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Isn't IMEI just basically a serial number also. Bigger the number in the same model, later it has left a factory?
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Originally Posted by zimon
For the most part yes.
Isn't IMEI just basically a serial number also. Bigger the number in the same model, later it has left a factory?
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I'm sorry, but I feel that some facts need to be injected to this discussion:
The algorithm for calculating IMEI checksum is public, so anyone can make up valid numbers, no need to find a number of another phone.
If you change your device's IMEI, you are better off using an invented number than a number of another phone. If you use a number of another phone and it is reported stolen, your device will be blocked. No chance of that with an invented number.
Some networks (those in South Korea, for example) use IMEI white lists for allowing phones on the network, so you do need a valid number from a phone that is on the list, but a list from Nokia does not help anyone in that regard.
The algorithm for calculating IMEI checksum is public, so anyone can make up valid numbers, no need to find a number of another phone.
If you change your device's IMEI, you are better off using an invented number than a number of another phone. If you use a number of another phone and it is reported stolen, your device will be blocked. No chance of that with an invented number.
Some networks (those in South Korea, for example) use IMEI white lists for allowing phones on the network, so you do need a valid number from a phone that is on the list, but a list from Nokia does not help anyone in that regard.
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2010-04-02
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Originally Posted by zimon
The label on the box has the year and week number the phone was manufactured.
So there is no free access database, where one could check with an IMEI number when the device left the factory?
Or at least, if the device was ready in 2009 or 2010?
Would think, after some date, all USB-connectors are extra checked in the factory.
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Originally Posted by stlpaul
Not on everyone's box, unfortunately.
The label on the box has the year and week number the phone was manufactured.