What is a serial number?

The manufacturer assigns each released device a unique serial number in which all information about the device model, country, and release date is encrypted. The serial number is unique for each device of the same manufacturer.

What is IMEI?

Mobile phones, in addition to the serial number, have the so-called IMEI code. IMEI is an international identifier unique to each mobile phone. IMEI is a generally accepted standard for all mobile devices that is “sewn” into the phone during manufacture at the factory. This is something like a serial number, which is transmitted to the operator when authorizing the phone on the network. The format of the IMEI code is the same for all phones, regardless of manufacturer. Also, the IMEI code is used to track and block stolen phones at the level of a mobile operator, which in the future does not allow the use of such a device in the network of this operator. However, blocking IMEI code from one operator does not prevent it from being used on other networks.

How to find out the serial number of the device?

As a rule, the serial number is printed on the packaging and duplicated on the device’s case; in most cases, the serial number is accessible through the software shell.

How to find out IMEI phone?

To check the IMEI of the phone, dial * # 06 # and the call button on your phone. The phone’s IMEI looks like a 15-digit numeric code. The IMEI code is duplicated under the battery of your phone, on the packaging and in the warranty card.

Why do I need this?

SNDeepInfo is the most affordable way to find out all the information about a device before you give money away. Enter the serial number of the device or IMEI phone in the input field and get accurate information about the phone model. Apple users receive extended information indicating physical and technical specifications (device color, memory size, production date, firmware version when selling the device, unlock methods and jailbreak).

What is all this for?

SNDeepInfo will protect you from buying a fake device. If during the check, the serial number does not appear in the system, think about whether you are buying fake equipment.

SNDeepInfo saves you from buying stolen goods. Each user who has become a victim of theft or has lost a device has the opportunity to leave the stolen phone number or serial number of the device in the IMEI database. Therefore, SNDeepInfo is not only a service for checking IMEI and serial numbers, but also a database of stolen phones and devices.

SNDeepInfo helps you find stolen and lost. Enter the stolen phone code or the serial number of the missing device in the IMEI database, and increase the chances of finding a loss. If during verification it turns out that the device is listed as stolen, you can return it to its full owner and get a reward if it was appointed by the owner.

SNDeepInfo is not just an IMEI phone database and serial number verification, it is an in-depth quality control service for devices, a seller’s integrity test and a search service for stolen phones and lost devices.

Currently, the service supports IMEI verification of all phones, including IMEI Apple iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X, as well as Samsung Galaxy S8, and Galaxy Note 8! It is planned to expand the service for checking serial numbers of devices for any electronic equipment.

This time we will consider the option of how to find a phone via IMEI yourself via the Internet, because sometimes you need to quickly and urgently find a smartphone that has been lost.

The most commonly used gadget in the modern world is a mobile phone. It is always at hand, it stores a ton of information, all important numbers, as well as dates. And it’s not strange that after the loss or theft of such an assistant, a person in the literal sense of the word remains “ as without hands". If this happens, the person tries to find the lost gadget as soon as possible. But at such a moment, a logical question arises: what needs to be done in order to make the search as fruitful as possible? There is a lot of information on the Internet about this. Most common  the way to search for a phone on an android is to search using imei, well, provided that you know it.

What is IMEI Android Phone (Have)

Imei  Is a special phone code consisting of 15 digits. Usually it is located on the device’s body under the battery. But, in order to watch it, it is not necessary to pull out the battery. Just dial a combination *#06#   and the number will appear on the mobile screen.

Several ways to find your phone by IMEI yourself via the Internet

Now we will look at 4 of the most effective and efficient ways to find a missing pet. The very first methods are the simplest and fastest, and the most recent are more complex.

The Android Remote Control service is not well known to anyone, except to users of the Google system. But with his help can find your device. In fact, it is already automatically integrated into the phone’s operating system. Therefore, it allows you to find a smartphone on a virtual map that shows its current location.

But, such a system indicates not just the coordinates of the device that was lost. As a rule, the owner can use the service " To call", As well as" Block and Delete data. " But it is worth remembering that the device that you are trying to find should have android firmware no older than 3.2.25. In other cases, it will be done impossible.

