Verizon Phone Activation?

i have 3 questions concerning a phone.



1) My friend is giving me his old verizon phone. He switched phone companies so hes not using it. Will i be able to activate his phone? or will it be locked because he cancelled the plan?



2) If i do get the phone, how do i step by step change from my current phone to the new phone? Something about esn or something%26gt;?Verizon Phone Activation?
You will be able to use his phone, and it's simple to activate it on your account.



Simply just call Verizon from another phone, and give them your account information, and you will have to give them the ESN code (which is locateed usually on the battery or back of the phone) and then program it using their steps. Or you could go online and sign on your account, and click activate a new phone.



Hope this helps!