Is there a way to get the device name using adb? For example, if the device name is John Doe's Nexus, how to get the name using a command?

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I have an android device, which when registered to an account renames itself after the account name. I need to get that name using adb.

Can you retrieve what you want with the `adb devices` command? — Nino Filiu, Feb 21 '19 at 15:22
adb devices retrieves the serial number but I want to get the user friendly name. Thanks. — Senthil B, Feb 24 '19 at 14:59

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 01 '19 at 12:05

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You can use

adb shell dumpsys bluetooth_manager

answered Jun 01 '19 at 12:05

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From Mac OS X, I use this to print only the device name: `adb shell dumpsys bluetooth_manager | \grep 'name:' | cut -c9-` – Patrick Webster Oct 17 '20 at 05:01

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 21 '19 at 17:42

Try this:

./adb shell getprop

It returns all device properties which should also contain the name that you are looking for. I got multiple name properties:

[ro.product.name]: [TA-1032_00WW]
[ro.product.nickname]: [Nokia 3]
[ro.vendor.product.name]: [NE1_00WW_FIH]

I think you are looking for ro.product.nickname. You can get it with this command on Mac/Linux:

./adb shell getprop | grep "ro.product.nickname"

The Windows command should be similar. Something like this:

adb shell 
getprop | grep -e 'ro.product.nickname'

Hey, thanks but I am not looking for the nickname but the user friendly name that can be set by the user himself. — Senthil B, Feb 24 '19 at 14:58

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