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Is there a way to access a wireless phones Electronic Serial Number (ESN) using J2ME?

April 26, 2017electronic ESN J2ME phone serial Wireless

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Is there a way to access a wireless phones Electronic Serial Number (ESN) using J2ME?

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Location: http://www.jguru.com/faq/view.jsp?EID=337152 Created: Feb 23, 2001 Modified: 2001-02-23 16:29:38.503 Author: Bill Day (http://www.jguru.com/guru/viewbio.jsp?EID=135825) Question originally posed by Craig Wong (http://www.jguru.com/guru/viewbio.jsp?EID=275661 The J2ME APIs do not specify any mechanism for accessing an ESN. (An ESN is a number built into a phone which may be used to uniquely identify that particular mobile handset.) One of the reasons: Many devices do not contain ESNs for cost reasons. It is possible that a manufacturer could provide an OEM- or device-specific Java API to access ESNs, in which case if you used the API, you would need to realize that your J2ME application was no longer portable to all devices. Alternatively, you can track a user’s access with a standard server-based mechanism such as username/password.