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I want to know if there is a way to find out the default IMEI number of an android phone... I mean that I want to know if the IMEI number has been changed by the person who owns the phone.

DiVeRsi0n
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  • You can find the answer here, http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1972381/how-to-programmatically-get-the-devices-imei-esn-in-android, this seems like duplicate. – ksarmalkar Mar 23 '15 at 19:04
  • I dont want to find the IMEI number programmatically – DiVeRsi0n Mar 23 '15 at 19:14

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You want to call TelephonyManager.getDeviceId().

TelephonyManager telephonyManager = (TelephonyManager)getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
telephonyManager.getDeviceId();

And you should add the following permission into your Manifest.xml file:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE"/>

Be careful about doing this. Not only will users wonder why your application is accessing their telephony stack, it might be difficult to migrate data over if the user gets a new device.

Sujith Thankachan
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  • thanks for your answer but I am not developing an app to do this... I want to know if there is a way to find the number without developing an app. – DiVeRsi0n Mar 23 '15 at 19:16
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If you're not trying to find IMEI from code but directly viewing phone that's simple. Just dial *#06# from your phone or alternatively checking in your phone following:

Settings - About Phone - Status - SIM card Status -IMEI

No IMEI doesn't change.

justLearning
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