iPhone Has Hidden Matrix Code on Shell?

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Posted September 18, 2008 at 8:53pm by iClarified

Using nightshot on a camcorder fsjk85, a user at the Australian Whirlpool forums, discovered a hidden data matrix code on the left side of the iPhone 3G, according to Engadget.

We're guessing that's where Apple imprints the serial and IMEI numbers of each handset since it can't exactly hide them under a removable battery (cough), but we'll leave it to the rest of you to decode this sneaky tag and solve the mystery once and for all.

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Jamie - October 14, 2008 at 4:26pm

i was looking at the new macbook vid and i noticed this. check it out http://www.sendspace.com/file/mzl3z2 (it's just a picture of one of the frames in the movie)

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Superimpose - September 22, 2008 at 7:42am

It's just a 2D barcode, Nokia has used them for ages ...

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armend - September 19, 2008 at 7:45am

Symbol / Barcode after decoded says: I was here, in Alien Language :)

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saoran - September 19, 2008 at 3:13am

you can see S/N and IMEI too at the SIM Card Tray, you guys don't realize that? oh by the way, that matrix code is not new, you can read it yourself with iphone, with program called iMatrix

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balderaz - September 19, 2008 at 2:44am

No, it's not new. And yes, it's DataMatrix.

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maara - September 19, 2008 at 2:27am

Just a new type of a barcode. You can find more about this codes here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcode

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Macopoulos - September 19, 2008 at 2:02am

It's the Deeeeviiils signature..!! :) But we like it! ;)

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ketanitem - September 19, 2008 at 1:17am

I believe it's using DataMatrix (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Matrix) not QR-Code.