Find A Lost Android Phone Via Computer Using Airdroid

Airdroid is an analogue of Google. True, in this case, you will be able to independently control the device from a distance at the software level. But there is one drawback, and quite significant! If a SIM card is removed from the phone, or disconnect it from the internet, it will be impossible to do all the manipulations for the search. This application can be found through the Google Play system.

How to find a phone by gps through a computer - Lost Android program

Lost Android is quite common, in fact very powerful programallowing you to control the device from a distance. And also, as in the previous version, Google Play will help you to use it. After installation, an application called “Personal Notes” will appear in the smartphone, under which the true program for tracking will be hidden. When activating a program, give it device administrator rights. Then you have to go through a small registration using your Google account. After that, the program is completely ready for use. She can use such opportunities remotely, as:

• Vibration activation
• Sound on
• Display on
• Blocking and Unblocking from the Internet
• Send messages that will pop up on the screen asking you to return the device
• Copy and view photos, video files, and contacts
• Receive notifications about replacing a SIM card and much more.

If the device has GPS enabled, then you can easily find it on the map.

Find a phone through the police

In the Russian Federation, only mobile operators have access to a location. But such information announced to citizens  only after those turn to law enforcement. That’s why in order to get such data you need to contact the police, presenting the ownership of the phone, indicating your details, imei,  as well as filling out all the necessary papers.

After registering the application, law enforcement officers send an official request to the mobile operator, and they confirm the authenticity of the words you said about the owner of the device. Only then is an official response provided. But as practice shows, if you are an ordinary person, there will be difficult to find a device  in this manner. As a rule, the police rarely react to such statements and try to do something. As a result, the fraudster who stole or appropriated the device manages to change the card, or sell the phone on the market. Then find him practically impossible.

But this method is suitable for those who have at least the slightest police communications  FSB, or a cellular company. Then the process will definitely give results. Then, the search can last only a few hours, and be fruitful even if the device was turned off. But on practice, only a small percentage of people go to the police after missing the phone. In addition, it is worth remembering that if in the search process it turns out that if a person just lost his phone, then you can get a fine penny…

CONCLUSION

After reading the detailed material on the topic of searching for a missing smartphone, you will probably know how to find a phone by IMEI yourself via the Internet, and therefore write in advance to your phone number on your phone.

A mobile phone has long been an integral part of the life of almost every modern person, and the technical capabilities of iPhones and other modern smartphones allow you to store a huge amount of important personal and business information on them. In this regard, its loss can be a real disaster for its owner.

What to do if your favorite gadget disappears? It is necessary to act as follows:

1. First of all, you need to make sure that the device is really lost or stolen, maybe it was just left somewhere within your apartment, littered with a pile of things or rolled up behind a sofa and it is difficult to find. So try to remember the last time you saw him and look there.
2. If there is another telephone in the house, call “yourself” and listen, maybe you will hear it.
3. If the mobile phone is not found at home, remember where you were recently - people often forget their gadgets at work, in the car or visiting friends and relatives. Look there.

If all this does not give positive results - the device can be considered lost. But this is not a reason to panic. Perhaps not everything is gone.

There are several ways to recover a lost or stolen phone. We note in advance that in the case of if your mobile  If it was stolen, an attacker can throw your SIM card and reflash the phone in order to change the IMEI code, so you need to act as quickly and efficiently as possible.

The first way is to call the phone

You can try to contact the new "owner" of the device by calling him on your number from another device. it first thing you need  try to do when the device is lost. In fairness, it is worth noting that this almost never gives a positive result, because a person who found or bought a stolen phone in the secondary market is unlikely to want to part with it, so your SIM card will most likely be ejected immediately .

But nevertheless, this still needs to be done in order to exclude this option, in addition, there are still many decent people in the world who can get into a position and recover your loss, free of charge or for material gratitude.

