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How to Build Your Own Portable IMEI Catcher

You may already know some brief information about the portable IMEI catcher or also more popularly known as the IMSI catcher. After knowing what the advantages are that you can get if you have this tool, you definitely want to buy it. But it turns out you can make this tool yourself.


How to Make IMSI catcher?


If you are really interested in making your own portable IMEI catcher, then you must at least have to master basic coding knowledge in order to create a catcher that actually works. If you are an expert in the field of coding, then maybe creating a catcher is a fairly easy thing to do.


Even now you can create your own IMEI or IMSI catcher with Kali Linux. Usually this IMSI will be referred to as the IMSI catcher Kali Linux.


The following is a brief discussion of the things you should pay attention to or do when you create your own portable IMEI catcher.


1. Prepare the Necessary Hardware


Of course, one of the main things that is important for you to prepare is the hardware that will be the main transmitter of the IMEI catcher connection itself. This hardware will be used as a medium where the code for the catcher programming will be installed so that it can work properly.


Actually there is no definite benchmark regarding the hardware that must be prepared. However, some of the hardware that you can use include RTL-SDR, USRP, or Blade-RF. In addition, you can even use hardware from your old smartphone or cell phone.


Portable IMEI Catcher
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2. Installing the Program


After you get the hardware, then the hardware will be reprogrammed so that it can function as a catcher. The code or program that is installed is usually a python code or code in other coding.


Now there are many tutorials that give you direct code of what code you should install in your program so that you can create your own portable IMEI catcher.


In this way, all you have to do is copy and paste the code and program the hardware that was prepared with the code you got. Thanks to the times, now it will be much easier for you if you want to make your own portable IMEI catcher, compared to a few years ago.


Even though it sounds very easy, where you just copy and paste the required code, in reality it is not all that. To be able to install the code to be successful, you must have knowledge in the field of coding as well so that you can install the code well.


IMEI Catcher App


Nowadays, there are even many applications that promise to turn your cell phone into a portable IMEI catcher automatically. Although this tool is not yet known whether it can work properly or not, you might try this application if you really want to have an IMEI catcher.


The price of the original IMEI catcher is usually very expensive and it is also very difficult to get an IMEI catcher or an IMSI catcher LTE for sale in satisfactory condition and of good quality.


Portable IMEI Catcher
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The Function of IMEI Catcher


IMEI catcher has many functions which are very useful in this technological era. As the name suggests, this tool is used to collect IMEI number data from cell phones around it. In this way, this tool can be used to support your promotional or advertising activities.


You can send messages to IMEI numbers or phone numbers that have been captured by this tool. Marketing strategies like this have proven to be very effective and very useful for helping companies to attract more customers which ultimately enables them to make more sales in a short time.


So if you are someone who owns a business or owns a company and want to bring more profit to your business, then you may be able to make your own portable IMEI catcher.


Creating an IMEI catcher is a pretty difficult thing to do if you don't have the same experience in coding. But this alternative can be chosen if you want to save costs and are eager to have this useful tool.


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