iOS get serial number of device (iPad) on iOS7

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I need to get the serial number of my device. It has to be the serial number and not an uuid or something else.

I'm supervising over 100 iPads with an enterprise app. So i need the serial number for organization reasons. In case my app is not in the app store. I heard that i can use iokit, but i didn't find anything helpful for ios 7 about it.

Is there any good tutorial for iOS7 - IOKit or is there another way to get the serial number?

Thanks in advance!

possible duplicate of [Retrieving the serial number from the device](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7127614/retrieving-the-serial-number-from-the-device) — Mike Mertsock, Jan 15 '14 at 16:02

score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

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Here is a working solution from 0xced (thanks to him!):

UIDevice+serialNumber category

Just tried it and it works like a charm, but as he pointed (and you said it's OK), won't be accepted by AppStore.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

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answered Jan 15 '14 at 16:09

Dmitry Zhukov

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Thank you a thousand times! – Daniel Uzelac Jan 15 '14 at 16:20
Glad to help! All kudos to Cédric Luthi anyway :) – Dmitry Zhukov Jan 15 '14 at 16:21
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Thanks, I tried this but it gives crash in iOS 8 beta 5....any other good approach for both iOS 7 and iOS 8?? Please advise – Meet Aug 13 '14 at 06:08
@iOSDev, as I mentioned above - probably not. – Dmitry Zhukov Jun 30 '15 at 08:36
Hi All: i am working on internal and need to get serial number . I am trying to access the link mentioned in Answer. I am not able to open. Can someone guide me on this? – Nitya Jun 15 '16 at 18:11
it works only for simulator not working for real device – Gowtham Dec 22 '20 at 08:53

iOS get serial number of device (iPad) on iOS7

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