Can I use an old iPhone 5s with iCloud without affecting my main iPhone?

Going through my old bedroom at my parent’s house I found my iPhone 5s (the first iPhone I ever had!). 

I’d love to use it to play/control music with a bluetooth speaker. 


If I log in in iCloud to install Spotify would that override the user of my main, current phone?


Is there a way to use the old phone? Just dumb stuff like playing music in Spotify/Apple Music and google things, I don’t want it to make calls, use whatsapp and stuff like that. 


Thanks!!



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Posted on Apr 18, 2025 7:47 AM

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Apr 21, 2025 2:56 PM in response to Viernesgh

You should be able to wipe then set up the old phone with your current Apple ID but Spotify requires iOS15 or later.

Not many third party apps will still run on it.

The two phones will create their own backups in iCloud. They will not interfere with each other.

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Apr 18, 2025 11:42 AM in response to AlWeir

That’s too bad.


Follow up question, then: assuming I could log in, is there a way to keep both devices (my old iPhone 5s and my current SE3) logged in and not conflicting with each other?

I don’t want the old phone to use iCloud and replace my new backup, etc.



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Apr 18, 2025 11:59 AM in response to AlWeir

AlWeir wrote:

I doubt that it will allow you to log into your account since the MAC Address on it is probably expired.

That’s too bad.


Follow up question, then: assuming I could log in, is there a way to keep both devices (my old iPhone 5s and my current SE3) logged in and not conflicting with each other?

I don’t want the old phone to use iCloud and replace my new backup, etc.

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Apr 22, 2025 5:01 AM in response to LD150

Thanks!


I assumed that the new backup from the old phone would replace my current iCloud backup.



LD150 wrote:

You should be able to wipe then set up the old phone with your current Apple ID but Spotify requires iOS15 or later.
Not many third party apps will still run on it.
The two phones will create their own backups in iCloud. They will not interfere with each other.


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Can I use an old iPhone 5s with iCloud without affecting my main iPhone?

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