Can I have 2 iPhones on the same Apple ID account

ebuka229 wrote:

Apple can I also use my Apple ID on my two different iPhones ?

Well, this is a user-to-user forum, not Apple (except as the host). Yes, you can use your Apple ID on two phones, but you should only do that if you are the user of both phones; never if the phones are used by different people→Make sure that each family member has a unique Apple ID - Apple Support. If two people share an Apple ID many bad things will happen.

2 apple devices with the same icloud signed in can be done. instance 1: you have phone1(device)and line1(telephone number) they are active and signed into your current icloud. you then purchase a new phone from the same carrier while keeping your old phone. you sign into the current icloud account and can choose in the settings app to send & receive texts/calls under line1 to both devices furthermore you can decide if you want call sharing on all devices like mac/ipad. you have essentially cloned your phone and can use either device productively.

instance 2: line1+phone1 on current cloud account, you now have phone2 and a new phone number(line2) but you have singed into the same icloud account. you can then decided to merge or separate how you send and receive texts/calls. like in instance1 you can essentially clone the phone or you don't merge the numbers have 1 for friends 1 for business, calls to line1 will not alert on line2 and vice versa. however apps will all be in sync no matter what ie emails, social media, chrome browser things like that will be syncd

pharmand1 wrote:

Reply is that email address is being used already and I am unable to do so

You can't set up a new Apple ID using the same email address as one that had been used already, but you certainly can sign into another phone using that Apple ID email and password.

You can have two phones on the same account doing basically everything the same.

I know because I am currently texting off my new apple as its synced with my everyday old apple phone because its plugged into the wifi. My every day phone has the sim card in it this one doesn’t.

the phones are syncing with eachother always and if I send something off one phone it will appear as sent on both phones if that makes sense.

I would have assumed the apps worked on both phones but my Apple Music does and my Voice Aloud Reader that I pay for wont work on the new phone which is annoying because the new phone has the decent speaker and receiver, everything is broken or dying on the old phone but I like it because I know my way around it I dont want to change over till Im used to the new one.

Yes backup to iCloud to do so go into settings, tap on your name then iCloud. Factory reset the phone, use the same Apple ID for the new (or hand me down) phone and follow the prompts, it will ask you during setup if you want to use a back up from iCloud, if you haven’t been backing up, then you’ll probably just have the one to choose from. Make sure that the iCloud settings include apps and passwords etc… everything should be carried over (everything except passwords saved in browsers).

ebuka229 wrote:

Apple can I also use my Apple ID on my two different iPhones ?

There is nothing stopping you from signing in with your Apple ID on another phone.

Ziatron wrote:

My wife and I have the same Apple ID on our phones. We think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. The disadvantage is that beginning with iOS 17 Apple introduced a Bug where call logs end up on both phones or on opposite phones. Not terribly important. The BIG advantage is that Contacts remain synchronized on both phones. 95% of the contacts in each of our phone is important to the other. Sharing contacts without having the same Apple ID is tedious.

As long as you understand that there will be disadvantages and they might increase, you should do what works for you.

However, you should easily be able to share contacts without sharing an Apple ID. You just need to add the same contacts account to Settings>Apps>Contacts>Contacts Accounts>Add Account.

hossain65 wrote:

No 1 iphone

You can most certainly have multiple iPhones with the same Apple ID.

Can I have these 2 phones on my Apple account

Yes, but there are advantages and disadvantages here.

The advantage.......you won't have to purchase apps for the new phone because the apps are tied to your Apple ID account.

A possible disadvantage......your call history will appear on both phones.

Abdirahman1233 wrote:

Hi who can I use my Apple ID my phone and my tablet

Log on to the same Apple ID on each device.

My wife and I have the same Apple ID on our phones. We think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. The disadvantage is that beginning with iOS 17 Apple introduced a Bug where call logs end up on both phones or on opposite phones. Not terribly important. The BIG advantage is that Contacts remain synchronized on both phones. 95% of the contacts in each of our phone is important to the other. Sharing contacts without having the same Apple ID is tedious.

Yes everything works after installing from a back up, you just have to login to everything again.

Here is a user tip for exactly your situation→How to “unshare” an Apple ID - Apple Community

Have you tried installing them via a backup of your old phone? When you set up the new phone it will give the option.

I have had two on the same Apple ID for just over 2 years now, they both used to ring when one line was called, my watch used to ring for both numbers as well, I could answer at work on my watch if my other line had received a call. Some months back after an update that stopped happening.