Each GSM/telephone, be it a fundamental, bargain-basement handset or an expensive, incredible cell phone, has its own International Mobile Equipment Identity number, generally known as IMEI. This is generally a line of 15 or 16 digits, and transporters use it to distinguish the gadgets enlisted in their organizations. Being one of a kind and difficult to alter, the IMEI can likewise be utilized to boycott taken telephones from a given organization. At times, the number can even be utilized to find a specific gadget to return it to its legitimate proprietor.
In any case, how would you discover a telephone’s IMEI number at any rate? Indeed, there are various approaches to do that – by entering an exceptional code utilizing the gadget’s keypad or Phone application, by delving in the handset’s settings, or by checking the subtleties put away on your client account, to give a couple of models. These and different techniques for discovering a telephone’s IMEI number are depicted in the sections underneath. How to discover or get your IMEI?
Dial *#06#
It doesn’t matter if you’re using the latest iPhone or a Nokia phone whose best feature is the built-in flashlight. If you type in *#06# on the dial screen, your phone’s IMEI number will pop up. You may need to press the SEND button on some devices for this to work.
Check your Settings menu
The IMEI number should be also buried somewhere in the Settings screen on your phone. Try searching for IMEI in your phone’s Settings menu. If that doesn’t work, try going to Settings>General>About on iPhone or Settings>About Phone if you have a Samsung Galaxy model.
IMEI is sometimes written on the phone itself
Some phones have their IMEI number etched on the back, along with their serial number and various regulatory stamps. This is valid for older models like the Galaxy S7 or the iPhone 6. You wouldn’t see this on newer phones as manufacturers now strive for a look as clean as possible.
Check the SIM card tray
Yet, telephone producers are needed to have the IMEI of their gadgets composed someplace. That is the reason a considerable lot of them presently scratch it on the SIM card plate holder. In the event that you don’t have a SIM card ejector apparatus around, a little paperclip ought to likewise work.
Check the box your phone came with
Then again, a telephone’s IMEI number can be recovered by looking at the names on the container it came in. This could be your solitary alternative of discovering its IMEI on the off chance that you’ve effectively lost your gadget.
Find your IMEI in iCloud (iPhone/iPad only)
This one is for proprietors of iPhones or potentially iPad as it were. Go to appleid.apple.com and sign in with your Apple ID username and secret phrase. Once signed in, you’ll be shown a rundown of your Apple gadgets. Snap-on the one whose IMEI number you wish to know.
You can find the IMEI of one iOS device from another iOS device you’re logged in on. To do this, go to Settings and tap on your name at the very top to open your Apple ID page. Further down you’ll see a list of your other devices. Tap on the one whose IMEI you want to view.
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