[INFO] Let's Count the Nexus 5's

[brar.arsh]

As @Alexander T. found a way to identify the information encoded in the S/N on the box for Nexus 4 HERE

Nexus 5 shares the same technique but have 2 separate counters for D820 and D821.

D820: IMEI starts with 358239-05
D821: IMEI starts with 358240-05

As Google will never disclose the numbers officially, lets start finding it ourselves.

Here is the technique:

Production date is encoded in the first 3 positions (reading from left to right):
1st position defines YEAR: 0 - 2010, 1 - 2011, 2 - 2012, 3 - 2013 and so on
2rd and 3rd define MONTH: 01 - January, 02 - February, 03 - March, 04 - April, 05 - May, 06 - June, 07 - July, 08 - August, 09 - September, 10 - October, 11 - November, 12 - December

4th position defines county:
K - Korea, C - China, B - Brazil.

For example:
311KPBF****** (last 6 digits are hidden for privacy reasons):

So, 311 - 2013 November (11), K - Korea.

Hope, this helps!

P.S. Last 6 numbers of the serial number match the last 6 numbers of the IMEI. It is incremented by 1 with each newly produced unit.

 

[Ibsonic]

i'll look on mine when I'm at home. What is the benefit to know this btw ?

 

[brar.arsh]

i'll look on mine when I'm at home. What is the benefit to know this btw ?

Same as waiting for the next nightly and after getting it waiting for the next one..:laugh:

 

[shotta35]

Does the 820 and 821 share each others production numbers in that do they continue off each other ore are totally seperate?

In your image - that 821 is 28,144 so does that mean that many 821s so far or 82x units total.

 

[brar.arsh]

Does the 820 and 821 share each others production numbers in that do they continue off each other ore are totally seperate?

In your image - that 821 is 28,144 so does that mean that many 821s so far or 82x units total.

Good question, we have to check that..

I have D820 and it has 0961XXX/X as last 7 Digits of IMEI, lets post our specific last 7 digits in this format and we will get to know about the sequence followed.

So mine is:

Model: D820
Ordered: In 2 minutes after release
Country: Canada
Production Date: Oct 2013
Production Country: Korea
S/N: 0961XXX

 

[FCBMW]

Good question, we have to check that..

I have D820 and it has 0961XXX/X as last 7 Digits of IMEI, lets post our specific last 7 digits in this format and we will get to know about the sequence followed.

So mine is:

Model: D820
Ordered: In 2 minutes after release
Country: Canada
Production Date: Oct 2013
Production Country: Korea
S/N: 0961XXX

Mine is:

Nexus 5 32GB Black, ordered about 4 hours from release.
Model: D821
Country: Spain
Production date: October 2013 Korea.
S/N: 055XXX

 

[brar.arsh]

Mine is:

Nexus 5 32GB Black, ordered about 4 hours from release.
Model: D821
Country: Spain
Production date: October 2013 Korea.
S/N: 055XXX

Can you confirm if your IMEI has 40 in it or is it 39, as mine is 358239-05

So in my view IMEI for D820 is like 358239-05
and for D821 is like 358240-05

So if this is the case, we have 2 counters for Nexus 5.

 

[munchy_cool]

you may wanna hide your IMEI

 

[brar.arsh]

you may wanna hide your IMEI

It's not mine, got this pic from internet.. And anything which comes to internet never goes off..

 

[aavvaallooss]

It's not mine, got this pic from internet.. And anything which comes to internet never goes off..

310KPWQ

What does PWQ mean???

 

[FCBMW]

Can you confirm if your IMEI has 40 in it or is it 39, as mine is 358239-05

So in my view IMEI for D820 is like 358239-05
and for D821 is like 358240-05

So if this is the case, we have 2 counters for Nexus 5.

The IMEI of my D821 has a 40 in it: 358240-05.

 

[matteventu]

My D821's IMEI has 358240-05 in it too.

Model: D821
Ordered: In 4 minutes after release
Country: Italy
Production Date: Oct 2013
Production Country: Korea
S/N: [I don't know where to look xD]

 

[xstokerx]

Model: D820
Ordered: purchesed from rogers 2 weeks ago
Country: Canada
Production Date: October 2013
Production Country: Korea
S/N: 310KPUU189xxx

also no defects in this model besides the loss buttons witch i thing just about everyone has

 

[FCBMW]

My D821's IMEI has 358240-05 in it too.

Model: D821
Ordered: In 4 minutes after release
Country: Italy
Production Date: Oct 2013
Production Country: Korea
S/N: [I don't know where to look xD]

All the info is on the box. Also, Serial number's last 6 digits are the same as the last 6 Imei numbers, if you don't take the last IMEI number:

My S/N is 310KPSL055XXX
My IMEI is 358240-05-055XXX-X