Check iPhone ECID, Check iPad ECID (Windows, Mac)

How to Get Your iPhone, iPad ECID (Windows, Mac)

Apple has added a new security system called ECID. ECID stands for Exclusive Chip ID. iPhone 3GS, iPod Touch 3G, iPod Touch 2G MC, and almost every upcoming iDevice is affected by this security even the iPhone XS. ECID is a unique chip id for all devices.

how to check ecid of iphone and ipad

What is ECID?

ECID stands for Exclusive Chip ID or Electronic Chip ID. Since it’s an ID, it is unique to each device. An ECID is assigned to every iOS device that Apple manufactures.  You may be asked for your ECID when saving SHSH blobs.

An ECID ensures that each SHSH blob (which is required to restore a firmware) remains exclusive to a specific device only. This is why you cannot use SHSH Blobs from one device to restore or downgrade another device.

When you restore your iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, the iTunes contact Apple servers and generate signatures for your device. If you want to secure your future jailbreak, it’s important to save these signatures before a new firmware comes out. Because once the new firmware is out, Apple stops signing older firmware and without a signature for the older firmware, you cannot restore your iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch to that older firmware. Apple won’t let you downgrade your iPhone or iPad firmware. But if you have signatures (SHSH blob) saved for an older firmware for your device, Apple won’t be able to stop you from downgrading firmware even if they stop signing older firmware.

All popular tools that you use to save SHSH blobs require you to enter a valid ECID number. Which makes an ECID a prerequisite for saving SHSH blobs for your device.

In this guide, you’ll learn how to check your iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch ECID in both Windows and Mac operating systems and also with/without a computer.

How to check ECID using iTunes

You can use iTunes to find the ECID of your iOS device. Here is how to:

  1. Connect your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch to your computer using a USB cable.
  2. Launch iTunes. (You can download iTunes from here.)
  3. Click your device icon at the top-left of the iTunes window.
  4. Click the Summar in the left navigation pane.
  5. Keep clicking on the serial number shown in the right pane to reveal the ECID of your connected device.
  6. Once ECID appears, press Command+C on Mac or Ctrl+C on Windows to copy ECID to your clipboard.
    how to find iphone ecid using itunes

How to Check ECID of iPhone or iPad (Windows)

If you are on a Windows computer, you can not only use iTunes (as discussed above) to check ECID of your iOS device, there are other ways to find ECID.

Method 1 – Using ECID Grabber

  1. Put your device into Recovery Mode:
    • Open iTunes and connect the iPhone via USB.
    • Press and hold the Home button and the Sleep/Wake button at the same time. (you device will turn OFF and then ON)
    • Continue holding both buttons until your iTunes pops up a message telling you that it has detected an iPhone in recovery mode.
  2. Download ECID Grabber from here and extract the archive.
  3. Run the ECID Grabber.exe and hit Get ECID button.
  4. Then copy and save your ECID from ECID Grabber.
    ECID Grabber

To get out of recovery mode, simply turn your device off and then turn back ON.

Method 2 – Using USBView

  1. Put your device into Recovery Mode
    1. Open iTunes and connect the iPhone via USB.
    2. Press and hold the Home button and the Sleep/Wake button at the same time. (you device will turn OFF and then ON)
    3. Continue holding both buttons until your iTunes pops up a message telling you that it has detected an iPhone in recovery mode.
  2. Download USBView from here.
  3. Go to Options Menu and check mark “config descriptors” (enable it)
  4. Hit the F5 key on your keyboard to refresh.
  5. Scroll down till you see Apple Recovery (iBoot) USB drive in the left pane, and then click on it.
  6. Note down your 16 number ECID code from the right pane.

To get out of recovery mode, simply turn your device off and then turn back ON.

Check ECID using USBView

How to Check ECID of iPad and iPhone (Mac)

If you’re using a Mac, there are is another way (other than iTunes as discussed above) to get the iPhone or iPad ECID.

  1. Put your device into Recovery Mode:
    1. Open iTunes and connect the iPhone via USB.
    2. Press and hold the Home button and the Sleep/Wake button at the same time. (you device will turn OFF and then ON)
    3. Continue holding both buttons until your iTunes pops up a message telling you that it has detected an iPhone in recovery mode.
  2. Press Command+Space bar on Mac keyboard and search for “System Information” or “System Profiler.” and hit Enter.
    system information mac
  3. From the System Profiler window, go to USB from the left navigation pane and in the right pane click on Apple Mobile Device (Recovery Mode).
  4. From the Lower-right pane, copy the 16 numbers ECID code for your device.
    grab ecid mac

To get out of recovery mode, simply turn your device off and then turn back ON.

How to Check iPad or iPhone ECID without computer or iTunes

If you don’t have access to your computer, you can check ECID right from your device. However, your device must be jailbroken for this method. If your device is jailbroken, it’s very easy to find ECID of your device:

  1. Launch Cydia on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch.
  2. Go to the Search tab.
  3. Search for UDID Calculator.
  4. Tap on USID Calculator from the search results and install it. It will appear on your Home screen once the installation process is complete.
  5. Launch UDID Calculator and it will provide you with the ECID of your device along with other key information such as Serial, IMEI, UDID, etc.
  6. Copy the ECID of your device. Please keep in mind that it’s in Decimal format.
    check ecid using udid calculator

That’s it, folks! Now you have the ECID of your device. Now go and save SHSH blobs of your device for your desired firmware.

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18 comments… add one
eca October 4, 2010, 8:04 am

•TinyUmbrella 4.02.04: Save SHSH blobs for iOS 4.0.2 and iPad iOS 3.2.2 | iPodalot

brentc October 18, 2010, 2:25 am

you can get your ECID in Windows with out the tool, from Device manager. look up the Apple Mobile Device USB driver> right click for properties, then click details > you will find it within the “Device instance path”.
Copy and paste to notepad and then select the point past _ECID: up to _IBFL

ihtxam April 2, 2014, 1:59 pm

above ecid grabber link not working. wake up!

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