Programmatically get Android first activation date

Asked Jan 01 '15 at 12:15

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I'm trying to programmatically find my phone's first activation / unboxing / last factory reset date. I know that there isn't an API for that, but I tried a few things:

1) PackageInfo.firstInstallTime() for a system package
2) BUILD.Time
3) new File("/proc/cpuinfo").lastModified()

But none of them gave the exact true date. Any ideas ?
Thanks in advance.

asked Jan 01 '15 at 12:15

amitooshacham

I believe Android doesn't have any mechanism to store “unboxing" date. Even if it manages to do so, it'll get formatted after the first factory reset. – Swap Jan 02 '15 at 04:16
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@Swap, I wouldn't mind getting the date of the last factory reset either. – amitooshacham Jan 04 '15 at 08:03
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@amitooshacham, did you find anything that help to get the unboxing date or the first activation ? – Wael Abo-Aishah Oct 15 '17 at 15:59
@WaelAbo-Aishah nope, sorry. – amitooshacham Oct 16 '17 at 08:39
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@amitooshacham did you got the answer ? I am also facing the same problem .. – Amit Ranjan Sep 09 '19 at 12:28

Programmatically get Android first activation date

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