iPhone X: Change IMEI - how to do it without jailbreak

The IMEI number is an identification number by which your iPhone can be uniquely assigned. This is especially useful in the event of theft, as the smartphone can be located with the IMEI. Many users find the number questionable in terms of data protection.

iPhone X: Change IMEI - does that make sense?

Generally, you should keep your hands off your IMEI. By changing the number, you make yourself according to §269 of the Criminal Code even punishable, since you falsify evidentiary data.

1. By assigning the IMEI, a smartphone can be precisely assigned.
2. If you change this number, this would actually have to be communicated to the provider, since this in turn is obliged to store data on the person and the smartphone and if necessary to the authorities.
3. Additionally, you bring yourself in danger with it, if your smartphone is stolen.
4. With an altered IMEI, it is namely no longer so easy to locate the device and it therefore represents for the thief a welcome invitation to resell to unknowing users.

iPhone X: Change IMEI - with this tool it works

1. To change your IMEI, you need some basic knowledge of programming and an appropriate tool.
2. Im App Store finden Sie diverse Hex Editoren und andere SL-Tools, durch die Sie an die IMEI gelangen.
3. Dennoch ist die Abänderung absolut nicht zu empfehlen.