How to Find the IMEI Number on a Mobile Phone

Having your cell phone or tablet stolen is not just a bad day at the zoo, it potentially compromises your safety and security. Thanks to the FCC (back in the age of the dinosaurs, the early '80s), Electronic Serial Numbers were created to give a unique identifiers to mobile devices. Since then, usage of mobile devices has exploded, and the Electronic Serial Number of yore became the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) and the MEID (Mobile Equipment ID—a super set of IMEI) of today.

If a phone, iPad, or other mobile device is stolen, carriers in some countries can blacklist the IMEI or MEID so that the thief cannot use the phone in any capacity (regardless of whether or not the SIM card has been replaced). This is a number you should keep on file, in a secure place, should the need ever arise. We'll show you a few tips on how to do this.

Steps

Keypad Method

1
Dial it in. Most phones have a very simple key-in method to retrieve IMEI/MEID numbers: enter a 5-digit string—*#06#—and the number will be displayed on your phone.
This is not true for all carriers or phones. For example, while an iPhone on the AT&T network will return the MEID number, an iPhone on the Verizon network dials the number and reaches a recording that says, "Your call cannot be completed as dialed." Good thing there are other methods!
2
Go to the dial screen on your phone. On the keypad, enter *#06# without any spaces, as shown:
3
Copy your IMEI. The IMEI will appear as you dial the final character, and should call the information automatically without your having to hit dial or send.
Consider adding *#06# as a phone contact. That way you don’t have to look it up again!

The Battery Method

1
Turn the phone completely off. As with any electronic device, it's always best to power down before you start poking around the innards. It's doubtful the phone will give you a jolt, but you could fritz out phone easily, and then what good would there be in having your IMEI?
2
Remove the back cover. Slide the back open carefully, and remove the battery.

Find the IMEI. Look in the empty battery slot for a white label noting the IMEI (highlighted in yellow here). It should be 15 or 17 digits, not including a few forward slashes, and shouldn’t contain any letters. Only the first 15 digits are needed.

iPhone and iPad

1
Tap Settings. This will open up the Settings window where you can set and see all your preferences.

2
Scroll down to General, and tap that. You will be shown a list of all the basic information about your pad or tablet. Tap the About field, highlighted on the iPhone below:
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Locate your MEID. Scroll down the information list that tells you about your songs, videos, photos, etc. Towards the bottom, you will see MEID and to the right of that, a 14-digit number. This is your MEID. Shown below on an iPad:
4
Look on iTunes. Connect your iPhone to your computer, and launch iTunes.
5
Locate your phone. It will be listed on the left-hand column, under the headingDevices. At the top you will see a picture of your phone, along with your name, capacity, software version, serial number, and phone number.
6
Click on your phone number. When you click on your phone number in iTunes, it will toggle between your number and your MEID.
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