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Assistance Needed: Fetching IMEI Number Programmatically in Android
Hello DeepakChauhan,
Great to speak with you again.
As of Android 10 it is no longer possible for an application to poll for the IMEI of a device (you can read more about this here).
As I mentioned in your other discussion, is there a particular reason why you need to capture this information? (that you can share publicly of course), as there might be another way to achieve what you need. We can try and help you.
Thanks, speak to you soon.
Lizzie
Hi Lizzie,
Good to connect you again,
The particular reason for capture this information is mentioned below:
This is because some data is sensitive which we are going to show to the user on the mobile app. Only genuine users can access sensitive data. One person's data cannot be accessed by others. So that's the kind of protection we want to implement.
If someone uses a different device, we will be able to notify him that you have changed your device or SIM.
IMSI and IMEI are static and do not change by resetting the phone.
So we are expecting this while making the sensitive data more secure.
Hope you can help us and provide a solution for the same.
Thanks.
