Method 5 of 7: Finding the IMEI for Motorola iDen Units

1

Turn on your phone. Open the dialing screen and then press #, *, Menu, Right key. Don't pause between key presses, or you will have to start over.

2

Locate your IMEI. On units with SIM cards, scroll down until you see "IMEI/SIM ID" and press Enter. From here you can view your IMEI, SIM, and on some units, your MSN. The first fourteen digits are displayed; the fifteenth is always a 0.

• On older units without SIM cards, continue to hit the Right key until you seeIMEI [0] on the display. The first seven digits are displayed. Write these down, as only 7 digits are displayed at a time.
• Press the Menu key and then the Next button to display the next seven digits. The fifteenth and final digit is most often a 0.

Tips:

• Write your IMEI down before your phone gets lost or stolen.
• If your mobile phone is stolen, you can call or go to the nearest service center of your mobile network and give that IMEI number to staff to block your phone.
• Most pre-paid and non-contract phones in America don't have IMEIs; the same applies to disposable phones throughout Europe, Asia, and Africa.
• If you are South African, you are required by law to report the theft to your service provider and to the police (either SAPS or your local Metro Police). It will be blacklisted across ALL networks so that it can't be used for criminal activities. If it is recovered, it is possible to remove from the blacklist it provided that you have proof of ownership.

Warning:

• Blocking a stolen or lost phone via the IMEI will cut off all communication between your phone and your carrier, making it impossible for the phone to be recovered via tracking. Only do this as a last resort if your phone contains sensitive information.
• Some thieves replace the IMEI numbers of phones they steal with the IMEIs of other devices. If you purchased a phone from someone or someplace you don't quite trust, try to research whether or not your supposed IMEI actually goes with that model of phone.

You have some illegal fraudulent companies that will replace your IMEI code so that the carrier like AT&T can't track it. AT&T will tell you, that's impossible but it's happening to me. They manipulate the code so it's telling AT&T it's black listed but the code is changed and can not be traced (IMEI) so even if you do put it on the block list. It will still work, It is happening as we speak