The second way is to contact law enforcement agencies

After you unsuccessfully tried to call your phone, the next logical step will be going to law enforcement  in order to file an application for the loss of the device and a request to find and return it to its rightful owner, that is, to you. It is important not to forget to bring along documents for the gadget and IMEI-code of the phone, which should be indicated not only on the device itself, but also in the passport of the smartphone and on the surface of its original packaging.

If anyone does not know, then IMEI is an international identifier for mobile equipment, this is a unique 15-digit identifier code, individual for each mobile device. As already said - IMEI is indicated on the body  the phone itself, most often under the battery, in the passport of the device and on the original packaging. You can also see the IMEI of the phone by dialing * # 06 # and the call button - the code will be displayed.

This method, most likely, will be inconclusive, since there are heaps of such statements in police stations, and the valiant law enforcement officers have something to do, besides looking for such losses. Therefore, one must be prepared for the fact that they most likely will not find him.

But also note that when you visit the police with a similar complaint, they will require documents on your lost phone there to confirm your property rights  to the device you specified. Therefore, if the device stolen from you was purchased by you on the secondary market and at the same time there were no documents attached to the device, or they are missing for other reasons, then they will most likely refuse help.

In fairness, it is worth noting that in more developed countries, such as Germany, the problem of theft of mobile phones is completely resolved at the legislative level.

Pedantic Germans approached the issue, as always, wisely. After you file a complaint with the German police about the theft of your phone, law enforcement authorities send them to everyone mobile providers  lists of similar devices with their IMEI codes. Mobile operators, according to German law, are obligated to block such devices, and it is no longer possible to use them. In Germany, everyone knows this and no one will buy a stolen smartphone, and, therefore, it is not profitable to steal them.

The third way - search for a phone using satellite and internet

Legends about the "magical" search for lost phones "via satellite" have long been wandering on the Internet and American blockbusters. So is it a myth or a truth? Let's figure it out right away. Is it possible to find the missing via satellite?

Mobile phones, even those with Internet access, have nothing to do with satellites other than the GPS function, so talk about "satellite search"  doesn't make any sense. It is actually about searching using the Internet. This will be discussed later.

New programs and online services are constantly being created on the Internet, with which you can determine the location of your lost device for free. The choice of program or service depends on the modification of your device or the operating system on which it works.

Below are some of them.

Finding an Android Phone Using the Internet

If you have lost a smartphone running on the basis of Android, you can resort to the help of a special service provided by Google, called Android Davice Manager.

Working with this service is very simple, and it looks like this:

• you need to go to the service website;
• select a phone model in a special window;
• if at this moment the device is on the Internet, then the service will immediately indicate its exact location.

Search for a phone through LoSToleN

To use this function, you must first install LoSToleN on your smartphone. If you lose your phone when its new owner installs a new SIM card on it, you to a pre-specified  In the “spare” phone number, you will be sent an SMS message that will notify you that the device has been turned on and indicate the number of the new Sim card. In the future, at your discretion, there are two options: either call up the new owner of the gadget yourself and try to agree on a good one, or contact the law enforcement authorities with these data and give them the opportunity to solve this problem.

Phone search through maps-info.ru

Another free way to search for a lost mobile phone is to search through the maps-info.ru service. It looks like this. We go to the above site in the "free monitoring" section, go through simple registration procedure  and indicate there two phone numbers - the one you want to find, and the number you want to get information on the progress of the search on, then press the "search" function. Within a few minutes, all the information found will be sent to your new number, after which you will decide what to do with it.

Search with IMEI-Poisk 2.0

This program searches for the lost gadget in accessible databases based on information received directly from the user, such as: time of last use, location, phone number and IMEI code.

Apple iPhone Phone Search

Apple, which makes the iPhone, also worried about a problem such as finding a lost iPhone phone. IPhone brand devices  have a factory built-in search engine for a lost iPhone brand called “iPhone Search”, with which it is easy to track your iPhone if you have Internet access.

This feature allows owners of iPhone phones to facilitate the search process.

Search off phone

Using the Internet, you can find a smartphone only if it has the GPS function turned on or information is being transmitted. If these conditions are not met, the phone will not identify itself on the network.

