https://community.sony.hr/t5/other-general/i-have-a-doubt-whether-my-phone-is-genuine/m-p/3141992#M48176 Ok now,relax.First,you can't rely much on Internet.Second,here's a way to check whether your phone is genuine or not:<BR />1)Open your phone dialer.Then press *#06#<BR />2)You will see your phone IMEI's number.<BR />The number would be have 15 digits eg. 35****[05]******* (those star represents other digits,which is individual and should only be known by you)<BR />3)Check the 7th and 8th digit.If the 7th and 8th digit's value is 05(like the one in bracket above).Then you have a genuine one.If you have number beside those,than it might be an artifical product(not original).<BR /><BR />Hope your phone is genuine. <IMG class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.hr/html/images/smilies/011.png" alt="Slightly_smiling_Face" title="Slightly_smiling_Face" /><BR /><BR />#Learnt this from a friend of mine working at Sony. Sat, 23 Nov 2013 11:12:52 GMT Ashroft98 2013-11-23T11:12:52Z https://community.sony.hr/t5/other-general/i-have-a-doubt-whether-my-phone-is-genuine/m-p/3141991#M48175 I bought my phone from a local retailer few months back . Since that I have had any issure with my device and it has worked fine , without any issues , but yesterday I came across your online imei checker and they are telling it is invalid ! It acts almost same and I think there is some kind of an problem, and it shows the update notification , benchmark results the same , and every thing working just fine , and my retailer is telling that warranty will be rejected if I ve updated and met up with a issue !<BR />So what should I do Sat, 23 Nov 2013 05:29:02 GMT https://community.sony.hr/t5/other-general/i-have-a-doubt-whether-my-phone-is-genuine/m-p/3141991#M48175 pumuditha 2013-11-23T05:29:02Z https://community.sony.hr/t5/other-general/i-have-a-doubt-whether-my-phone-is-genuine/m-p/3141992#M48176 Ok now,relax.First,you can't rely much on Internet.Second,here's a way to check whether your phone is genuine or not:<BR />1)Open your phone dialer.Then press *#06#<BR />2)You will see your phone IMEI's number.<BR />The number would be have 15 digits eg. 35****[05]******* (those star represents other digits,which is individual and should only be known by you)<BR />3)Check the 7th and 8th digit.If the 7th and 8th digit's value is 05(like the one in bracket above).Then you have a genuine one.If you have number beside those,than it might be an artifical product(not original).<BR /><BR />Hope your phone is genuine. <IMG class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.hr/html/images/smilies/011.png" alt="Slightly_smiling_Face" title="Slightly_smiling_Face" /><BR /><BR />#Learnt this from a friend of mine working at Sony. Sat, 23 Nov 2013 11:12:52 GMT https://community.sony.hr/t5/other-general/i-have-a-doubt-whether-my-phone-is-genuine/m-p/3141992#M48176 Ashroft98 2013-11-23T11:12:52Z https://community.sony.hr/t5/other-general/i-have-a-doubt-whether-my-phone-is-genuine/m-p/3141993#M48177 Yeah its 05 i almost scolded the retailer .<BR />Tnx , he too was astronished ! and i also thoght he too was bluffed ! Tnx ashof 98 god bless you ! You know how is the feeling to be bluffed , tnx you once again Sat, 23 Nov 2013 14:08:17 GMT https://community.sony.hr/t5/other-general/i-have-a-doubt-whether-my-phone-is-genuine/m-p/3141993#M48177 pumuditha 2013-11-23T14:08:17Z https://community.sony.hr/t5/other-general/i-have-a-doubt-whether-my-phone-is-genuine/m-p/3141994#M48178 Hahaha glad it is genuine and your welcome my friend,do enjoy your phone and about those issues posted in this forum,it also happened to genuine phones.<BR /><BR />BR from Ashroft Sat, 23 Nov 2013 14:14:41 GMT https://community.sony.hr/t5/other-general/i-have-a-doubt-whether-my-phone-is-genuine/m-p/3141994#M48178 Ashroft98 2013-11-23T14:14:41Z https://community.sony.hr/t5/other-general/i-have-a-doubt-whether-my-phone-is-genuine/m-p/3141995#M48179 :O, I.just checked my and its not 05 its 06. Does this mean its fake? Sun, 22 Jun 2014 06:07:32 GMT https://community.sony.hr/t5/other-general/i-have-a-doubt-whether-my-phone-is-genuine/m-p/3141995#M48179 alam57 2014-06-22T06:07:32Z https://community.sony.hr/t5/other-general/i-have-a-doubt-whether-my-phone-is-genuine/m-p/3141996#M48180 What if it'S 06 Mon, 29 Dec 2014 08:20:53 GMT https://community.sony.hr/t5/other-general/i-have-a-doubt-whether-my-phone-is-genuine/m-p/3141996#M48180 gracekulitz 2014-12-29T08:20:53Z https://community.sony.hr/t5/other-general/i-have-a-doubt-whether-my-phone-is-genuine/m-p/3141997#M48181 You should ask for help from your local Sony Xperia to fully confirm it.The method i shown above is no longer fully reliable.<BR /><BR />Contac local Sony Xperia<BR /><BR /><A href="http://support.sonymobile.com/global-en/contactUs/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://support.sonymobile.com/global-en/contactUs/</A> Mon, 29 Dec 2014 08:54:43 GMT https://community.sony.hr/t5/other-general/i-have-a-doubt-whether-my-phone-is-genuine/m-p/3141997#M48181 Ashroft98 2014-12-29T08:54:43Z https://community.sony.hr/t5/other-general/i-have-a-doubt-whether-my-phone-is-genuine/m-p/3141998#M48182 Okay thank you Mon, 29 Dec 2014 09:06:36 GMT https://community.sony.hr/t5/other-general/i-have-a-doubt-whether-my-phone-is-genuine/m-p/3141998#M48182 gracekulitz 2014-12-29T09:06:36Z