API to get the friendly name of your Windows Phone 8 device?

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Is there a way to get the name of your phone? The name you see in Windows Explorer properties as the device name?

I have looked at Microsoft.Phone.Info.DeviceStatus.DeviceName but that appears to be different. I have looked at DeviceExtendedProperties but that is mostly deprecated now.

The phone prompts you for this name during setup. I can also see this name and change it in the WinRT App for WP8 preferences. But I'm not seeing a way to get it by API.

(I would like this name so that I can pass it on to a web service that shows a device list)

score 9 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 19 '13 at 19:06

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Windows.Networking.Proximity.PeerFinder.DisplayName will give you the name the user has given to the phone

answered Dec 19 '13 at 19:06

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 25 '13 at 22:46

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I don't think that the base API has anything that will allow you to do that, probably due to security concerns!

answered Jan 25 '13 at 22:46

Pedro Lamas

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Just curious, but why do you say it's a security concern? Note: I've never owned nor interacted with a WP8 device in this manner – Lander Jan 25 '13 at 22:48
I did turn on ID_CAP_IDENTITY_DEVICE but the DeviceName I'm seeing looks auto-generated ... RM-824_nam_att_101 for my Nokia. – Andy Weston Jan 25 '13 at 23:07
Just think of the people that name their device with their own first & last name!... Anything that can be used to uniquely identify a device and associate with a specific user IS a security concern, so that's why I think there is no away on getting the device name with the current SDK! – Pedro Lamas Jan 26 '13 at 18:28

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 11 '14 at 18:53

This will give you the manufacturer and model name. For my Nokia Lumia 930, this logs "NOKIA RM-1045_1044" it's not the friendliest name but it'll let you differentiate between devices.

var deviceInformation = new Windows.Security.ExchangeActiveSyncProvisioning.EasClientDeviceInformation();
console.log(deviceInformation.systemSku);

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:31

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There's no public WP8 API to retrieve the user friendly Device Name. If you're looking to uniquely identify the phone's use ANID2.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:31

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answered Jan 25 '13 at 22:48

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Thanks, I have been using the DeviceUniqueId for a key, I just wanted display name. Understandable if its locked down. Guess I can always prompt for one. – Andy Weston Jan 25 '13 at 23:50
Isn't Alexander's or Richard's answer correct technically? It works fine for me. – Arctic Jan 28 '14 at 13:15

API to get the friendly name of your Windows Phone 8 device?

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