Find IMEI Number after You Lost Phone

The IMEI number of a phone is very useful especially to track your phone once it is lost or gone. If the phone is still with you now, you can easily retrieve your phone’s IMEI number by pressing *#06# on your phone keypad. Your phone will instantly show a string of numbers. This number represents the phones IMEI. Keep this number in a safe place or just screen shot the number and save the picture in your computer. This number might be useful for you to give it to your network operator for tracking purposes.

But what happen if you did not do this step and you just got your phone lost? How do you retrieve your phone’s IMEI number if you have lost your phone? There are several ways. One of it is to retrieve the number from the original packaging of the phone. For IPhone users, if you still keep the original box packaging, the IMEI number is at the back of the box in the Barcode area. It will show you the string of numbers that represents your phone’s unique IMEI number.

But what if you have thrown out that original packaging box? Is there any way you can retrieve your phone’s IMEI number? Luckily that some app in the market has the security feature of retrieving your phone’s SIM ID and also IMEI number even when it got lost. One of the app is the SeekDroid app.

However, just make sure you have already downloaded and installed the app in your smartphone. So, make sure to remember your mobile phone’s IMEI and store it someplace safe. This will prove to be useful if your mobile phone do get lost. You can immediately use this IMEI number by calling your operator and tell them that your mobile phone got stolen or lost.