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bioHazard

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Reading Zaurus' Serial Number... How?
« on: July 06, 2005, 12:24:07 am »
Is there a way to get the Zaurus SL-Cxxxx serial number by making a small application?

The diagnostic mode does show a serial number, so I guess it would be possible to get it somehow... Anyone ever tried?

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« Reply #1 on: July 06, 2005, 01:10:32 am »
why?
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« Reply #2 on: July 06, 2005, 02:23:47 pm »
I have several PDAs that I must identify against a database. I'm looking for a unique number that would serve as a fingerprint. The serial number seemed like the best approach.

Thanks!
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« Reply #3 on: July 06, 2005, 03:01:19 pm »
yea but if you can read it...then it can be intercepted and changed before the application gets the data, trust me
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« Reply #4 on: July 06, 2005, 06:33:11 pm »
It will be used internally by our IT guys. The customer will never send us this number. So I'm not worried about that.

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« Reply #5 on: July 10, 2005, 10:49:55 am »
If that doesn't work, would reading the host name work?
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Reading Zaurus' Serial Number... How?
« Reply #6 on: July 11, 2005, 05:39:42 pm »
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Is there a way to get the Zaurus SL-Cxxxx serial number by making a small application?

The diagnostic mode does show a serial number, so I guess it would be possible to get it somehow... Anyone ever tried?
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See if it shows up as the last line in the /proc/cpuinfo file.  There is a place for the serial number, but older Zaurus models put all zeros in that field.