Using a upgrade phone

If I upgraded someone else's line and received the phone, could that phone be activated on another line? Without ever being activated on the "intended" line instead of transferring upgrades, and would the old phone on that line still be able to be used on it's original line?
Thanks for any help! Much appreciated.

Are the two lines on the same account? (A family plan?) If so, then in most cases you can do this, although sometimes you will need to activate the phone on the "upgraded" line to accept the terms and conditions and contract extension, then activate on the line you really want it on. A call to customer service can usually get it activated on the correct line in the first place though.
If the two lines are on two separate accounts, then you will definitely need to activate the new phone on the upgraded line first, accept the T&C, then reactivate the old phone so that the new phone is available to activate on another account.

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She didn't upgrade her phone, but you did by using her upgrade. It's her contract that then gets extended, not yours. And, unfortunately, as of last June, whenever you sign a new two-year contract, you lose your unlimited data. You can try to reverse the upgrade and get the unlimited data restored if within 30 14 days, but since Verizon has discontinued the unlimited data plans for everyone, I'm not sure how successful you'll be.
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