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==How Do Promo Codes Work?==
Promo codes are short strings of characters like you'd expect any normal promo code to be. Just like most online promo codes some are unlimited use, some expire at a certain date, and some never expire, but have a limited amount of people that can redeem them. They're always single use per person, but can range from 1 person use, to millions of people use, to being completely unlimited the amount of people who can use them. You type in the code, hit okay/redeem/whatever and the game gives you items for free just like you just spun a pokestop and got them.
==What Happens If I Try To Redeem A Promo Code With Full Inventory?==
It will give you an error saying your inventory is full, and much like a pokestop spin, it will error before consuming the code. So you can still trash some of your unneeded gear, get at least one empty slot, and redeem the code again for the gear. If the code is worth more than one item it will work just like a pokestop spin, it will allow you to go over the inventory cap, but you won't be able to spin pokestops or redeem any more codes until you're back below the inventory cap.
==What Countries Will Get Promo Codes?==
==What If I'm An iPhone User? Why Is It only Android devices?==
Apple has strict rules about/against Promo Codes. Presumably to prevent app devs to use them to circumvent apple's 30%(?) tax on all IAPs. When Niantic released Ingress on android it had passcode redemption on it from day one. A year later when Ingress launched on iOS they couldn't add that passcode feature because of apple's restrictions. Months later after trying to get apple to approve the passcode redemption feature they managed to get apple to allow them to add passcode redemption outside the app on their website/intel map. '''It's a safe bet that this negotiation process has already started with Apple for PoGo and they'll get a solution for iOS users before anything important is used with Promo Codes.'''
==Are There Any Promo Codes Yet?==
Not that we're aware of. If you discover one be sure to share it with us.
==Can You Be Banned By Trying To Brute Force Promo Codes By Guessing Randomly?==
n ingress I've never seen anyone banned, but there is a cooldown. If you try and fail to guess codes you'll stop being able to even try to redeem any for a while. This also applies to successfully redeeming passcodes. If you just start bulk redeeming a bunch of passcodes (even valid ones) it will eventually stop you from trying, giving a cooldown error, and you won't be able to redeem any other codes for a while.
