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Need some advice on my upgrade situation, please...!

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WilliamG

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Mar 29, 2008
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OK so I have two lines on a family line, mine and my wife's. My line is the additional line and is not due an upgrade for a while. My wife's line is the one I bought the iPhone 4 on, since she got a $299 32GB upgrade.

Now, she doesn't want an iPhone 4, so she wants me to have it, so when it arrives can I just cut my sim down to size and put it in the iPhone and be done? Does that work ok?

Thanks!
 
WilliamG said:
OK so I have two lines on a family line, mine and my wife's. My line is the additional line and is not due an upgrade for a while. My wife's line is the one I bought the iPhone 4 on, since she got a $299 32GB upgrade.

Now, she doesn't want an iPhone 4, so she wants me to have it, so when it arrives can I just cut my sim down to size and put it in the iPhone and be done? Does that work ok?

Thanks!
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do yall both have iphones right now? if so i think that will work, but i do recommend activating it first on her line. then i believe a simple sim swap should do the trick imo
 
You may be able to call AT&T and ask them to switch the upgrade over to the other line. I know people that have had success with it. Basically your wife would then get your current eligibility date, and yours would get pushed back the 2 years. That would probably be easier than cutting down the SIM. There's no reason AT&T shouldn't allow it, but sometimes the CS reps can be weird about it, so if they don't give it to you the first time you call, you might try calling again later and hoping you get a different rep.
 
selianth said:
You may be able to call AT&T and ask them to switch the upgrade over to the other line. I know people that have had success with it. Basically your wife would then get your current eligibility date, and yours would get pushed back the 2 years. That would probably be easier than cutting down the SIM. There's no reason AT&T shouldn't allow it, but sometimes the CS reps can be weird about it, so if they don't give it to you the first time you call, you might try calling again later and hoping you get a different rep.
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Cutting a sim is very simple, and mostly I'd like to avoid dealing with AT&T any more than necessary. :)
 
WilliamG said:
I guess I could do that... would they be able to make the included microsim MY number?
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They should. I do not see why you can not just add any phone to your line. I gave my younger brother an old (non-iPhone) phone for his first phone a few years ago. My mom called up and told them to add it to her family account.
 
Tara Luvs Apple said:
They should. I do not see why you can not just add any phone to your line. I gave my younger brother an old (non-iPhone) phone for his first phone a few years ago. My mom called up and told them to add it to her family account.
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I just don't like the idea of getting the phone and then having to spend hours trying to get through to AT&T on June 24th to make this happen before I can use it... *sigh*...
 
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selianth said:
You may be able to call AT&T and ask them to switch the upgrade over to the other line. I know people that have had success with it. Basically your wife would then get your current eligibility date, and yours would get pushed back the 2 years. That would probably be easier than cutting down the SIM. There's no reason AT&T shouldn't allow it, but sometimes the CS reps can be weird about it, so if they don't give it to you the first time you call, you might try calling again later and hoping you get a different rep.
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That's what I was planning to do. I've called several times & keep getting different answers, but I think that should work!
 
WilliamG said:
Cutting a sim is very simple, and mostly I'd like to avoid dealing with AT&T any more than necessary. :)
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Very good idea. I can't imagine how long it'd take to switch the upgrade to the other line, or what extra charges will show up on your bill, or some phone number switch surcharge. Ugh, f*ck AT&T.
 
OGDaniel said:
Very good idea. I can't imagine how long it'd take to switch the upgrade to the other line, or what extra charges will show up on your bill, or some phone number switch surcharge. Ugh, f*ck AT&T.
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I know. How sad is it that I absolutely DREAD having to do this. I think I'll just activate it on my wife's line, and then cut my sim and be done with it. Just a total pita otherwise...
 
WilliamG said:
I just don't like the idea of getting the phone and then having to spend hours trying to get through to AT&T on June 24th to make this happen before I can use it... *sigh*...
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You can try to connect to iTunes and see if it lets you enter another number, but from what I've been told by a reliable source is that the number it was issued to will display and you won't be able to change this. It's because the ICCI # on the SIM is associated with your account. AT&T CS will have to move this.


WilliamG said:
I know. How sad is it that I absolutely DREAD having to do this. I think I'll just activate it on my wife's line, and then cut my sim and be done with it. Just a total pita otherwise...
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I'd give AT&T one call, see how long the hold time is. If it's unreasonable, start cutting.
 
Geckotek said:
You can try to connect to iTunes and see if it lets you enter another number, but from what I've been told by a reliable source is that the number it was issued to will display and you won't be able to change this. It's because the ICCI # on the SIM is associated with your account. AT&T CS will have to move this.
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Yeah I think I'll just activate the wife's microsim, and then just slam mine (after cutting it) in there afterwards. No big deal.
 
I just called AT&T. You have to call them back, if you're in my position, on the day you receive the iPhone BEFORE activating it, because if I activate it using my wife's account, it will deactivate her sim and she won't be able to use the microsim in her 3GS!

So yeah, I have to call them and switch the account before activating it, so the SIM is registered to my number.
 
tasslehawf said:
If you to go an AT&T store (I wouldn't recommend it on launch day), they can give you the proper sim cards for the proper phones.
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Yeah, never happening on launch day, hah! I'll just try and call them and see if they can fix things over the phone that day.
 
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