I was looking at the print on the back of the iPhone 3G and compared it to the original iPhone and notice there isn't a serial printed on it. I find this rather interesting move on apples part. Whenever I have had my iPhone replaced, they looked at the serial on the back to pull up the info about it. Now they will probably have to go into the about menu. But this brings up another problem. What if the iPhone is completely fried and won't turn on at all? I guess Apple will have to look up the serial by Name or phone number.
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No Serial Number on iPhone 3G Back
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Hang on to your box. at worst case, the serial number is printed on the bottom.
I have a feeling Apple did this to assist with the refurb process. If I remember right, there were all kinds of problems with refurbs getting new IMEIs and serial numbers. Not printing them on the back allows Apple to swap out external casings without having to worry that the internal numbers don't match the external.
I have a feeling Apple did this to assist with the refurb process. If I remember right, there were all kinds of problems with refurbs getting new IMEIs and serial numbers. Not printing them on the back allows Apple to swap out external casings without having to worry that the internal numbers don't match the external.
They know all about your phone because you are required to activate your phone with them. They can look up when your iPhone was purchased and activated based on your name or phone number.
SIM Card tray
Use your SIM Card ejector tool to pull the tray out. The serial number and IMEI are printed on that.
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Use your SIM Card ejector tool to pull the tray out. The serial number and IMEI are printed on that.
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There's some numbers you can dial and it will give you the serial number. I did this on my first gen a while back and it was correct.
Find a serieal number for IPHONE 3gs when dead
Go to your ITUNEs
click on "help"
CLick on "About Itunes"
An Itunes agreement will appera scrolling down
Once you see Iphone s/n and numbers hit the space bar. (to pause so you can read the number)
If you have gone to far down you can hit the shift key to reverse
Hope this helps
Go to your ITUNEs
click on "help"
CLick on "About Itunes"
An Itunes agreement will appera scrolling down
Once you see Iphone s/n and numbers hit the space bar. (to pause so you can read the number)
If you have gone to far down you can hit the shift key to reverse
Hope this helps