Other Connecting old iPhone to wifi

[Ggghhh3322]

Hi folks

I found out that my old iPhone 6 which i stopped using around 2016 is still connected to my Apple ID and probably has been since this date. I want to turn the Wi-Fi on on the iPhone 6 and see if I can find a purpose for it. I was wondering if I did so would it automatically download all the iMessages, photos, FaceTime calls etc I have had from 2016 to 2023? And if so is there a way to prevent this from happening as I don’t want to have to deal with such a large amount of data downloading at the same time (it does not have the iOS 11.4 update and so would not be synced to iCloud)

 

[akash.nu]

Just turn on Wifi and turn off iMessage sync. Life is good.

 

[Ggghhh3322]

Just turn on Wifi and turn off iMessage sync. Life is good.

I don’t think iMessage sync is an option on the phone so not sure that would work. I thought iMessage sync was on brought it with iOS 11.4

 

[akash.nu]

I don’t think iMessage sync is an option on the phone so not sure that would work. I thought iMessage sync was on brought it with iOS 11.4

If you do not want to use that as a messaging device then you can just turn off iMessage altogether.

 

[Ggghhh3322]

If you do not want to use that as a messaging device then you can just turn off iMessage altogether.

I am not quite sure what I want to do with it yet, was thinking of using it as a kinda Alexa replacement since my previous one broke. Would it only download the iMessages and photos that are currently in my iCloud or all that I have sent, received, taken and deleted since 2016? Worried it might crash if it’s the later

 

[akash.nu]

I am not quite sure what I want to do with it yet, was thinking of using it as a kinda Alexa replacement since my previous one broke. Would it only download the iMessages and photos that are currently in my iCloud or all that I have sent, received, taken and deleted since 2016? Worried it might crash if it’s the later

I don’t think it’ll download years old data. Apple and any data backup country in general is smart enough to know that you might not need all messages from years back. So maybe the recent ones will be the only ones that will get downloaded.

 

[Ggghhh3322]

I don’t think it’ll download years old data. Apple and any data backup country in general is smart enough to know that you might not need all messages from years back. So maybe the recent ones will be the only ones that will get downloaded.

Yeah that would make sense. I would think it would be either recent data only or the data that is on your iCloud however can’t seem to get that confirmed despite a couple days of searching.