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aico · 09-23-2006, 08:01 PM

For some reason cell phone companies don't tell you this, but i just found it out and seems pretty useful.

If your cell phone gets stolen, the person who stole it simply needs to put in a new sim card and can use it. But what cell phone companies don't tell you (and I am not sure why they don't) is that every phone has a unique serial #, and if you know this serial #, you can tell your phone company to block the use of that phone if it is stolen, even switching the sim card will not make it work if it is blocked by the unique serial #.

To see your phones 15 digit serial # type in the following: *#06#

Then your phones # will be displayed, write that # down, if you phone is ever stolen, you can prevent the person who stole it from using it. It won't get your phone back, but still, it's nice to know that the person who stole it can't use it.

Also, if more people know this, it's less likely phones will be stolen in the future.

09-23-2006, 08:01 PM
aico Moo Moo Cow Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Washington State Posts: 14,748	Protect Your Cellphone For some reason cell phone companies don't tell you this, but i just found it out and seems pretty useful. If your cell phone gets stolen, the person who stole it simply needs to put in a new sim card and can use it. But what cell phone companies don't tell you (and I am not sure why they don't) is that every phone has a unique serial #, and if you know this serial #, you can tell your phone company to block the use of that phone if it is stolen, even switching the sim card will not make it work if it is blocked by the unique serial #. To see your phones 15 digit serial # type in the following: *#06# Then your phones # will be displayed, write that # down, if you phone is ever stolen, you can prevent the person who stole it from using it. It won't get your phone back, but still, it's nice to know that the person who stole it can't use it. Also, if more people know this, it's less likely phones will be stolen in the future.