Home Activation Question

I just recently pre-ordered an iPhone 4 to be shipped to my house. I used another person's upgrade on my account and was wondering if the iPhone will come specifically for that number, or can I choose which number I want when I activate in iTunes? I am trying to avoid a trip to the AT&T Store and have never done home activation.
If anyone can let me know that would be great! Thanks.

I did this when I got the 3g iphone 2 years ago....I took my husbands upgrade since I wasn't due for one yet. It can be done but it's a huge pain....and yes, it will come specifically for the other persons number. You'll need to take it in to an AT&T store because, yes, you can swap the sim chips if you have a 3g sim chip....if there isn't a new sim for the new iphone. They have to internally switch this information in your at&t account. Only a person with an iphone can get an iphone data package....which would be the other person, so your sim would be charged per use for the internet. So they need to internally change this info that YOU have the iphone and not the other person so you can get the data package. Plus there was something about the IMEI number of the phone....sorry it's a very complicated process thats hard to explain but there is a lot more to it than just switching out the sim. AT&T even screwed my account up with this swap and I ended up with a $600 bill on my first bill (they later corrected the problem and waived all the fees that i wasn't supposed to be charged for). So, unfortunately you'll probably end up going in to have this done. You can try calling them and see if they can help you over the phone first.
And don't let them tell you that it can't be done! I did it, but I've had several AT&T employees tell me that it's impossible and can't be done and basically called me a liar to my face. If you have any questions, you can email me at [email protected] and I can try to answer based my on my experience.

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