How to retrieve SIM card IMSI in Android?

Question

public String getSubscriberId(){
    operator = (TelephonyManager)context.getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
    String IMSI = operator.getSubscriberId();
    return IMSI;
}

simID = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.text2);
    simIMSI = getSubscriberId().toString();

    if (simIMSI.equals("")){
        simID.setText("No SIM card detected!");
    }
    else{
        simID.setText(simIMSI.toString());
        SaveUniqueId(simIMSI.toString());
    }

I wish to retrieve the phone SIM card IMSI and display in a layout, I run the program using an emulator even though I know emulator does not have SIM card attached but it should have result like "No SIM card detected" right? But why I get error for this coding or is it something wrong in my "getSubscriberId()"?

check this question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6033511/get-imei-code-or-and-mac-address-of-a-device — thepoosh, May 21 '12 at 08:54

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 21 '12 at 08:58

String serviceName = Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE;
TelephonyManager m_telephonyManager = (TelephonyManager) getSystemService(serviceName);

Now let's start with actual source code to retrieve the information:-

public String findDeviceID() {
     String deviceID = null;
     String serviceName = Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE;
     TelephonyManager m_telephonyManager = (TelephonyManager) getSystemService(serviceName);
     int deviceType = m_telephonyManager.getPhoneType();
     switch (deviceType) {
           case (TelephonyManager.PHONE_TYPE_GSM):
           break;
  case (TelephonyManager.PHONE_TYPE_CDMA):
  break;
  case (TelephonyManager.PHONE_TYPE_NONE):
  break;
          default:
         break;
     }
     deviceID = m_telephonyManager.getDeviceId();
     return deviceID;
}

For more details please refer this site http://ashnatechnologies.blogspot.in/2010/10/how-to-get-imei-on-android-devices.html

this code des not return IMSI as requested in the question. According to android docs, getdeviceId returns "IMEI for GSM and the MEID or ESN for CDMA phones" — yeshu, Jun 28 '21 at 03:36

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 21 '12 at 08:55

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You can visit this link http://www.anddev.org/tinytut_-_getting_the_imsi_-_imei_sim-device_unique_ids-t446.html

use following code for IMSI

String imsi = android.os.SystemProperties.get(android.telephony.TelephonyProperties.PROPERTY_IMSI);

answered May 21 '12 at 08:55

Lucifer

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but i got error on android.os.SystemProperties and android.telephony.TelephonyProperties... Should I import something? – Android_Rookie May 21 '12 at 09:17

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 25 '13 at 07:25

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This code should work.

String myIMSI =
android.os.SystemProperties.get(android.telephony.TelephonyProperties.PROPERTY_IMSI);

answered Jun 25 '13 at 07:25

İbrahim Yiğit Yağız

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How to retrieve SIM card IMSI in Android?

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