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How can I make an Android app "forget" that it installed on my phone before?
tl:dr; addressing OP's question - sorry, no way AFAIK. From Android 10 onwards normal apps can't access IMEI number.
Revised answer with additional inputs from Izzy (thanks)
How do apps (Google or ...
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Get IMEI number with ADB command
Given the tag 7.0-nougat, I'm assuming you have or are targeting Android Nougat. Android Nougat comes with toybox which acts as an alternative to busybox and has some useful utilities. I managed to ...
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Device serial number (using ADB commands)
It looks like you are confusing two different numbers:
adb get-serialno gives you the serial number of the device.
Link in your question is referring to IMEI number which can be obtained by adb ...
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Can IMEI number of a device really be changed
IMEI is an baseband identifier so it's stored on non-writable memory. There are two IMEIs actually - display and hardware. It's possible to change the display IMEI on rooted devices, but no way to ...
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Find the IMEI number of lost Android phone
Yes, as of July 2019, you can still get your IMEI number from the dashboard. Just go to the "Find your device" page and select your device. Then in the upper left corner, the name of your device will ...
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Find the IMEI number of lost Android phone
Not a way to find it , but to document that it's not possible from Google Dashboard anymore
Is it possible to find the IMEI number of a lost Android phone using Google Dashboard?
Unfortunately NO
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How to get 2nd IMEI number using adb?
Which code to use with service call depends on Android release. On Android 9 IPhoneSubInfo method 1 returns first IMEI while methods 3 and 4 return both IMEIs:
~$ service call iphonesubinfo 3 i32 1 | ...
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Get IMEI number with ADB command
The following ADB command works on my Windows PC to get clear IMEI result:
adb shell "service call iphonesubinfo 4 | cut -c 52-66 | tr -d '.[:space:]'"
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How can I make an Android app "forget" that it installed on my phone before?
I don't know exactly how each app implements this but I wold assume that they use the ANDROID_ID. Each app gets an ID that does not change.
ANDROID_ID is a random number generated on first boot after ...
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Is there a way to find the IMEI on a Pixel with a completely damaged screen?
Yes you can find IMEI of your damaged Pixel Device or any Android device if you have or had your google account logged in .
Check Google My Devices
or alternatively logon to Google Find my devices @ ...
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Get IMEI number with ADB command
esim imei is available via:
input keyevent KEYCODE_CALL;
sleep 1;
input text '*#06#';
uiautomator dump --compressed /dev/stdout\
|tr ' ' '\n'\
|awk -F'"' '{print $2}'|grep "^[0-9]\{...
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Get IMEI number with ADB command
You may not have realized it, but you've actually posted the answer to your own question:
Result: Parcel(
0x00000000: 00000000 0000000f ...
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Find the IMEI number of lost Android phone
I have good news, I was able to find my Andriod Device using Google Dashboard by going to the Find My Device page once I logged in.
Just press the i by the name of your device.
Here is a print screen ...
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Get IMEI number with ADB command
Try putting this code in to a .bat file and running it:
@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
for /f "tokens=6*" %%a in ('adb shell "service call iphonesubinfo 1 ^| grep -m 1 \"'\""') do (
set ...
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Identifying an Android device by its hostname
If net.hostname was not preset by device manufacturer during production then Android would use ANDROID_ID to generate the unique android-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX host name:
// setup our unique device ...
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How can I make an Android app "forget" that it installed on my phone before?
You might need to use a completely different Google account to sign into your phone. It would be interesting to see if a friend is able to log in to their account using your phone; but before risking ...
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Can Android Device Manager remotely erase my stolen phone's data AFTER synced gmail account's password has already been changed by me?
1) The phone is still tied to your Google account, it just can't sync any data because the password is incorrect. ADM will still issues the Erase command, and if successful you will receive an email ...
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Where can I find the ANDROID_ID on my device?
The above answer has $ content query --uri content://settings/secure --projection value --where "name='android_id'" in it
If you're executing this from shell then you'll need to escape the quotes ...
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How to solve invalid IMEI problem in LG G3?
A solution for this problem has been given in multiple sources, such as: this, this, and this. However, in those cases either the phone model is different, or the Android version on the device is ...
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Get IMEI number with ADB command
adb shell dumpsys iphonesubinfo works only for phones below Android 5 Lolipop.
Because Android Nougat is over 5.0, you need: adb shell service call iphonesubinfo 1 | awk -F "'" '{print $2}' |...
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Get IMEI number with ADB command
Using android-svc:
android-svc --adb call 'iphonesubinfo.getDeviceId();'
would return something like this:
358972084515103
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Spoofing IMEI numbers
Yes, you need root and without root, it's not possible
Xposed module XPrivacyLua is what I use. I have the pro version which IIRC is needed for spoofing. Non pro blocks access. There are many more ...
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IMEI has become 0 - how to fix?
[Solved] I read in many XDA posts that IMEI might not be actually lost by installing custom ROM, but it might be just a case that the permission might have been changed. To verify, see if the IMEI ...
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Can I read data and IMEI of a phone that can't be powered up?
One of the numbers on that label inside your phone should be the IMEI number.
IMEI numbers are typically represented using decimal, and when represented in decimal, are 13 or 15 digits long, plus 1 ...
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Is there a way to find the IMEI on a Pixel with a completely damaged screen?
Another source of a phone IMEI and serial number is the package box the phone was bought in.
On the outside of the box there are usually the device serial number and IMEI printed as text and small 2D ...
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How to get the IMEI number of a lost phone?
Login to the "Find my Device" page with your Google Account that was used on your phone. Your phone should be listed. Click the "!" button to see the IMEI number of the phone. You should see something ...
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Is it possible to read IMEI from emergency call dialer?
No. The system does a check against a list of numbers (provided by system property ril.ecclist/ro.ril.ecclist; by detecting the current country or locale) and if that doesn't match with the available ...
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What is EFS and MSL in android?
Cert file is used to unlock the network so that another sim card can be used with the phone or changing the IMEI number, country code... (all these are illegal in many countries).
The EFS is a ...
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Is it safe to delete nvram folder?
After a backup, I tried to delete the nvram folder (via adb root ; adb shell ; su - ; mv /data/nvram somethingelse). I do confirm that this folder is created from scratch when you reboot the device.
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Rooted or not, I can not figure out
Download Root Verifier app from google play store and it will tell you whether or not your device is rooted or not?
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