Parking
Free street parking directly on Livernois outside the shop, and on the side streets off Fenkell. You will not be circling the block.
Find your IMEI
Where the IMEI
Where the IMEI
hides on your phone.
*#06#
works on every phone ever made. If you would rather use the menus, the path differs by brand —
pick yours.
The one that always works
Dial
Dial *#06# first.
Open the keypad, type *#06#, and the IMEI appears on screen before you press call. It is a GSM standard, so it works on every make and every carrier — iPhone, Samsung, Pixel, a flip phone from 2009. No call is placed and nothing is charged. On most phones it even works from the lock screen. If you see two numbers, the phone has two SIM slots; use the first, IMEI1.
Why the menu path differs
Same number, different drawer.
Every manufacturer puts the IMEI somewhere under Settings, but each one names the drawer differently. Apple keeps it on About. Samsung buries it under Status information. Xiaomi calls the screen All specs. ASUS puts the whole thing under System. The guides below give the exact path for each brand, along with the one thing about that brand's handsets worth knowing before you buy, sell or repair one.
When the phone is dead
Two places that don't need power.
- The original box — on the barcode label. The one place the number survives the phone being lost, stolen or broken, which is exactly when insurers and carriers ask for it.
- The SIM tray, or under the back cover — several iPhones etch it on the tray; older Androids with a removable back print it beneath the battery.
Once you have the number, paste it into the free checker and you get the exact model and year back in a second.
iPhone8,825 devicesSamsung33,151 devicesGoogle Pixel479 devicesMotorola7,199 devicesLG4,154 devicesOnePlus467 devicesXiaomi4,876 devicesHuawei8,086 devicesNokia11,469 devicesSony751 devicesOPPO5,305 devicesvivo4,809 devicesrealme5,283 devicesZTE3,606 devicesTCL1,393 devicesAlcatel2,731 devicesHONOR1,375 devicesASUS682 devices