In this tutorial, we will provide you with precise and easy-to-follow instructions on how to find out your iPhone XS's serial number. This knowledge will allow you to access essential information about your device and will come in handy in a variety of circumstances.
Throughout the following sections, we will guide you through various methods for finding the serial number on your Apple iPhone XS, including options available in the device's settings, in the hardware and ways to access it when you don't have direct access to the phone.
Table of Contents:
First method:
Estimated time: 2 minutes.
1- First step:
To be able to see the serial number of your Apple iPhone XS, you must access the device settings, for this, look for the gray gear icon on the home screen and press to access.
2- Second step:
Go down through the iPhone XS settings to find the "General" section, press to access the general settings.
3- Third step:
The first option that will appear in the general settings of the iPhone XS is "About", this is the section that you are looking for so press to enter.
4- Fourth step:
Within the "About" section of the Apple iPhone XS, you can see a lot of useful information about your device such as the operating system version, model number and the data you are looking for: the serial number.
If you do not have access to the Apple iPhone XS, either because it is locked or because you have lost it or it has been stolen and you have not been able to see the serial number with this method read on to see the other options available to you.
Second method:
1- From any device with internet access, tablet and computer, access the Apple ID account website appleid.apple.com.
2- Sign in with your Apple ID and password that you used on your Apple iPhone XS for which you need to get the serial number.
3- Click on the "Devices" section and select the Apple iPhone XS to see all its data, here you will see its serial number, date of the last backup, associated credit cards, IMEI, phone number, etc. You can also delete all the content remotely.
Do you keep the box of your Apple iPhone XS? In this case you will find the serial number, model number and IMEI/MEID code in the barcode on the back of the box.
If the iPhone XS is not configured:
Normally if you are going to buy a used Apple iPhone XS, its previous owner will have completely restored it to delete your iCloud account and personal data from the device so when you turn it on you will not be able to access the settings to see the serial number.
In this case if you want to check the serial number before buying the device you can do so by pressing and holding the power button until the Apple logo appears and then the word "Hello" will appear changing in several languages, click on the information button that appears at the bottom right of the screen and you can see the serial number and model number of the iPhone XS.
From iTunes on Windows or Finder on Mac:
1- Connect the iPhone XS to the Windows or Mac computer. On the iPhone XS, click on “Trust”.
2- On Mac, when you open Finder, your iPhone XS will appear on the left, click on its name.
In iTunes a message will appear asking if you want to allow the computer to access the content of the iPhone XS, press “Continue”.
3- In Finder for Mac, click on the “General” tab, click on Phone number under the name of your device or the device model.
In iTunes, in the “Devices” section you will see the name of your iPhone XS, click to open its information.
4- You will see the serial number, IMEI and ICCID of your iPhone XS.
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