adb shell dumpsys iphonesubinfo not working since Android 5.0 Lollipop

Issue

We used to get Device ID/IMEI using the following command:

adb shell dumpsys iphonesubinfo

But since last Android update (5.0 - Lollilop), this command doesn't return anything, I performed this test on both Nexus 4 and Nexus 5.

I know I can get the IMEI from code, which is still working, but does anyone has a workaround for ADB ?

Solution

You can always just use service call command to call the service methods.

here are the TRANSACTION CODES for the iphonesubinfo service in android-5.0.0_r1:

 1  getDeviceId
 2  getDeviceIdForSubscriber
 3  getImeiForSubscriber
 4  getDeviceSvn
 5  getSubscriberId
 6  getSubscriberIdForSubscriber
 7  getGroupIdLevel1
 8  getGroupIdLevel1ForSubscriber
 9  getIccSerialNumber
10  getIccSerialNumberForSubscriber
11  getLine1Number
12  getLine1NumberForSubscriber
13  getLine1AlphaTag
14  getLine1AlphaTagForSubscriber
15  getMsisdn
16  getMsisdnForSubscriber
17  getVoiceMailNumber
18  getVoiceMailNumberForSubscriber
19  getCompleteVoiceMailNumber
20  getCompleteVoiceMailNumberForSubscriber
21  getVoiceMailAlphaTag
22  getVoiceMailAlphaTagForSubscriber
23  getIsimImpi
24  getIsimDomain
25  getIsimImpu
26  getIsimIst
27  getIsimPcscf
28  getIsimChallengeResponse
29  getIccSimChallengeResponse

Most methods require root. But fortunately getDeviceId (the one you need to get device's IMEI/MEID) does not.

For proper parsing of the service call command output on the device side and without external dependencies see my answer here

Also read Calling Android services from ADB shell for more details.

Answered By - Alex P.