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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>device name change</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/3917/device-name-change</link><description>Hi all, 
 I need to change the device name frequently to show button status.
So remote device can see button status without connecting to device. 
 Is there any way to achieve this?
I used SDK 6.1.0, PC1001 proximity demo code.
Here, I called sd_ble_gap_device_name_set</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 13</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2016 07:44:28 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/3917/device-name-change" /><item><title>RE: device name change</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/14102?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2016 07:44:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:6056e31e-5c20-4a66-98ef-161cd3ee85c6</guid><dc:creator>sunil kumar</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;this worked for me thank you&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: device name change</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/14104?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2014 13:31:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:584de86f-1b0d-41b2-a2d1-3817beabd092</guid><dc:creator>Nguyen Hoan Hoang</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;If you are using iOS to test.  There may be a caching problem.  Try to turn the Bluetooth setting off then on again, see if it works.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: device name change</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/14103?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2014 19:06:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:cbe2d187-9d87-4b35-af0f-07ca8a00ed12</guid><dc:creator>mdeep209</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;I tried the same but could not see any effect on name. Is there any other way to achieve it?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: device name change</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/14101?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2014 12:49:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:ad67a389-4557-4d48-a437-9c061119f0d2</guid><dc:creator>John</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;You need to call ble_advdata_set() again after calling sd_ble_gap_device_name_set().&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;See this post for more details:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/question/2334/is-it-possible-to-change-the-device-name-handle-value-manually/"&gt;Device name change&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>