Why does my hotspot have the wrong name?

My other phone is a Xiaomi Redmi. I can't remember if I ever connected
it to my laptop, because I only used it at home, where I have a
fiberoptic internet connection and don't need to use a phone as a
hotspot.

And I'm 99% sure i went to Florida before I bought....no I did use the
previous Redmi with a laptop but it was a different laptop (the one with
no fan that overheats. I still keep it for emergencies.)

So how come now that I'm away from h ome and using the phone that
succeeded the stolen Xiaomi, which is a Samsung phone, does the Bluetooh
list of available hotspots list my phone as Redmi. When the phone I'm
actually using now is a Samsung?
Even if I once used a Redmi, and that's what it's sticking with,
that's like saying because I was once at my friend Tom Jones's house and
used his bluetooth named Jones, wherever I go after that, the bluetooth
I use will be named Jones. If not wherever, at least when I'm using my
new phone. Because it knows Jones and likes Jones????

On 04 May 2022, micky wrote
(in article<j7e47h5ui934qlubnjujogpmu14a3dr3se@4ax.com>):

> Why does my hotspot have the wrong name?
>
> My other phone is a Xiaomi Redmi. I can't remember if I ever connected
> it to my laptop, because I only used it at home, where I have a
> fiberoptic internet connection and don't need to use a phone as a
> hotspot.
>
> And I'm 99% sure i went to Florida before I bought....no I did use the
> previous Redmi with a laptop but it was a different laptop (the one with
> no fan that overheats. I still keep it for emergencies.)
>
> So how come now that I'm away from h ome and using the phone that
> succeeded the stolen Xiaomi, which is a Samsung phone, does the Bluetooh
> list of available hotspots list my phone as Redmi. When the phone I'm
> actually using now is a Samsung?
> Even if I once used a Redmi, and that's what it's sticking with,
> that's like saying because I was once at my friend Tom Jones's house and
> used his bluetooth named Jones, wherever I go after that, the bluetooth
> I use will be named Jones. If not wherever, at least when I'm using my
> new phone. Because it knows Jones and likes Jones????

Your phone picked up a network preferences file from some device (another
phone, a laptop, a desktop) which had been connected to the old network
before you updated it.Your phone then merged its network preferences with
that file, and so has a list of the old items as well as the new ones. This
is A Feature, Not A Buig(™). All hail the mighty Network Trio: Apple,
Google, and Microsoft, who have come to an agreement to do this with all
their OSes. Except MS screws it up, as usual. The Beast of Redmond: fucking
up networks since 1995, possibly earlier.

In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Wed, 04 May 2022 10:53:16 -0400, Wolffan
<akwolffan@zoho.com> wrote:

>On 04 May 2022, micky wrote
>(in article<j7e47h5ui934qlubnjujogpmu14a3dr3se@4ax.com>):
>
>> Why does my hotspot have the wrong name?
>>
>> My other phone is a Xiaomi Redmi. I can't remember if I ever connected
>> it to my laptop, because I only used it at home, where I have a
>> fiberoptic internet connection and don't need to use a phone as a
>> hotspot.
>>
>> And I'm 99% sure i went to Florida before I bought....no I did use the
>> previous Redmi with a laptop but it was a different laptop (the one with
>> no fan that overheats. I still keep it for emergencies.)
>>
>> So how come now that I'm away from h ome and using the phone that
>> succeeded the stolen Xiaomi, which is a Samsung phone, does the Bluetooh
>> list of available hotspots list my phone as Redmi. When the phone I'm
>> actually using now is a Samsung?
>> Even if I once used a Redmi, and that's what it's sticking with,
>> that's like saying because I was once at my friend Tom Jones's house and
>> used his bluetooth named Jones, wherever I go after that, the bluetooth
>> I use will be named Jones. If not wherever, at least when I'm using my
>> new phone. Because it knows Jones and likes Jones????
>
>Your phone picked up a network preferences file from some device (another
>phone, a laptop, a desktop) which had been connected to the old network
>before you updated it.Your phone then merged its network preferences with
>that file, and so has a list of the old items as well as the new ones. This
>is A Feature, Not A Buig(™). All hail the mighty Network Trio: Apple,
>Google, and Microsoft, who have come to an agreement to do this with all
>their OSes. Except MS screws it up, as usual. The Beast of Redmond: fucking
>up networks since 1995, possibly earlier.

Well I feel good, now that I know it's a feature.