Jan 30, 2017 - Hackers were apparently able to generate a valid serial number by changing one or two. Once a hacker manages to get a valid serial number using this. Use it to unlock a previously non-functional or stolen iPhone or iPad.

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In case you are not aware, the serial number provides some interesting information about your iPhone, including the week it was manufactured and the factory id.

Folks at OS X Daily tell us that the serial number on the iPhone tells you the week it was manufactured, the factory where it was made and somethings which you already know such as the color and the size of the storage.

The first step is to locate the Serial Number. The easiest way to find it is to open your Settings app and navigate to General -> About -> Serial Number. You should also see the Serial Number in the Summary tab in iTunes when your iPhone is connected to the computer.

Serial numbers come in the form AABCCDDDEEF which can be read as follows:

• AA = Factory and machine ID
• B = Year manufactured (simplified to final digit, 2010 is 0, 2011 is 1, etc)
• CC = Week of production
• DDD = Unique identifier
• EEF = iPhone model, color of device and size of storage

Note: It’s not clear what’s the last three characters for all the white iPhone 4 models. So if you have one do let us know.

Unfortunately, Apple has changed the serial number generation with the CDMA iPhone 4, so this is not applicable for the CDMA iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S.

But no worries, OS X Daily reader Michael points out that this website decodes the serial number of not only previous generation iPhones but also iPhone 4S (except it is wrongly reporting that our iPhone 4S is the sixth generation iPhone).

Let us know if you were able to decode your iPhone’s serial number.

I know changing the IMEI number of the phone, is illegal in most countries.

I'm basicly curious about two things:

1. Is that possible?
2. If it is not possible; why is that so hard, technically? (Considering the fact that it is written somewhere in the phones memory.)

2 Answers

Apart from the fact that it is illegal (in most if not all countries), you might want to think about why you would ever want to change the IMEI on your phone. I can think of only a few reasons why you would want to do that:

1. clear the identity of a stolen phone
2. clear information about phone manufacturer and model
3. research

Speaking english lessons in pdf. Numbers 1 and 2 are highly questionable I would say. But to answer your questions:

1. Depending on the phone it could be possible, unless a one time programmable chip is used to store it, changing the IMEI would mean changing that chip, and since that's usually baked on the phones motherboard, it requires you to change that completely then.
2. Why is it made so hard? Well to prevent you from clearing the identity of a stolen phone mostly.

Consider the IMEI of your phone the same as the chassis number of your car, why on earth would you want to change that, unless you have criminal intent?

The only way to change IMEi on iPhone is by reassembling another motherboard with new baseband module

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