Changing my iPhone's name

Question

Level 2

159 points

Changing my iPhone's name

Hello,

I've just bought my first iPhone, a 2016 SE I (A1662, MLMD2LL/A, unlocked). Even though the box was sealed and it looked brand new, I connected it to my Mac and restored it to factory settings, then installed the latest iOS 13.5.1. Because previously I had used an iPod touch only, I restored settings and apps from my latest iPod touch backup. All worked well, only that its name in Finder was set to "user's iPod" too, so I renamed it to "user's iPhone SE", however when I go to https://getsupport.apple.com the renaming did not happen there - it's still called "user's iPod"! What can I do? I wouldn't want to go through the entire setup again and install all my apps manually. Restoring from the iPod backup was so easy!

Many thanks!

iPhone SE

Posted on Jun 22, 2020 11:17 AM

Reply

Answer 1

Demo

Level 10

167,283 points

Jun 22, 2020 11:24 AM in response to coxorange

Try renaming it on the device itself. Settings>General>About>Name. Then check the support site again.

Reply

Answer 2

Demo

Level 10

167,283 points

Jun 22, 2020 1:01 PM in response to coxorange

You should be able to name the phone anything you want to and the “ marks should not appear. Try changing the name again in the settings and see if the quotation marks are still there. You can always change it back again.

Reply

Answer 3

Demo

Level 10

167,283 points

Jun 22, 2020 12:02 PM in response to coxorange

That’s odd, but I just noticed in your first post you said that the name of the iPhone originally in the Finder was ”user’siPod” in quotations marks. Were the quotation marks actually in the device name? You also said that it was a brand new 2016 phone. Are you sure that it was brand new. The sealed box means nothing. Before I retired, I owned a print shop that had a shrink wrapper and I could seal any box as long as it fit on the base and would go through the heat tunnel.

Reply

Answer 4

coxorange Author

Level 2

159 points

Jun 22, 2020 12:29 PM in response to Demo

In my first post I just added the quotation marks to delimit the displayed text – they were not shown by Finder. Maybe the quotation marks would disappear if I would just call it "user's iPhone" – would this be the default name it would have gotten?

The SE was sold as "new" and should be enough for my current requirement (mainly receiving verification codes!). Even though it really looked brand new, my first action was to restore it to factory settings.

But you are right that "sealed" means nothing, often I bought "new" DVDs which were re-sealed used ones.

Reply

Answer 5

coxorange Author

Level 2

159 points

Jun 22, 2020 11:54 AM in response to Demo

Thanks, it worked, now it's renamed on the support site, except that the name is in quotation marks - in contrary to the listed names of my other Apple devices. Can the quotation marks be removed?

Reply

Answer 6

coxorange Author

Level 2

159 points

Jun 23, 2020 10:20 AM in response to Demo

Tried it several times – the quotation marks don't go away. Weird, but I think it's not so important.

Reply

Changing my iPhone's name

Similar questions