iphone 4 sim + upgrade question

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Limp Gawd
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So here's the deal.

I'm on a family share plan and I got my iphone 3gs in August of last year. That means I can upgrade to an iphone 4 for 200$ next year in august I think or for 400$ now.

The plot thickens: my sister has a 3gs as well, and is eligible for an upgrade. She couldn't care less about an iphone 4.

If she gets the upgrade priced iphone 4 for 200$, will she be able to somehow use her old iphone 3gs and give me the iphone 4, which I could then activate or hacktivate using either my current sim which I would have to cut, or a new micro sim?

The real question here is how to get my sister back on her iphone 3gs after she goes into the store and upgrades to the 4.

Could I do this by buying the 4 off the apple website, and then just never having her activate it? Just jailbreak +hacktivate it on my end?

I read somewhere that microsims are tied to their hardware using ICCID to prevent people from using ipad sims in their phones, so I dont think (?) I could use one of those little micro-sim adapters.
 
Hmmm. Well, I'm not sure how they're locked in your neck of the woods, but I bought both of mine so far directly from Apple, which came unlocked. I dropped the first in the toilet, which contained a cut SIM (using a fleabay'd cutter) on one of my regular non-iPhone voice + data plan SIMs, and once I'd bought the replacement I stuck in the replacement SIM they sent me (once again not on an iPhone plan). Since then I've cut most of my other SIMs (all non-iPhone plans) and have rotated them in the iPhone (and put them back in regular-SIM'd phones by keeping the cut remnants) with zero issues.

YMMV. I also don't jb - I have no interest in rooting an everyday-use phone for me.
 
I'm in the US, so they are definetely locked to at&t. I have an at&t sim myself so that isnt the problem. I just want to make sure my sister still has a phone after giving me the iphone 4.
 
Maybe want to start following the jailbreak/unlock news on ihackintosh, they seem to be fairly on top of it on the status of these things but I think 4.0 is unlocked now, maybe 4.1?

I would seriously consider getting one in Canada or Mexico, both are factory unlocked. Bit more spendy though. Plenty of them available on ebay too.
 
Why dont you just have her buy the phone and then switch your phone number to her phone and her old phone number back to the 3GS.. ATT will have no problem with that as long as both have a data plan.
 
jayx9 said:
Why dont you just have her buy the phone and then switch your phone number to her phone and her old phone number back to the 3GS.. ATT will have no problem with that as long as both have a data plan.
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uhh, you sure? they wont be like "hey...didnt YOU just get that upgrade...not that ineligible guy?"
 
I work at an AT&T reseller and we do this all the time. We'd just upgrade and activate the iPhone 4 on her line, call up AT&T and tell them to do an upgrade swap with your line. They might need the IMEI and ICC ID (from the SIM card) to switch them back, but like jayx9 mentioned, as long as they both have the data plan you're good.
 
pac1687 said:
I work at an AT&T reseller and we do this all the time. We'd just upgrade and activate the iPhone 4 on her line, call up AT&T and tell them to do an upgrade swap with your line. They might need the IMEI and ICC ID (from the SIM card) to switch them back, but like jayx9 mentioned, as long as they both have the data plan you're good.
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Wow, so they really dont care at all, eh?
 
no, they don't care. they only care about the customer extending the contract...they don't care about what device is used on the contract (except in the case of people trying to use smartphones without plans). You will still be eligible for an upgrade, too.
 
I did the exact same thing. Used my upgrade status to use for my wife. In fact the Apple store suggested it.
 
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