What is Android ID used for?
What is Android ID used for?
Android ID is an unique ID to each device. It is used to identify your device for market downloads, specific gaming applications that needs to identify your device (so that they know it’s a device that was used to pay for the application) and such.
What does device ID tell you?
A Mobile Device ID is a unique customer identifier used to distinguish a mobile device. It could be an IDFA (Identifier for Advertisers) or an Android Ad Id.
What is the unique ID for Android device?
This unique ID can be IMEI, MEID, ESN or IMSI. They can be defined as follows : IMEI for International Mobile Equipment Identity : the Unique Number to identify GSM, WCDMA mobile phones as well as some satellite phones.
What can we do with device ID?
However, Android device ID is specifically used for identification purposes, instead of tracking your device. For example, apps with free limited trial periods use the Android device ID to identify your device and ensure you don’t use the app after the trial period ends.
Is my device ID important?
Device IDs are the easiest way to identify mobile users, as they allow you to track individual devices. This not only reveals certain user behaviour (which can be aggregated to identify trends) but also allows you to put users into cohorts based on understood identifiers such as geographic region or device.
What is the purpose of a unique identifier?
The unique identifier is a column or field in your database. Unique identifiers in a database are used to distinguish fields from each other. A unique identifier is used when information is called from the database and needs to be distinguished from other information in the database.
Does resetting phone change device ID?
As the device ID is generated when you first set up the device, resetting the phone will change the Android device ID automatically. Note: A factory reset will delete all the data on your phone, including contacts, app data, settings and media files.
Is it safe to share device ID?
It is totally innocuous! Can an Android mobile phone be hacked by using an IMEI number or a device ID? Yes. Your phone can be hacked by police using your phone IMEI NUMBER.
Is device ID anonymous?
The ID is anonymous and does not contain any personally identifiable information (PII) such as name, email, address, or credit card number.