In case you are not aware, the serial number provides some interesting information about your iPhone, including the week it was manufactured and the factory id.
Folks at OS X Daily tell us that the serial number on the iPhone tells you the week it was manufactured, the factory where it was made and somethings which you already know such as the color and the size of the storage.
The first step is to locate the Serial Number. The easiest way to find it is to open your Settings app and navigate to General -> About -> Serial Number. You should also see the Serial Number in the Summary tab in iTunes when your iPhone is connected to the computer.
Serial numbers come in the form AABCCDDDEEF which can be read as follows:
- AA = Factory and machine ID
- B = Year manufactured (simplified to final digit, 2010 is 0, 2011 is 1, etc)
- CC = Week of production
- DDD = Unique identifier
- EEF = iPhone model, color of device and size of storage
Note: It's not clear what's the last three characters for all the white iPhone 4 models. So if you have one do let us know.
Unfortunately, Apple has changed the serial number generation with the CDMA iPhone 4, so this is not applicable for the CDMA iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S.
But no worries, OS X Daily reader Michael points out that this website decodes the serial number of not only previous generation iPhones but also iPhone 4S (except it is wrongly reporting that our iPhone 4S is the sixth generation iPhone).
Let us know if you were able to decode your iPhone's serial number.
E00 – White iPhone 4 32Gb. Dunno about CDMA or not.
Just checked. Is GSM.
Thanks for the tip. We’ve updated the post with that info.
The other half’s white iPhone 4 8Gb A1332 ends DPMW. (serial is 12 chars)
Thanks for the information. Very helpful..
The CCC field seems to contain 3 uppercase letters, hence with a maximum value of 26**3 = 17’576.
I am suprised to see that one factory could not make more units in one week (for a single model although).
Factory and machine numbers are 83 on mine. Made in the 27th week of 2010. anyone know the factory identifications?
Cool. Seems when I bought my iPhone 4, it was only two weeks old.
I have a white, iPhone 4S with 64GB. The third digit in my serial number is a 9. 2009?! That doesn’t make sense.
This is not always correct. I have a 3Gs which starts with 5K which means refurbished. (my phone original fell and broke). The next 3 digits are 021 which is week 21 of 2010. However, by that week Apple was already producing the New Bootrom 3Gs but mine has the Old Bootrom. The only thing I can think of is that this is NOT the manufacture date but the refurbish date which leaves you in the dark when and where you phone was manufactured.
I have a white iphone 4S and the serial number starts with DNP…
Mine starts with DNQ
iPhone 4s 32 GB black
If you do a Google search for chipmunk(dot)nl , you will see one of the top results is ‘Klantenservice: Serienummers’ (don’t worry it is in English too) put your serial in there and it gives you all sorts of info on most apple devices:
Serial number: 7U*******4S
Name: iPhone 4 (GSM – UMTS)
Model: iphone_4
Group1: iPhone
Group2:
Generation: 4
ModelCode: iphone_4
Machine Model: iPhone3,1
Model introduced: 2010
Production year: 2010
Production week: 38 (September)
Production number: 30451 (within this week)
introduced test: GOED
CPU speed: 1.0GHz
Family name: A1332
Screen size: 3.5 inch
Screen resolution: 940×640 pixels
Colour: Black
Capacity: 16GB
Factory: 7U (Shenzhen, China)
white iphone 4 16GB colour DZZ
white iPhone 4s, 16gb, att, ends in …TDC
whoops, meant 32 GB…
different than in the article above…
i have dzz at the last. what does that mean
Can someone advise if hologram setting can be done in ipad2 and iphone 4s……
My iphone was stolen, how do serial number to find my IMEI? and from which country my iphone MD239D/A ? The house we have it all stolen from a box, in comp we just stayed serial number, since the phone has not been activated
Please help. i’m from serbia
iam holding new iphone 4S with serial no.C8PGXT8ZDT9V.
pls. let me know how to find the software version / to decode to know software version.
Serial number: C8PGXT8ZDT9V
Name: iPhone 4S
ModelCode: iphone_4S
Group1: iPhone
Group2:
Generation: 6
Machine Model: iPhone4,1
Model introduced: 2011
Production year: 2011
Production week: 52 (December)
introduced test: GOED
CPU speed: 800MHz
Family name: Become a pro user to see this information. (sorry)
Screen size: 3.5 inch
Screen resolution: 960×640 pixels
Colour: Black
Capacity: 16GB
Factory: C8 Please tell us where this machine is manufactured.
External link: Technical specifications by apple-history.com
External link: Repair guide by iFixit
External link: Rapid Repair sells parts and performs repairs for this iPhone
Uitbreidingen: Uitbreidingsmogelijkheden van dit apparaat
Try http://sndeep.info/en to decode Apple serial number, it shows more info then other services. You can also known iPhone purchase country and carriers.
Thanks for the link = )
Site worked like a charm:
Model: A1387
Factory: C39 – Китай
Year: 2012
Week: 7 (13.02 – 19.02)
Age: 2 months
reply to you :ButtMunch
C8PGXT8ZDT9V
PROD VERSION 5.1
CARRIER AT&T USA
PURCHASE DATE 2012-03-30
AP IMEI NUM 013035000223215
ICCID 89014103254823237684
PURCH COUNTRY US
MAC ADDRESS 680927D6A6F7
i have a black 4s 16 gb
but my serial starts from c38 and it is actually 12 digits long not 11..
so i guess this formula doesnt work for everyone
or you can post me serial on my facebook and i will give you info like this about your apple:
IMEI: 012849005xxxxxx
family: iPhone
type: IPHONE 4 32GB BLACK
version: 5.1
serial: QR1412KWxxx
mac: 7C:11:BE:19:57:C1
iccid: 8944110065293669108
country code: USA (United States)
purchase date: 2010-11-08 (t1, Purchase Date Validated)
purchase country/region: GB (United Kingdom)
warranty coverage: Out of Warranty
activated: yes (2012-04-27)
registered: yes
carrier: O2 United Kingdom
factory locked: yes
authorized unlocking possible: yes
active carrier: O2 United Kingdom