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Is there any command?

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After this, reboot.

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No need to restart. service bluetooth restart does the trick. –  arunasr Oct 21 at 15:23


sudo hciconfig hci0 name 'Device Name'


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working ubuntu 13.10 –  Shaharil Ahmad Jun 9 at 19:02
It works, but the name is reset after reboot. I use Ubuntu 14.04. Can it be set permanently? –  BornToCode Sep 4 at 2:49

What I did (on 12.04):

  2. delete it
  3. restart (~# service bluetooth restart)
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Adapter → Parameters

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Thank you very much! This is more like the Ubuntu-way ( more user-friendly ;-) than other answers, and the latest version 1.23 has this feature via menu Adapter → Preferences → Friendly Name. Further info: github.com/blueman-project/blueman –  Sadi Sep 21 at 8:02

Open Terminal and paste there the following command:

sudo hciconfig hci0 name 'Device Name'



Press Enter

You're Done!

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