VIN Checker 1.0

News

18.05.10 Added description of midlet VIN Checker 1.0 launch for devices running operating system Windows Mobile
06.05.09 First public version VIN Checker 1.0 released.

Midlet "VIN Checker" is intended to checking the correctness of VIN-number of check digit, and display information about the manufacturer and model year of the car.

System Requirements

Midlet does not require a connection to the Internet.
Mobile phone should have a color screen and maintain a profile MIDP 2.0/CLDC 1.0.
Supported mobile phones
Also you can to run the MIDlet in emulation mode on devices running operating system Windows Mobile.

You are using midlet "as is", at your own risk.

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Downloads

Midlet is distributed in the form of ZIP-archive containing the files VINChecker.jad and VINChecker.jar, designed for installation on the phone with the appropriate software (Nokia PC Suite for Nokia, Siemens Data Exchange Software for Siemens, Sony Ericsson PC Suite for Sony Ericsson etc.).

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Vehicle Identification Number (VIN)

Commencing in September 1980, Motor Vehicle Safety Standard regulation FMVSS-115 required a 17-digit VIN (Vehicle Identification Number) on all new vehicles sold in the United States. (In Canada, the applicable regulation is Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations Standard 115 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act.) In June of 1983 the American requirements of the regulation moved to Part 565.
A Vehicle Identification Number, commonly abbreviated to VIN, is a unique serial number used by the automotive industry to identify individual motor vehicles.
Modern day VINs consist of 17 characters which do not include the letters I, O, or Q (to avoid confusion with numerals 1 and 0).
The vehicle identification number is divided into four parts:

the World Manufacturer's Identification (WMI - three characters);
the Vehicle Description Section (VDS - five characters);
the check digit;
the Vehicle Identification Section (VIS - eight characters).

When decoded, the VIN tells the country and year of manufacture; make, model and serial number; assembly plant and even some equipment specifications.
VIN Sample: SCCFE33C9VHF65358

SCC	Europe, Lotus, UK
FE33C	Model
9	Check Digit
VHF65358	1997, Assembly Plant H, Serial Number F65358

One element that is fairly consistent is the use of position 9 as a check digit, compulsory for vehicles in North America, and used fairly consistently even outside this rule.
Checking the correctness of VIN-number of check digit is quite effective means of protection from hackers.

VINs are normally located in several locations on a car, but the most common places are:

on the door frame/door post of the front doors (usually driver's but sometimes passenger's)
on the dash near the windshield
on the engine itself (machined pad on front of engine)
on the car's firewall
in the left-hand inner wheel arch
on the steering wheel/steering column
on the radiator support bracket
on your car's title, registration, guarantee/maintenance book or on the declarations page of your auto insurance policy

Features

When you run the midlet splashscreen appears
VIN Checker Splash

(within 1 seconds), showing where you can stop to press any key. After the splashscreen, open the main form of midlet:
VIN Checker

To check, you must enter the VIN in the box VIN Checker Input

and click

.
If you entered the correct VIN-number, then displays:

entered VIN-number ("VIN #");
check result ("Status") - "Valid" (number correct);
region and country of the manufacturer ("Region");
name manufacturer ("Mfr");
model year ("Year").

If number of entered characters is less than 17 or entered incorrect characters, then instead of the region, country and the name of the manufacturer, and year of release shows question marks "?", as a result of check indicates the cause of the error:

number of entered characters is less than 17 ("Not enough chars!");
entered incorrect characters ("Invalid char(s)!")

If you entered an incorrect check digit or check digit calc error occurred (due to the used VIN format without a check digit or because of wrong VIN-number), then displays area ("Region") and title ("Mfr") of manufacturer, year of release ("Year"), as a result of check ("Status") indicates the cause of the error:

entered incorrect check digit ("Invalid check digit!");
error check digit test ("Failed check digit calc!").

Wrong VIN!	True VIN

To clear the entire entered and the resulting information, click VIN Checker Clear

.
To display information about the midlet, click VIN Checker About

.
To close midlet, click VIN Checker Exit

Running MIDlet running Windows Mobile

To run the MIDlet on the device (PDA or smartphone) running Windows Mobile operating system must first install IBM MIDP 2.0 Java Emulator V2.3:
1) copy the application to memory card:

2) when you click on the application you are asked about the place of installation:

3) is installing the application:

4) a window appears with information about the installation was successful on the mobile device:

After installing the application IBM MIDP 2.0 Java Emulator V2.3 appears in the list of programs:

Then go to install midlet:
1) copy to your memory card file VINChecker.jar:

2) when you click on the file in Explorer to be installed midlet, and it appears in the MIDlet list of application IBM MIDP 2.0 Java Emulator V2.3
3) to run the MIDlet should be run "Launch":

4) further work with the midlet is similar to working with the MIDlet on a mobile phone:

To run the MIDlet must first run the application IBM MIDP 2.0 Java Emulator V2.3 and select the MIDlet from the list of MIDlets.

Screenshots

Sun Java WTK Emulator VIN Checker Nokia SDK S40

Nokia SDK Series 40 Emulator Nokia 6021

Whats new in VIN Checker 1.0

* first public version

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