IMEI Awareness! Check your Smartphone's Originality

Its not easy for one to detect whether a phone he/she buying is original or not. May be its stolen if you're buying a second hand phone or may be its Korean. Many of my friends ask me about this and i used to help them. So in this article i want to help my blog readers so that they see no difficulty in buying any phone whether new or second hand. I will try to cover all of the brand phones. Do read this and spread this awareness.

As you know, Mobile Market is now filled with fake phones and many people selling phones as Original even with Branded tags. Besides this factor, there are replicas available in the market like Korean phones that looks similar to the original phone and it is quite hard for one to spot at the moment whether phone is original or a copy. So following are the ways to check your phone.

IMEI:-

IMEI stands for International Mobile Equipment Identity. It is a 15 digits number and found on the box of your mobile phone. You can also find in by removing back cover and bettery, other way of finding IMEI is dial *#06# and your IMEI will pop up. You can also find your IMEI by going in settings->about phone->status.

Nexus 5 Users:-

If you're planning to buy Nexus 5 then before you buy, please check its imei and originality. After copying IMEI, go to link http://csmg.lgmobile.com:9002/csmg/b2c/client/auth_model_check2.jsp?esn=123456789123456 and replace your imei number at the end of the link in place of counting. After hitting enter, you will see Nexus 5 information. If this information matches its phone box then your mobile is original else not.

Samsung Galaxy Users:-

If you have Galaxy phone in your hand and you want to check its originality, dial *#0*# and you will be displayed with a menu which is called as General Test Mode. There, you can test your device's LCD, color test, touch test, sensors test, vibration test, camera test, sound test etc. If your device pass all of these tests then its a Samsung device. You can also dial *#7353# which will take you to Quick Test Menu.

You can further check Samsung's Secret Codes and their working HERE & HERE. 

Spot Galaxy by Physical Looks

1) Screen is made of cheap glass material.

2) Screen is too far from the edge.

3) Screen is not as bright and vibrant as the original device.

4) Some of the sensors are not available.

5) Home button is not of the exact same size as that of genuine.

6) Samsung logo is not smoothed out and can be removed by rubbing.

7) Device's proportions is different than that of genuine product.

8) Gaps between parts like home, power and volume buttons are obvious.

9) Battery specifications are not the same.

Sony Users:-

If you want to test Genuine Product Verification for Sony then it's pretty easy. Go to Sony's official site for Product Verification HERE and enter your imei number to check your device's originality.

HTC Users:-

HTC users please proceed to this LINK to check your devices.

Best Way to Know Your Phone Better:-

Look at the 7th and 8th digit of your IMEI. These two digits will ensure your phone's quality.

• If 7th and 8th digits are 01 or 10, this indicates your cell phone is manufactured in Finland which is high quality.
• If 7th and 8th digits are 13, this indicates your cell phone is assembled in Azerbaijan which is too bad and also dangerous for health.
• If 7th and 8th digits are 02 or 20, this indicates your cell phone is assembled in Emirates which is very poor quality.
• If 7th and 8th digits are 03/30 or 04/40, this indicates your cell phone is made in China but its quality is good but not good as 00,01 or 10.
• If 7th and 8th digits are 05 or 50 this indicates your cell phone is manufactured either in Brazil or Finland or USA.
• If 7th and 8th digits are 06 or 60 this indicates your cell phone is manufactured either in Hong Kong or China or Mexico.
• If 7th and 8th digits are 08 or 80 this indicates your cell phone is manufactured in Germany which is fair quality.

Further, visit imei.info to get details about your mobile model by entering your imei number.

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