Do Japanese Cell Phones Have this Capability?

by **Big Booger** » Mon May 29, 2006 5:25 pm

[font=Arial][color=#2d8f26]Claim: Pressing a sequence of keys on your cell phone will produce a serial number that can be used to disable it in case of theft.

Status: True. [/color][/font]

Just wondering.

http://www.snopes.com/crime/prevent/celltheft.asp

by **nullpointer** » Mon May 29, 2006 5:34 pm

Big Booger wrote:Just wondering.

http://www.snopes.com/crime/prevent/celltheft.asp

AFAIK The IMEI code is a feature of handsets which work on GSM networks, which is not what you have in Japan. The phones may have a unique code but that particular key combination may not work on the phones in Japan.

by **Big Booger** » Mon May 29, 2006 9:38 pm

nullpointer wrote:AFAIK The IMEI code is a feature of handsets which work on GSM networks, which is not what you have in Japan. The phones may have a unique code but that particular key combination may not work on the phones in Japan.

It would be interesting to know if Japanese phones have a key code, and if so, what it is.

by **spyder** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 11:03 pm

Yes. It works in Japan also.

Well, it does on my Docomo D901iS

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Do Japanese Cell Phones Have this Capability?

Do Japanese Cell Phones Have this Capability?

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