After all of the above, it is worth noting that on the Internet, in addition to useful and free programs and sites, there is also many fraudulent organizationswho offer access to IMEI databases after you send them an SMS message. There is no benefit from access to such databases, because this does not help in any way to find the lost gadget.

Therefore, if you are trying to find a gadget that you have lost yourself using the Internet, be careful not to deceive yourself, and, in addition to the gadget, also lose money.

IMEI is a completely unique code that is embedded in a smartphone. By identifier, you can distinguish it from another with almost 100% accuracy and prove your rights to the phone. On the Internet, there have been many rumors about this IMEI, which claim that with its help you can independently find a smartphone. In the article, we will consider what is true of this and what is fiction aimed at pumping money.

How to learn IMEI?

There are several places that contain the desired phone code, in each of them the same identifier is duplicated. Use one of the available options:

• In the phone you need to enter * # 06 #;

• The battery must have a label with a code. If the battery has changed, then you will not be able to find it accordingly;
• In the documents on the phone and box. They must contain this information without fail.

Using one of the methods you will learn a unique 15-17-digit code. IMEI is a great option to prove ownership of the phone if there is a contentious situation. It is extremely difficult to change the identifier, and only a few bother with this, and then for exclusive models.

How to find a phone by IMEI?

There is the only real way to find a phone by IMEI - contact the police. With you, you should have a set of documents for the device:

• Box;
• A check indicating the purchase of a smartphone;
• Warranty card.

Based on this data, it will be possible to begin actions to find the phone, but this still does not guarantee a positive outcome. An operation that allows you to find a phone through IMEI is very troublesome, but you may be able to interest law enforcement agencies in an early resolution of the situation. It is no secret that the search for an ordinary person does not pass particularly quickly either in Russia or in Ukraine, but if you promise rewards or you are an influential person or simply beat the thresholds endlessly, then you will succeed.

Why it is difficult to find a phone by IMEI on your own, or rather unrealistic, but the thing is that the necessary base for the search is stored by the mobile operator. It is natural that he refuses to provide data without a court order, and even more so they will not post this database on third-party sites.

Important Note. This operation can be dangerous if the smartphone was brought into the country illegally. Then IMEI will be absent in the database, and you may be fined and even prosecuted. If you are not sure that your IMEI is “white”, then the search may turn out to be more expensive.

Immediately after your application, at least, a petition is filed in court, where law enforcement agencies need to prove the need for a further search. If the court approves and gives its decision on the provision of data on this IMEI, then the search will continue.

Only after this, the police will try to find the phone via IMEI via satellite, in fact, there are already much more chances to find it, but as you understand, no one will rush too much, especially without additional interest, in particular, if the disclosure of a serious matter depends on it.

Phone stolen, how to find by IMEI yourself?

A separate topic that requires coverage. Here you do not have such an opportunity, there is nowhere to take the IMEI database, and the location is calculated at the signal intersection points. That is, when 5 strips are connected, this means that there are 5 towers in the coverage area. If you make the intersection of each signal, you can accurately determine the location of the phone. As you know, it’s impossible to calculate via satellite and towers, where do you get these resources from.

To find a stolen phone through IMEI, you have to use the standard procedure and hope for a better outcome. More modern models are easier to find and therefore much more likely. The probability that everything will end favorably is, and moreover, it is not small.

Alternative ways to find a smartphone

Regardless of which you can’t find a phone by IMEI, you have other ways, albeit less effective. Perhaps some of this comes in handy:

• Fill out a business card on your phone. Thus, if the device was not stolen, but simply lost, the finder will have the opportunity to contact you at an alternative number, mail or address;
• Install antivirus software. Almost all antiviruses have the function of remote control over the smartphone, including the display of the current location. Some even have the ability to lock the phone when changing SIM, deleting personal data, etc .;

• Also, despite the fact that this will not help you in finding a smartphone, but immediately after detecting a loss, block the SIM card so that you are not robbed of electronic payment services;
• If the lost phone is an iPhone, then you have the opportunity to find it through the service https://www.icloud.com;

• Also add the phone to the list stolen on the LoSToleN service - this is a kind of common base where buyers check the origin of the phone.

