How to change your Hostname in Android

DHCP Hostname
With GingerBread, some devices show up in a router's DHCP list as 'android-sdr4r55ed'

Old Ways:
You can change host name in Gingerbread:
 > go to Settings -> Applications -> Development -> Device hostname or
Settings -> Wireless & networks -> Bluetooth settings -> Device name

Using adb shell, then
 > hostname NAME or edit /proc/sys/kernel/hostname
    echo NAME > /proc/sys/kernel/hostname

Using adb shell with busybox installed
 > busybox hostname NAME 

Best Way:
This worked for my Droid X, .602+ Rooted was using adb shell, then:
getprop net.hostname
setprop net.hostname NAME

Since the above code gets reset after each reboot, here is what else
I have found:


after

editing net.hostname
># getprop net.hostname
android_430217a864834bd5
># setprop net.hostname NAME

after the reboot it reverts to android_

so, hook your phone up to your computer:

your computer > adb > phone

> adb shell

> su
 - always backup all files first
> cp /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db 
/data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db.backup

> cp /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db 
/mnt/sdcard/settings.db

> rm /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db

now click disk storage on the usb to access the mnt on your own computer

your computer > access your sdcard

> file settings.db

Ex. settings.db: SQLite 3.x database, user version 57

> sqlite3 settings.db

to show databases:

sqlite> .databases
seq  name             file                                                      
---  ---------------  ------------------------------
0    main             /media/249A-11E0/z/settings.db

to show tables:

sqlite> .tables
android_metadata   bookmarks          system           
bluetooth_devices  secure 

to show the column names:

sqlite> .schema secure
CREATE TABLE secure (_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,name TEXT 
UNIQUE ON CONFLICT REPLACE,value TEXT);
CREATE INDEX secureIndex1 ON secure (name);

The column names go from left to right: _id, name, value.

now select the table, secure, this command with show everything:

sqlite> select * from secure;

Here I picked id = 24, this is where my id was.

sqlite> select * from secure where _id = "24";
24|android_id|
 - just another way
sqlite> select * from secure where name = "android_id";
24|android_id|
 - just another way
sqlite> select * from secure where value = "";
24|android_id|

We can easily change the "ID" value from the <16 digit id> 
to any number. Here I changed it to 0:

sqlite> update secure set value = 0 where _id = 24;

Type .exit in order to exit.

sqlite> .exit

On the USB notification change from storage to charge to mount your 
sdcard to your phone.
phone > sdcard

again
> adb shell

> su

> cp /mnt/sdcard/settings.db 
/data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db

Now simply reboot your phone. You should now see "android_0" as your 
new hostname. I know I didnt change the entire hostname, however I will 
continue to look into this.