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checking IMEI/MEID

How can I use the IMEI/MEID number to verify a phone bought on eBay?

Posted on Jul 28, 2021 1:00 PM

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Lawrence Finch

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Posted on Jul 28, 2021 2:10 PM

markfrommodesto wrote:

Check Your Service and Support Coverage - Apple Support, asks for the Serial Number. The person selling the iPhone in question only gave the IMEI/MEID number.

I would be suspicious of that seller. See→The All Too Common SAD Reality of Buying a Used iPad/iPhone

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Lawrence Finch

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Jul 28, 2021 2:10 PM in response to markfrommodesto

markfrommodesto wrote:

Check Your Service and Support Coverage - Apple Support, asks for the Serial Number. The person selling the iPhone in question only gave the IMEI/MEID number.

I would be suspicious of that seller. See→The All Too Common SAD Reality of Buying a Used iPad/iPhone

sberman

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Jul 28, 2021 1:55 PM in response to markfrommodesto

As I tried to say above, enter the IMEI number there where the serial number is requested.

sberman

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Jul 28, 2021 1:03 PM in response to markfrommodesto

Enter it here.

Check Your Service and Support Coverage - Apple Support

Of course, that will not provide vital information such as whether the iPhone is Activation Locked by its previous owner.

Jul 28, 2021 1:53 PM in response to sberman

Check Your Service and Support Coverage - Apple Support, asks for the Serial Number. The person selling the iPhone in question only gave the IMEI/MEID number.

checking IMEI/MEID