You want to know the IMEI of your Android mobile and you have no way to access it physically? Well, there is a fairly simple way to find out this information: Google stores it in the account you registered the phone with. To find out, you must access the “Find my mobile” service.
As for the car or the motorcycle, each phone has its own identification number, a number that refers to the telephone modem included in the terminal: the IMEI. This numbering is of vital importance because it is the one that allows access to the operators’ communication towers, it also gives the possibility of blocking said access in the event that the IMEI is added to the blacklist. Due to its importance, our recommendation is that you know how to get it when needed.
Google saves the IMEI of all your phones
List of devices (Android and compatible) registered in the Google account
Since Android mobiles are registered in the networks using the IMEI (apart from the different codes that are included in the SIM cards), this is one of the data that is registered in the Google account with which you log in to each phone. For him, There is no obligation to physically have the mobile or its box: a web browser is enough to know the aforementioned IMEI. Google saves everything.
Beyond the huge amount of data that Google saves for services such as ad personalization, the IMEI code saved in your account allows you to locate a stolen or lost mobile. And, since the Google page (and its application) offers the aforementioned IMEI number, you can use it to report the disappearance of the phone to your operator even if you do not have its packaging (the IMEI number is also included there).
To find out what IMEI number your Android has in case you can’t access the phone (because you lost it, it was stolen, because you can’t turn it on…), perform the following procedure:
- Go to the “Find your mobile” site. You can enter from another phone or from a computer
- You will see the list of all Androids associated with your account. Click on the one you need to know its IMEI.
- Google will locate the phone, so you’ll know where it is at the time. If you are not reachable will show the location of the last known place.
- Click on the “i” icon for more information.
- The page will display the basic data of your mobile, there is its IMEI.
- Consider deleting your Google Account session in case you used a device that you don’t own.
This little “trick” is very useful if you happen to need the IMEI and you left the phone at home, for example (or the battery is dead and you can’t check it with code *#06#). It also allows you to recover the IMEI if, unfortunately, your phone has disappeared: you will need it to make the complaint and call the operator in case you want to block it.
