[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] inasar:
What i did to get my activation code **easy peasy**

Called microsoft from Pakistan.

Used Skype to call their 800 toll-free number.

I actually hung-up quite a few times. ill explain the reason below.

The customer service representative asked me for the following things:

1. first and last name

2. what product i am calling for

3. telephone number

4. telephone maker

5. where i am calling from

the last question he asked me was "do you need an activation code?"...

*****why i hung up and if you are an international caller then you should too******

i tried to choose the agent that i was talking to. i ignored calls that were answered by US agents. I only talked to agents that were not from the US (as was evident from their accents). This may be important. A US agent would insist that you either call your home country Microsoft office or your phone manufacturer or that they will not service your request because they are only catering to US or Canadian products. Another thing is that a US native representative would have a better knowledge of telephone numbers that you give him/her so if you are spoofing a number you are risking it.

******first and last name*****

they dont give two hoots about your first and last name. they only ask that to create a ticket in their system and to log your service call so that they may refer to it in the future if you call back for the same reason

*****product you are calling about****

this is obvious. they need to know how to service you. and ofcourse they also put it in the ticket.

*****telephone number*****

in my experience this is not to check where you are calling from. they ask that specifically. this is just a part of the ticket that they will generate. However, because i told them i was an international caller they could not verify the number that i gave them. if you tell them you are calling from the US or Canada then your number must NOT BE FAKE(!). It must exist. It doesnt have to be your number. if it is fake then they can actually verify it with their supported carrier.

The Safe Bet: I found it safe to tell them i was calling from abroad (which i was) but my product was purchased in the US.

*****mobile device manufacturer / brand / maker******

this they need to generate the activation code. i believe HTC and Samsung have different activation code series.

****where are you calling from*****

this as i explained above is to ensure that the product you hold is from the US. you just have to tell them that it was purchased from the US no matter where you are. if you tell them you are calling from the US then there is no problem. But if you are an international customer then they have to believe you that the product was from the states. make up a story here if you have to. Otherwise they will simply tell you that the country is not supported and you have to call Microsoft in your home country.

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I hope this helps people.

I don't think they are on the lookout for people who are bogus callers. I don't think there are very many of us out there anyway. People who put WP7 on their HD2 are minuscule compared to genuine buyers so they would have no explicit intention to seek you out. Having said that, they would know that Microsoft products get pirated and pretty easily too (not putting down the DFT team's effort here) so they know about piracy and what vulnerabilities WP7 has on that front. However, i think they will take care of it like Microsoft always has. Through Genuine Activation Checks. God i hate those. I think they will come in the next couple of updates.

Hit thanks if you this helps.