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How to retrieve the device or owner name?

Kindles seem to have an empty hostname. As an alternative, is there a way to retrieve the device or owner name? e.g. "Bob's Kindle". I'm looking for a user friendly way to display devices on the network.
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Hi Aaron, To give personal experience , this link is useful http://developer.android.com/training/id-auth/index.html Are looking for Account name: AccountManager am = AccountManager.get(this); // "this" references the current Context Account[] accounts = am.getAccounts(); "Kindle Account name - ? "+accounts[0].name
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Thanks!
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Using the AccountManager approach I was able to retrieve the full name of the account owner, e.g. "Bob Marley" which is a good start for now. But, the device shows the text "Bob's 2nd Kindle" on the top status bar which I would like to match. Is there a way to retrieve the user customized device name as well in order to display a similarly formatted string?
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How about concatenating with product. Log.i("test",("android.os.Build.PRODUCT: " + android.os.Build.PRODUCT)); this would give -> I/test: android.os.Build.PRODUCT: Kindle Fire " Bob Marley's Kindle Fire " Hope this is useful
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Thanks, but I was hoping to find a way to access the custom Kindle name for when a single account has multiple devices associated with it. That is, Kindle users can set a custom name like "My 2nd Kindle". On a network, this is more useful to display than just the account and device type since 2 or more devices may all have the same account name and build type.
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