How to deactivate a phone

my friend gave me a phone and said that it was deactivated but i can make calls on the phone and i wanted to know how to deactivated it so that i can get it activated with a new number. how do you deactivate it.  

If this was your friends personal phone, have them call in, cancel service, and PAY THE BILL. You can not activate it as your own until then.
If this 'friend'  gave you a stolen phone, return that bad boy as all that can come from that is trouble for you. If stolen, once shut off you will never be able to activate it.

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