About Phone

Basic Info

Basic info will consist of general device info specific to your phone such as:

• Device Name

  • By default this will be the model of your device. If you tap on Device Name you can name your device whatever you want. (i.e. Bartholomew’s Pixel, Young Frosty, Bobs Phone)

• Google Account

  • This will be the Google Account that is synced with your Pixel (this will show as the email you used to set up your Google Account).

• Phone Number (SIM Slot 1)

  • This will be the current phone number for your device (the sim card that is activated on your phone will contain your number and allow your phone to have service).

• Phone Number (SIM Slot 2)

  • This will be the other phone number on your device if you have more than one.

Legal & Regulatory

Legal Information

This section will contain any sort of legal and regulatory information pertaining to your phone such as terms of use, privacy policies, copyright information, licenses and other legal documents and information. This section includes:

• Third-Party Licenses

• Google Legal

• Google Play System Update Licenses

• System WebView Licenses

Regulatory Labels

Regulatory Labels are used primarily to ensure your safety as a consumer of your Pixel device that your phone meets manufacturing industry standards.

Limited Warranty

Here you can view warranty information about your Pixel phone, The languages of this information will depend on your set system languages. You can read about detailed information about the manufacture warranty on your device.

Safety & Regulatory Manual

This is just a manual about how to handle the product. This includes information on safety, regulatory, warranty details, etc.

Device Details

SIM Status (sim slot 1)

This will show your currently active SIM. There are ESIMs and Physical SIMs. A SIM card will have your phone number on it and no longer holds personal data (or it holds very little, maybe contacts) a SIM cards main purpose is to connect your phone to cell towers you you can make calls, texts, and use data (the internet).

SIM Status (sim slot 2)

This will show the second SIM card that is in your phone if you have one. You can have both a physical SIM and an ESIM or two ESIMS generally. Depending on the make, model, and country you’ve purchased the phone in, there may be two physical SIM card slots in your phone.

Model

This will show the model of phone that you have (i.e. Pixel 4a, Pixel 6, Pixel 7 Pro etc.)

Serial Number

This Serial Number is used to identify a specific device of a certain model, for example, each Pixel 7 will have a different Serial Number even though they are the same model.

Hardware Version

The Hardware Version is the version of the parts that the phone is made with.

IMEI (sim slot 1)

An IMEI, like a Serial Number, is used to identify a specific device regardless of the make and model. The difference is that the Serial Number is used internally to identify a device within the workplace of the manufacturer where as the IMEI is used by wireless carriers to identify a device and look up information on the device.

IMEI (sim slot 2)

Devices that are capable of having more than one SIM card will also have two different IMEI Numbers. The main purpose of this is so you can have two phone numbers registered with different carriers.

Android Version

Here you will see the current version of the Android operating system that your phone is currently updated to. This will be the phones software and will change with software updates.

Device Identifiers

IP Address

An IP Address is like a home address but for your phone and is also device specific. Your IP Address is essentially used to identify and locate a device. This is necessary for data to be sent to and from the right device over the internet. This can be used to track your device just like you can find out where someone lives by their home address. To hide your IP Address you can try using a VPN.

Wi-Fi MAC Address

A Wi-Fi MAC Address is used to communicate with a Wi-Fi network, a device must identify itself to the network using a Media Access Control (MAC) address which is a unique identifier.

Bluetooth Address

A Bluetooth address is a 48-bit value that uniquely identifies a bluetooth device.

Up Time

This is just a time used to show the percentage of time your device is operational.

Send Feedback About This Device

You can tap on this tab to send feedback to Google about your device.

Build Number

This is a number that is essentially related to what software you’re running. You can also tap on this a few times to access developer options for your phone. I don’t recommend messing with developer options unless you know what you’re doing.