For a mobile shop application, I need to validate an IMEI number. I know how to validate based on input length, but is their any other mechanism for validating the input number? Is there any built-in function that can achieve this?
Logic from any language is accepted, and appreciated.
A search suggests that there isn't a built-in function that will validate an IMEI number, but there is a validation method using the Luhn algorithm.
General process:
- Input IMEI:
490154203237518
- Take off the last digit, and remember it:
49015420323751
& 8
. This last digit 8 is the validation digit.
- Double each second digit in the IMEI:
4 18 0 2 5 8 2 0 3 4 3 14 5 2
(excluding the validation digit)
- Separate this number into single digits:
4 1 8 0 2 5 8 2 0 3 4 3 1 4 5 2
(notice that 18
and 14
have been split).
- Add up all the numbers:
4+1+8+0+2+5+8+2+0+3+4+3+1+4+5+2
= 52
- Take your resulting number, remember it, and round it up to the nearest multiple of ten:
60
.
- Subtract your original number from the rounded-up number:
60 - 52
= 8
.
- Compare the result to your original validation digit. If the two numbers match, your IMEI is valid.
The IMEI given in step 1 above is valid, because the number found in step #7 is 8, which matches the validation digit.
According to the previous answer from Karl Nicoll i'm created this method in Java.
public static int validateImei(String imei) {
//si la longitud del imei es distinta de 15 es invalido
if (imei.length() != 15)
return CheckImei.SHORT_IMEI;
//si el imei contiene letras es invalido
if (!PhoneNumber.allNumbers(imei))
return CheckImei.MALFORMED_IMEI;
//obtener el ultimo digito como numero
int last = imei.charAt(14) - 48;
//duplicar cada segundo digito
//sumar cada uno de los digitos resultantes del nuevo imei
int curr;
int sum = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < 14; i++) {
curr = imei.charAt(i) - 48;
if (i % 2 != 0){
// sum += duplicateAndSum(curr);
// initial code from Osvel Alvarez Jacomino contains 'duplicateAndSum' method.
// replacing it with the implementation down here:
curr = 2 * curr;
if(curr > 9) {
curr = (curr / 10) + (curr - 10);
}
sum += curr;
}
else {
sum += curr;
}
}
//redondear al multiplo de 10 superior mas cercano
int round = sum % 10 == 0 ? sum : ((sum / 10 + 1) * 10);
return (round - sum == last) ? CheckImei.VALID_IMEI_NO_NETWORK : CheckImei.INVALID_IMEI;
}
I don't believe there are any built-in ways to authenticate an IMEI number. You would need to verify against a third party database (googling suggests there are a number of such services, but presumably they also get their information from more centralised sources).
I think this logic is not right because this working only for the specific IMEI no - 490154203237518 not for other IMEI no ...I implement the code also...
var number = 490154203237518;
var array1 = new Array();
var array2 = new Array();
var specialno = 0 ;
var sum = 0 ;
var finalsum = 0;
var cast = number.toString(10).split('');
var finalnumber = '';
if(cast.length == 15){
for(var i=0,n = cast.length; i<n; i++){
if(i !== 14){
if(i == 0 || i%2 == 0 ){
array1[i] = cast[i];
}else{
array1[i] = cast[i]*2;
}
}else{
specialno = cast[14];
}
}
for(var j=0,m = array1.length; j<m; j++){
finalnumber = finalnumber.concat(array1[j]);
}
while(finalnumber){
finalsum += finalnumber % 10;
finalnumber = Math.floor(finalnumber / 10);
}
contno = (finalsum/10);
finalcontno = Math.round(contno)+1;
check_specialno = (finalcontno*10) - finalsum;
if(check_specialno == specialno){
alert('Imei')
}else{
alert('Not IMEI');
}
}else{
alert('NOT imei - length not matching');
}
//alert(sum);