Technical Level: Intermediate Summary Details Here on this forum, we keep seeing the same old wives' tale rearing its head suggesting that the seventh and eighth digits in the IMEI of a Nokia device indicate the country of manufacture, then list a series of countries which they claim to be represented by those digits and further claim that that some locations make poor quality products. None of this is true. The location of manufacture is not encoded into the IMEI number, Nokia doesn't even create the numbers - they receive them from an external industry regulatory body. The details for all IMEIs since 1st Jan 2004 are as follows: • The first two digits (theoretically) represent the national association which issued the number, though in practice the worldwide GSM Association now issues all IMEIs. Android for pc 32 bit.

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The first two digits '35' (theoretically) indicate the British Approvals Board of Telecommunications, though all IMEIs in the world currently begin 35. • The next six digits represent the device type (640602 is a Nokia N96, 808201 is a Nokia N82; 908801 is a Sony Ericsson K800i etc.) - this and the first two digits together are known as the Type Allocation Code (TAC). • The next six digits are the individual device's unique serial number • The final digit is a check-digit. Update: A couple of people have been in touch pointing out that six digits only for the 'unique' serial number doesn't allow for devices that sell in numbers of several million - but the answer to that is simple: a device whose first eight digits are 35640602 is always an N96, but it can be that not all N96s have that IMEI series, high-volume sellers might move to a new IMEI series when one is exhausted, or the manufacturer could have different device variants using different IMEI series (such as N95-1, N95-2, N95-3.). In the early days of IMEI serial numbers, back at the dawn of the mobile era, it was possible for an IMEI number to have 17 digits, the last two denoting a software version - but that format is long-since redundant as it has long been the case that a software version can be updated, even before we could update our phones ourselves. This is a useful page for information on IMEI numbers.

Yes, here is yet another guide to obtaining a WP7/8 activation code from Microsoft. With an added advantage! I have helped a handful of people from around the world on XDA to obtain codes successfully using the chat URL below and using a genuine HTC HD7 IMEI code created with my IMEI generator tool. With the advantage of a genuine IMEI code Microsoft have no reason to say no!

Prerequisites: • You have a Windows Live account (you will need this for Windows Phone anyway) • You have downloaded my IMEI generator from (), run it, and hit generate for your code! • You have an ice cold beer to hand for celebratory purposes 1.) Log on to Microsoft Live Chat. Click on 'Chat' and log in with your Live ID 2.) You will be asked for a few details before an agent connects and starts to chat including phone model. As far as Microsoft are concerned, you own a HTC HD7 and can't access the Marketplace or use emails. I recommend not being too 'tech-savvy' to aid your case as the helpless (Microsoft) customer and remember, you ARE the customer and they are there to help you 3.) Soon an agent will respond and They will ask you for a few more details such as network operator and for the IMEI code of the handset.

Make sure you have the IMEI from my generator to hand. See the conversation from when I activated my first Windows Phone below for reference. This was also using a code made by my generator 4.) Crack that beer open as the Microsoft agent replies with your Windows Phone Activation Code Here is the chat conversation from when I obtained my code. I play Emeth, a helpless, innocent customer, devastated by my second-hand HD7 which will not let me use Live Services. I am being attended to by the very helpful 'Bill G' at Microsoft.