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I mean I want to obtain some information (particularly SIM lock status) about an iPhone from its IMEI number (or serial number).

In other words, I want to reproduce a very basic functionality of any of these sites: http://emag.radiom.ru/, http://www.imei.info/check-warranty-unlock/ http://www.s-url.ro.

Preferred languages are: Objective-C/C, bash, AppleScript, filemaker and python.

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Apple does not allow applications access to information like the IMEI-number or the serial number of the phone, so there is unfortunately no way to achieve what you are attempting to do.

If you are not programming for the App Store however, you could access the IMEI-number as described by Erica Sadun here, and the serial number described here.

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  • Thank you Emil for your effort and your answer, but that is not what I was asking for: I already have an IMEI of a device, and I need to get SIM lock status from that IMEI (just like those sites mentioned above) – Oleg Trakhman Dec 19 '12 at 15:10
  • Ah, sorry. I suggest instead of reinventing the wheel, that you ask one of those sites for a framework or some hints, because I strongly doubt you will get the answer you are looking for here. – Emil Dec 19 '12 at 15:14
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    And BTW Erica's solution doesn't work on new devices, it's better to use other undocumented APIs to obtain IMEI, like this from CoreTelephony.framework: `_CTServerConnectionCopyMobileEquipmentInfo()` – Oleg Trakhman Dec 19 '12 at 15:15