How to get IMEI on iPhone?

Question

I want to get IMEI on iPhone. I try to use the following code:

#import "Message/NetworkController.h"
NetworkController *ntc=[[NetworkController sharedInstance] autorelease];
NSString *imeistring = [ntc IMEI];

But NetworkController is not found.

I also find that I can get uniqueIdentifier using:

UIDevice *myDevice = [UIDevice currentDevice];
NSString *identifier = myDevice.uniqueIdentifier;

But this cannot help me to get IMEI.

Any suggestion about how to get IMEI on iPhone?

Answer 1

You can't find the IMEI programmatically on the iPhone.

Answer 2

I'm sure there are reasons you can't do this easily. Auto-unlocker app? I don't think so. I'm sure Apple and AT&T wouldn't like it too much either.

*#06# is the way to get it manually.

Answer 3

There is no oficial way to get it, but....

in the apples private framework "CoreTelephony.framework" (Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS2.0.sdk/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreTelephony.framework)

There is a method __CTGetIMEI

If you know, how to work with private frameworks, it can help you. ;)

Answer 4

I found that erica had posted the header file "Message/NetworkController.h" on ericasadun.com. http://ericasadun.com/iPhoneDocs300/_network_controller_8h-source.html (It's been removed now)

I created a header file, copy and paste the NetworkController.h file into it and add the private framework "Message.framework" to my project, import the header file I created.

Now I can use the original method I found to get the imei number.

NetworkController *ntc = [NetworkController sharedInstance];
NSString *imeistring = [ntc IMEI];

Answer 5

With the Given (http://ericasadun.com/iPhoneDocs300/_network_controller_8h-source.html) link I couldnt able to find the header file "Message/NetworkController.h". Can u Post the contents of "Message/NetworkController.h" file.....

Answer 6

Is there anyway to get the IMEI with OS4?

Can i call __CTGetIMEI with iOS4?

If yes how i can do this?