I, like many others, scrambled to get a OnePlus One invite as soon as they came out. I was a loyal fan : I commented on the forums, I shared all the tabloid garbage with my friends, I even participated in their giveaways.
I ended up just buying an invite from some random dude on XDA for $20. Needless to say, I’ve been pretty against the OnePlus invite system for a long time now.
When the OnePlus Two rolled around, I made sure to be on the ball and put my email in early and secured position ~9000. However, with the invites for the OnePlus Two, OnePlus opted to allow users to jump the queue by referring their friends to the invite waitlist. Last night I checked my invite status and I was position > 70,000.
Full Story:
https://medium.com/@JakeCooper/how-i-hacked-the-oneplus-reservation-system-120ea1a7ad82
