How to change ownership of iphone

[snoop7]

Hi,

I thinking about buying a second hand 3gs of ebay. Is there any way i can register it under my name after i've bought it?

I'm worried about people reporting it as "lost" after a couple of months.

Thanks

[juls1585]

call at&t and let them know. you may be asked to provide their name as well. thats what i did when i first got mine. i called and they transfered it into my name

[Picazzo]

And also restore your iPhone as new in iTunes!

[ZipZap]

Second hand 3GS?

[dturner]

@ZipZap Check on ebay (http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=p3907.m38.l1311&_nkw=iphone+3gs&_sacat=See-All-Categories).

[Krunk83]

I will be selling my 3G in the near future and I plan on just doing a restore to new and shipping it. SIM card and all. Once I activate the new phone my old 3G should be free from my name and number. I think AT&T automatically de-activates it.

[Cjvdh]

Check to make sure the phone doesn't have water damage, psychical damage, etc

[dturner]

I will be selling my 3G in the near future and I plan on just doing a restore to new and shipping it. SIM card and all. Once I activate the new phone my old 3G should be free from my name and number. I think AT&T automatically de-activates it.
What you say is true, but I always remove/destroy the sim with the phones that I sell. That's just me though.

[Krunk83]

I'll be selling it unlocked so I guess the person won't even need it. So I'll do that.