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Sudz28
Channel Surfer
6 months ago

Roku streaming stick shows old nickname

My wife went to use her iPhone to stream Apple Airplay to the Roku Streaming Stick in her craft room, but the nickname for that particular device - "Craft room streaming stick" - was nowhere to be found.  Eventually she figured out that the device that displays on her iPhone as "Exercise Room" is in fact the streaming stick in her craft room.  I checked our Roku account and sure enough this device is listed/named as "Craft room streaming stick", but several years ago was used in our exercise room, hence the name.  My question is, where is her iPhone getting this old nickname information from?  Why isn't it seeing the device by it's proper nickname, which it's had for a couple of years now?  It's very odd to me that the old nickname apparently exists somewhere in the ether and I'm super curious how I can fix it.

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3 Replies

  • playab0yyy's avatar
    playab0yyy
    Newbie
    20 days ago

    Just ran into the same issue. An old device name was showing on my iPhone and iPad when Screen Mirroring (AirPlay) to my TCL Roku TV. Checked the device list in the Roku app and website. The device, there, was showing the correct current name. So, I changed one letter of the device name in the device list in the Roku app, saved it, then went to the iDevices and turned off Wifi. While Wifi was off, I went into the Control Center and tapped on Screen Mirroring so it would clear the list (since it wasn’t connected to Wifi and wouldn’t find anything). After a few seconds, I turned Wifi back on and tried Screen Mirroring again. This time, it found the device with the new name (with the single letter changed). So, I repeated the process, changing that one letter for the device name back to what it should’ve been and all was fixed. 

  • Shamrockoz's avatar
    Shamrockoz
    Binge Watcher
    5 months ago

    This might help.

     On your Roku App:

    • Tap account ( bottom right )
    • Devices in account ( top left )
    • Chose whatever device you’re see
    • Change nickname

     Hope this works 

    • Sudz28's avatar
      Sudz28
      Channel Surfer
      5 months ago

      Thanks, I of course already changed it once and the old name was still showing, but I'll change it again and see if that helps move things along.  I will reply back with the results!