Secondhand phone - need help

[drew]

I'm doing something nice for my mother-in-law. She has an LG Ally that she uses to tether to her PC using PDANet. At first the Ally was fine, because all she needed was the tether. I didn't realize she'd actually learn to use the phone. Once she did, I realized how AWFUL that phone is.

In any case, a guy I work with just sold me his Droid X for $30. He went an got an iPhone, the loser (lol).

My questions for people who have done this kind of thing before:

1) Do I need to take both phones to VZW?
2) Can I just swap the SIM card out myself?
3) Any "gotchas" with doing this?

I already have possession of the Droid X, pulled the SD card and did a factory reset. The mother-in-law is visiting this weekend, so I want to make the swap as seamless / simple as possible.

Thanks in advance.

 

[SFGate]

Also curious about this. I want to switch SIM cards on phones and was thinking it can't be so easy as just switching the card. :blink:

 

[mrkelly88]

To switch the service all you need to do is have her call Verizon and they can do it over the phone.

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[dezymond]

To switch the service all you need to do is have her call Verizon and they can do it over the phone.

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This.

Also, I don't think the X uses a sim card, but I'm not 100% sure either.

 

[JSM9872]

You can even do it online if you log onto the account. All you need to do after a few clicks is dial the number to program the phone.

 

[Sal R.]

Make sure the phone w/ the line you want to transfer is off or in airplane mode.

dial *228 on the X to program and follow the prompts.

Done.

This is assuming the line being transfer is on VZW already.

 

[robert70]

The Droid x DOES NOT have a sim card, just a micro SD card and all you have to do is the 228 thing to activate the phone on her number.

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[drew]

Thanks everyone!