Thread: Is Your Mobile Original?

Now-a-days, a consumer has to take care of a lot of things while buying a new mobile phone (Buying A New Mobile Phone). Everyone owning a mobile phone might be in doubt whether their mobile phone is original or not, in the wake of many of the past issues in which fake mobile phones were a topic of discussion. Hence, it would be really useful if a person could have an easy way of knowing whether the mobile phone owned by him or her is original or not.

It was then that I came across an easy way to identify the genuinity of mobile phones. And so, I am sharing it with you here.

1. Type *#06# in your mobile phone. After you enter the last hash (#), the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number (a unique 15-digit number) of your mobile phone will appear on the screen.

2. The next step is to note the 7th and 8th digits of your mobile phone's IMEI number.

3. If the 7th and 8th numbers together read 02 or 20, it means that it was manufactured in the Emirates, and hence is of very bad quality!

4. If the 7th and 8th numbers together read 08 or 80, it means that it was manufactured in Germany, and hence is not so bad!

5. If the 7th and 8th numbers together read 01 or 10, it means that it was manufactured in Finland, which means that the mobile is of somewhat good quality!

6. If the 7th and 8th numbers together read 00, it means that it was manufactured in the original factory, which has the best quality!

7. If the 7th and 8th numbers together read 13, it means that it was manufactured in Azerbaijan, which means that the mobile is of very bad quality and hence is very dangerous for health!

The 7th and 8th digit of my mobile phone's IMEI read 03 ,What does it mean?

Really, I am not sure. Even when I checked up on almost all websites/blogs which featured this trick, I found that no one had given an explanation for "03", while many users reportedly got that.

But I have also not seen anybody having "13", and it sounds different from the other numbers. So, I think that, it might not have been "13", but "03" that (made in Azerbaijan - Very Bad Quality) it stood for.

Well I am using Nokia 2330c, it is a very good sleek phone. I am using it for last 1 year.

Its code is "03"

I like your discussion.Thank you very much.

mine reads 01, so somewhat good quality??

Thank you for you sharing ,I always want to check how about my phone,but often forget to find ways to do it.I'll check it now. Wish will be fine .