

I have installed this on 2 rooted Samsung Galaxy S3's (both started out as SCH-R530X; one is fully modded with CyanogenMod 11 but recognizes as SCH-R530M with KNOX tripped, the other still has a stock ROM -don't like that term, smart phones use Lockable NAND R/W Memory not Read Only Memory- but has a custom recovery and KNOX is not tripped). For anyone with this model, there is virtually no d2xar support. The program works, until you reboot the phone. Then the phone/OS restores the old name of android-################ (16 hex digits). Sometimes the name changes to the preferred name after a bit of time passes.

Installed and tried out: DNS name changed succesfully, but went back to the default name after rebooting the device (Ascend G300 with Android 2.3.6, rooted and autostart active). Works well on android 4.0.3 (Galaxy Tab II 7.0), when you reboot the device DNS name comes back to default for a while, but then it's automatically changed by thia App as soon as it autostarts.

Simple and efficient. I has a small bug where it doesn't automatically ask for root rights, but after manually assigning it root rights it works as described.

Great app. Now any router it shows up on shows exactly what I want it to.

Simply perfect! Minimal size and works just as expected without adware and bloatware, thank you!

simple and perfect. set the device host name and your done. it takes effect immediately. makes life so easy when auditing a network and being able to mark my device within that network

It does what it is designed to do but how often is it that a rooted device doesn't offer access to the Developer menu which usually offers the option of setting the device host name.

Change host name. Saved. Rebooted phone - still old name. Restarted connection - still old name. Refresh dhcp list - still old name.

This app is awesome and allow me to keep track of all my rooted Android devices on my network! Thank you.

Does it change permanently or must apply everytime?

Changes name back to default sometimes.

Doesn't remember changed mac on restart

Yes! Finally something that could change android phone Hostname. Now I can block the correct MAC Address ^^

Works, but if you power off your phone, the hostname will be reset to nothing. This is a bit of a hassle for me, because I often turn off the phone completely to save the battery.

Great, now I can identify my Nexus 5 on my router.

But could you please add a restore to default option? Thanks..

Worked great. Can't believe you have to be rooted to do this!

This app helped me get my teeth whiter.

Great app to hide ur ass! :-P

Exactly what I was looking for simple and works perfectly.

100% success rate, just hit it one time and it changed!

Worked exactly as advertised on a Nexus 6 running stock 5.1 and a Nexus 10 running stock 5.0.1. Initial root check failed for some reason on the 6 but that was easily fixed by manually giving the app permission through the root checker app.

Easy to use, just remember the name you choose can't have any spaces in it. Also, if your device is rooted but this app says the device isn't rooted, check to make sure this app has root access, took me a minute to figure out that was the problem.

Root checker verified i was rooted but installing this says im not. Other programs requiring root work...

Does exactly what it says. Only issue is that the error and warnings need to stay visible longer.

I dislike the way I can't tell my android devices apart when I look at the connected clients on my cable/broadband router, with them showing up as 'android-43534bcc2e232f424' and similar nonsense. This app does just what I needed. Changed device name on Samsung Galaxy S2, Nexus 7 and HTC One M8 with no trouble and no fuss, which after a reboot showed up on 'connected devices' in the router admin panels. I agree with other reviewers that a little notice about what characters are allowable would be a good idea, but just so you're clear: Component hostname labels may contain only the ASCII letters 'a' through 'z' (in a case-insensitive manner), the digits '0' through '9', and the hyphen ('-').

No fuss. If you got root, it will change your hostname.

Somebody put his horrid name as a hostname on my brand new device! (... weird) and this app wasn't able to fix it. Though, when I try to change it, the standard numeric name appears for change instead of the horrid name, but horrid name remains

I don't care about the interface as long as the app is doing exactly what it supposed to do.

I have installed this on 2 rooted Samsung Galaxy S3's (both started out as SCH-R530X; one is fully modded with CyanogenMod 11 but recognizes as SCH-R530M with KNOX tripped, the other still has a stock ROM -don't like that term, smart phones use Lockable NAND R/W Memory not Read Only Memory- but has a custom recovery and KNOX is not tripped). For anyone with this model, there is virtually no d2xar support. The program works, until you reboot the phone. Then the phone/OS restores the old name of android-################ (16 hex digits). Sometimes the name changes to the preferred name after a bit of time passes.

Please give some time to read the pop up message, I couldn't understand the problem why can I not change the name until I took the screenshot and read it.

Does what it says on the tin Thanks