Found out how to change the DHCP name...

I noticed my Ascend never identified itself to wireless access points with any specific device name. A quick Google search fixed that in short order. You'll need to be rooted and have busybox and a terminal program installed. I have Terminal Emulator which is available free on the Market.

All you gotta do it open a terminal and become Superuser... just type "su" (without the quotes) and hit enter. Accept the request that comes up to allow the terminal su rights.

Now type "busybox hostname newhostname" without the quotes and substitute newhostname for whatever you wanna call your phone. Hit enter and it should go back to a prompt, with no indication of anything happening. If you want you can type exit and hit enter to relinquish su rights before exiting the terminal.

That's it. A check from my WRT54GL router shows that it works just fine. I did this on my Ascend running IcarusMod, and I'm making an educated guess that it should work on just about any Android phone as long as you have busybox and a terminal installed, and are rooted.

 

Doh!! *Slaps forehead Homer Simpson style*

Well I wonder if I can make a startup script to change it on boot. Not that it's anything important to have a specific device name, but hell why not? That's why I bought a phone running Android, to play with it's Linux-based goodness. And also to get rid of my POS Samsung "kinda-smart" phone that ran crappy BREW, couldn't have 3rd party apps installed, and was full of firmware bugs.

Thanks for the info