Want to set-up iPhone for friend

Hi - Am a happy user of (factory unlocked - NO JB or Unlock otherwise) iPhone-4 and Mac13"; want to set-up a newly-bought iPh-4 for a family member, using a PC; this 2nd phone comes with a specifc provider SIM-lock: the phone -company provides an exchange micro-SIM ( to replace the new owner's old one, but inactivates the old one, once the new comes to life, eg during iPhone - activation). All the set-up of an iTunes profile and APPLE-ID for the new to-be user are already done and are up.
Here the Q´s: 1/ Is there a way ( as it should be a surprise present) to ACTIVATE the new SIM-locked iPhone WITHOUT sim-card OR alternatively, can I use my OWN working SIM , just for the process of someone's else's activation, then to configure for the recipient some Apps, just to make it a nice, pre-arranged present.-- 2/ Is one sure that my own SIM ( once used in a foreign iPhone) does not get corrupted or writes some other IMEI or hardware info into my user profile, once it is then subsequently changed back into its "home"-iPhone, ie the one I use ? - 3/ So, the issue here is: Can the new iPhone be activated with ANY running, previously used (ie. in another iPhone) SIM, just for the config procedure; How to be confident as well for the new user, as for myself that all stay out of trouble ? -- PS: maybe sounds complicated, but all efforts just to keep the little project as a nice present and surprise

sorry but its a blackberry so no micro-sim, and we r leaving right after christmas. alright will this work? I have already upgraded it to ios 5.0.1. right now it says restore completed in the iphone and click next to continue. could i disconnect it now, plug it into his computer when hes not home, and start it as a new iphone from there? will the contacts still be there? i only set it up as a new one on mine like i said so all it did was a backup. Will that work?

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