You can edit your devices name at the very top and while. Heres an example of how short name appears in messages.
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Iphone name keeps changing. By default short name is on. Apollos always been about making reddit really customizable and ever since apple added the ability to change an apps homescreen icon way back in ios 103 apollos been all over it. Check your own contacts app to see what is showing above your first entry. This update brings 5 new icons you can choose from in addition to the existing dozens. The short name settings will extend to mail messages phone and some third party apps. You can change your iphones name at any time and as often as you like.
Tap the first line which shows the name of your device. In ios 8 and earlier go to settings mail contacts and calendar to the my info field. Incorrect details here can be easily corrected. Change the name of your iphone ipad or ipod touch to change the name of your iphone ipad or ipod touch follow these steps. At the top of that pane theres a box for you to type in. On your device go to settings general then tap about.
In ios9 and later got to settings contacts my info. Then to change this on the iphone or ipad visit settings general about. You can use short name on an iphone ipad or ipod touch. Is it your own name or perhaps another family members. To turn off short name tap settings contacts short name. Your iphones name is the way its identified on networks on icloud on find my iphone and on the iphone itself.
We dont know what triggered it but the specific name of our iphone 6 nancys iphone suddenly lost its name and became iphone now were having issues backing it up as the computer doesnt recognize it since the name is now different.