It is worth noting, do not forget to use the built-in fingerprint functions, graphic keys, etc.

The lesson is simple, when trying to find an IMEI phone via the Internet, the maximum that you can achieve is to lose your money by giving it to scammers. Do not make hasty decisions and use the nearest police station.

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So, you have lost your beloved gadget, which hides almost your entire life. What to do in this situation? There is only one answer: to search. And of course, according to IMEI, we will deal with the details in the process. It remains only to understand what this very IMEI is. We’ll start with this question.

What is IMEI

   This is how the sticker with the IMEI code on the box looks like

Each mobile phone is assigned its own identification number, by which it is registered in the network. This number should be assigned to the device at the factory and, in theory, changing it, if not impossible, then very time-consuming. It is to ensure security - that, by stealing a smartphone, an attacker could not change his IMEI - the algorithm for assigning it is constantly changing. At the very beginning, when mobile phones were just starting to do, there were 14 characters in the code, and in 2004 there were 15 of them. This code consists of an identifier, a designation of the place and date of assembly, and so on, that the user does not need to know.

IMEI can be seen if carefully look at the boxwhich your device was packaged with upon purchase. It can also be find on the phone itselfif you raise the battery, but for devices with a fixed battery, this method is not suitable. Finally, you can type on the keyboard a specific keyboard shortcutso that the identification code appears on the screen.

Important: the code for checking IMEI is * # 06 # and the call.

They stole the phone. What to do?

  No one is safe from a thief

If your phone was stolen, you must first write police statement. Well, or say goodbye to your device, because - and this is important to remember - only this body can search for a phone by IMEI. The fact is that, according to our legislation, only the police can send a request to the operator to track the phone.

When the phone goes on the network, this happens precisely with the help of the identification code, and the base station “knows” that this or that phone has entered the network using two factors: the SIM card signal and the IMEI of a particular device. However locate smartphone only by IMEI  mobile provider can not.

Only the operator can tell where the lost phone is, and he can do this only at the request of the competent authorities.

In order to write a statement to the police  in connection with the theft of the smartphone, you need to indicate your passport data, provide documents for the purchase of the smartphone (check, warranty card, etc.), as well as the IMEI device. The district police department transfers the case to the unit that deals with such issues, and it, in turn, sends a request to the operator. As you can see, this is not a quick matter, since the police are not a lost property agency, but the criminal intent must still be proved.

In fact, your gadget will actually be searched only if its loss occurred as a result of a criminal offense, for example, robbery, etc.

That is why any other suggestions find phone by IMEI  - via satellite, online, free or otherwise, firstly, they are doomed to failureand secondly by default are fraudulent. Also, there are no programs for finding a phone by IMEI, unless it is a database of stolen devices, created in order, for example, not to buy such a device from hand.

Why can not you find a phone IMEI online

Imagine: your phone was stolen. What do thieves do in this case? That's right: Simka - in the nearest garbage can, turn off the device itself. It would seem how to track the phone in IMEI? But the myths that this is possible are very tenacious, and not in vain.

The fact is that even in the turned off gadget remain   working processes: battery consumption control, a network processor that periodically sends low-frequency signals by the radio frequency module, but does not climb into the network, but waits for the alarm to work or connect to a USB port, and static memory are involved. Everything else is sleeping, including the actual radio module. Consequently, no satellite, no base station - but no one at all  - this phone does not “see” and cannot find it.

On the other hand, as soon as a new SIM card is inserted into the stolen phone and it tries to register on the network, it is thanks to IMEI that the system will show that the stolen phone appeared there. In Europe and the USA, such a device is immediately blocked, so a pickpocket or a fan of saving money will not receive much joy from theft. But in the Russian Federation there is no such system yet, but perhaps.

However, you can protect your phone from thieves, or at least make their life not so sweet, and in subsequent articles we will tell you how to do it.

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