Getting the IMEI number from mobile devices of different manufacturers

International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) is used to identify valid devices connected to GSM and UMTS network. This number can be accessed from a mobile phone by dialing *#06# on the keypad. IMEI is commonly use by software developers as part of software protection scheme to prevent it from being pirated.

JavaME developers however suffers from a drawback because MIDP/CLDC specification does not include an API to obtain IMEI from mobile devices. However there are few phone manufacturers included this functionality through System.getPropery() calls. Here's how to get IMEI number from mobile devices of different manufacturers

Manufacturer	Argument
Nokia Mobiles	System.getProperty("com.nokia.mid.imei”);
Sony-Ericsson Mobiles	System.getProperty("com.sonyericsson.imei");
Motorola Mobile	System.getProperty("IMEI");
Motorola Mobile	System.getProperty("com.motorola.IMEI");
Samsung Mobiles	System.getProperty("com.samsung.imei");
Siemens Mobiles	System.getProperty("com.siemens.imei");

Code:

import javax.microedition.lcdui.*;
import javax.microedition.midlet.*;

public class MobileProperties extends MIDlet implements CommandListener {
Form f = null;
Display dis = null;
Command ok = null;
Command exit = null;
String s1= null;

public MobileProperties () {
dis=Display.getDisplay(this);
f = new Form(" Mobile Details ");
ok =new Command(" Ok",Command.OK,1);
exit =new Command(" Exit",Command.EXIT,2);
f.addCommand(ok);
f.addCommand(exit);
f.setCommandListener(this);
}

public void startApp(){
try {
if ((s1 = System.getProperty("phone.imei")) == null || s1.equals("")) {
s1 = System.getProperty("com.nokia.mid.imei");
}
if (s1 == null || s1.equals("")) {
s1 = System.getProperty("com.sonyericsson.imei");
}
} catch(Exception e) {
f.append("Exception :"+e);
}
dis.setCurrent(f);
}

public void pauseApp() {
}

public void destroyApp(boolean unconditional) {
}

public void commandAction(Command c, Displayable s) {
if (c == ok) {
destroyApp(true);
notifyDestroyed();
} else if (c==exit) {
destroyApp(true);
notifyDestroyed();
}
}
}