How do you programmatically get the serial number of an iPhone?

Question

I want to know the serial number of my iPhone using my application. I have writen code below.

- (NSString*)getSerialNumber
{
 CFTypeRef serialNumberAsCFString;
         


        

Answer 1

You should change the argument 2 of IORegistryEntryCreateCFProperty from CFSTR (kIOPlatformUUIDKey) to CFSTR (kIOPlatformSerialNumberKey). Then you will get the correct serial number(with length of 11 characters).