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Other administrators working under GSMA may also allocate any IMEI for use in dual-technology phones. For instance, Apple and LG normally use RR=35 which is allocated by BABT while Chinese brands such as Huawei use two RR=86 IMEIs allocated by TAF for 3GPP networks alongside a distinct RR=99 decimal or RR=A0 hexadecimal MEID for 3GPP2 networks.
The Type Allocation Code (TAC) is the initial eight-digit portion of the 15-digit IMEI and 16-digit IMEISV codes used to uniquely identify wireless devices.. The Type Allocation Code identifies a particular model (and often revision) of wireless telephone for use on a GSM, UMTS, LTE, 5G NR, iDEN, Iridium or other IMEI-employing wireless network.
Then 6 or 7 bits are replaced by fixed values, the 4-bit version (e.g. 0011 2 for version 3), and the 2- or 3-bit UUID "variant" (e.g. 10 2 indicating a RFC 9562 UUIDs, or 110 2 indicating a legacy Microsoft GUID). Since 6 or 7 bits are thus predetermined, only 121 or 122 bits contribute to the uniqueness of the UUID.
Many countries have acknowledged the use of the IMEI in reducing the effect of mobile phone thefts. For example, in the United Kingdom, under the Mobile Telephones (Re-programming) Act, changing the IMEI of a phone, or possessing equipment that can change it, is considered an offence under some circumstances.
[10] In 2011, Sony Ericsson released an online bootloader unlocking tool. [11] Sony requires the IMEI number to be filled in on their website. [12] For the Asus Transformer Prime TF201, Asus has released a special bootloader unlock tool. [13] In 2012, Motorola released a limited tool for unlocking bootloaders. [14]
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