Is it possible to figure out what your XBOX 360 serial number from the barcode on the box?
Some low-life broke into my house and stole my XBOX 360 and all of my games. I need the serial number if I’m going to have any hope of tracking it down. I still have the box and I know when you go to the store to return it they scan both the box and the console to match them up. Is it possible to tell what my serial number was just from the barcode on the box? Thanks for any help anyone can send me.
Best answer:
if you take it to the store and they scan the box, they have the serial number in their system. when i bought my xbox, the guy had to put the serial number in the system when he sold it to me. so it’s in the store’s system.
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Sure, it’s quite simple.
To begin with, there are black and white lines. Each line has 4 degrees of thickness, so we’ll assign the thinnest line (whether it’s black or white) the value of 1, and the fattest line a value of 4.
Next, look at the UPC code, and there should be 2 black lines that sticks well below the other lines. Ignore those. Every UPC code begins and ends with 101.
Take the first line after the lines that sticks down and depending on the thickness, decide whether the thickness is a 1, 2, 3, or 4 (Don’t forget to that it can be either black or white). Do that for the first 4 lines (remember to read both the black and white lines, not just the black lines). You get a 4 number combination, so use the following to decipher what number it is.
0 = 3211, 1 = 2221, 2 = 2122, 3 = 1411, 4 = 1132, 5 = 1231, 6 = 1114, 7 = 1312, 8 = 1213, 9 = 3112
Keep repeating until you reach the end. In the middle, you’ll notice 2 black lines that sticks below the others. Ignore it. Every UPC code as a 01010 in the middle.
if u have registered your console with xbox you can go there and get your serial number or call xbox and they will match it up for you.