[AC Question]

hi i bought a phone from a friend thinking it was a samsung the imei from the device is coming up as an invalid number the screen has samsung on the front and back it
IMEI number 35807301050570

[Kelly Kearns]

hi i bought a phone from a friend thinking it was a samsung the imei from the device is coming up as an invalid number the screen has samsung on the front and back it
IMEI number 35807301050570

According to this site, that is a Nokia IMEI number, which would indicate a fake. BUT.. I don't know much about this, let me get someone else.

https://imeidata.net/check?imei=35807301050570

[Kelly Kearns]

hi i bought a phone from a friend thinking it was a samsung the imei from the device is coming up as an invalid number the screen has samsung on the front and back it
IMEI number 35807301050570

Recheck your numbers, you only have 14..

[LeoRex]

OK.... I checked a few different sites. First off, 35807301050570 isn't a valid IMEI, it is one digit short. I played around and 358073010505704 is the only valie IMEI with those digits, but it is showing as the IMEI from a Nokia 1600... a 9 year old candy bar phone. I checked a couple of different sites and they both came up with that same Nokia 1600 model....

Now, IMEI is like a VIN or a MAC Address... has three parts; a region code, a manufacturer code, a serial number and a check bit. Now, unless Samsung bought up a bunch of Nokia's numbers... or they got reassigned, etc... I don' t know if that occurs or not.

But... Your phone has a Nokia IMEI, based on what I can find.