Need IMEI on A500

lilrooster

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Aug 5, 2011
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Ok so here is the deal, about a year ago I was forced to retire at only 34 due to severe medical issues, my only joy these days comes from playing on my tablet. Now this is cool, but I have found that TONS of stuff require an IMEI # for various reasons. So to the best of my knowledge we don't seem to have an IMEI # on the A500. Is there a way to possibly fake one? I don't even know what it is, just know that I need one in order to get my points properly on 2 of my favorite apps
 

Icebike

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Apr 28, 2011
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Nope, can't fake one because there isn't even a cellular radio in the device.

Google will tell you in a heartbeat what an IMEI is. Some software uses it as a unique identifer, but realistically that is an invasion of your privacy and you should ***** to the developer.

You could trade it in for an acer A501 which has 3G.

But I'd be interested to know what you are trying to run that requires an IMEI?
 
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lilrooster

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Aug 5, 2011
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It's games. As I said, I am disabled and have trouble getting around, so I spend a lot of time playing games. There are a ton of games that use the IMEI as an ID, so to transfer your game to a new device (which mine is) you need both IMEI from the devices. Also for some reason I do not get my credits when I download other apps, like from tapjoy. I was just hoping that there was an app for devices without the radio device to allow us to circumvent this issue. Yes I know I could have bought a 501, however I had no reason to get a carrier backed 3g model when I can tether my 500 when I am on the go.

I did see where someone has made this happen on the nook color, so I just thought maybe someone out there had found a way for us Acer users
 

alphawave7

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May 1, 2011
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It's games. As I said, I am disabled and have trouble getting around, so I spend a lot of time playing games. There are a ton of games that use the IMEI as an ID, so to transfer your game to a new device (which mine is) you need both IMEI from the devices. Also for some reason I do not get my credits when I download other apps, like from tapjoy. I was just hoping that there was an app for devices without the radio device to allow us to circumvent this issue. Yes I know I could have bought a 501, however I had no reason to get a carrier backed 3g model when I can tether my 500 when I am on the go.

I did see where someone has made this happen on the nook color, so I just thought maybe someone out there had found a way for us Acer users

If anyone could help with this, it'd be DizzyDen: xda-developers - View Profile: DizzyDenive him a shout. Good luck! :)
 
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