HT201269 Do I need to get a fresh Sim card? My wife's 3G has the old style sim and my old 4 (that I am passing to her) has the micro-sim, they are different phone numbers - what do I do?

Good morning, this may sound dumb but I don't know how to to do this.
My wife currently has a iPhone 3g with her mobile number and the Sim card is the old style standard sim
I am transferring my iPhone 4 to her and that has a microsim with my number info on it.
Does this mean that I have to get a clean microsim for her or will all the data transfer from Itunes to the 'new' iP4.
Now, how do I actually go about doing it?
Do I take my sim out ot the iP4 and put it into the micro adaptor and slot it into her phone and back up from her machine, or what do I do - Please respond in technophobe (I'm an old duffer:-) )
Uncle H

You need to get a sim sim, activated, wirh your wife's account info on it. Your carrier should give you one for free. Either that, or you cut down your wife's existing sim. If you do a Google search you'll find instructions/tools on how to do so.
After you get the sim situation straightened out, backup your wife's 3G in iTunes. Then on your 4, turn off iMessage, FaceTime, Find My Phone & delete the iCloud account. Then: Settings>General>Reset>Erase All Content & Settings. When finished, restore from the backup you made of the 3G. Sync her content to the phone.
You should be good to go.

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