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by ppcdeveloper 1279 days ago
Worked at Sprint back in the day and we (I) had to do this. Special certificates to produce a special OS build with the right privileges (carrier specific). The carriers and builders (Samsung etc) work together to get this in place. That on top of zero rating data being sent out for tracking allow the carrier (or builder) to do what they want.