USING OTHER FAMILY ACCT UPGRADE AND TRANSFERRING TO MY PHONE #

Sharing Upgrade Question
Hi all,
A family member was eligible for upgrade 1/20/11 we are on different accounts.  He has a simple standard phone but i wanted to get another phone he has let me use his upgrade which changed his plan  to include a data plan.   
in order to actually order the phone  I wanted which i know can later be changed back to his original plan.
  What steps are going to have to happen for me to activate the new phone under my phone number?  Does he have to do it under his contract  and is this going to require having to call CS? If he does call CS can he just let them know he decided to give me the phone and let me activate in under my phone number? 
I know this void the warranty.. 
Thanks
Have a nice da!

DARKFAIRYPIXI1 wrote:
Do i have to have both phones in my possession in front of me.Your family member (with the upgrade) will need to have his phone and the iPhone with him.  First, he will activate the iPhone on his line to accept the terms of the contract.  He MUST do this, or he could be charged full price for the phone.  Once it is activated, the contract has been accepted, so he can then re-activate his old phone on his line.  Re-activating his old phone will release the iPhone to be used on another line.
Do i have to call into CS? If i call into CS can't I just let them know he didn't want the phone so i want to activate it to my phone number instead. You do not have to call into CS.  Dialing *228 and choosing option 1 will put you into the automated activation system.  If your activation has a problem, you will automatically be connected to CS so they can finish the process.  You CANNOT call CS and tell him "he doesn't want the phone."  As the account owner, HE has to accept the 2-year contract by activating the phone on his line first before it can be used on another line.
The thing is I won't have his phone availabe to me as i will be at work and he will be somewhere else. You don't need to have his phone, but he does need to have the iPhone briefly to activate it on his line.  Then he can give it to you to activate on your line.
Sorry for all the confusion but if i can transfer and have the new phone that i ordered with me while temporaily activating it then transferring it over to my number while the family member has his phone whereever he may be would be great if not i will have to wait to activate it when all the phones can be together. Thank you every1 that has responded and sorry for all the confusion.

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