I use an old Motorola smartphone over wifi to run my stereo via Bluetooth. This thing is on its last legs, constantly buffering, issues opening apps, and just plain freezing up. I would just use a Kindle Fire tablet I have but there are many apps I use, primarily Apple Music, that are not available in the Amazon app store. Could I buy an unlocked phone to use over wifi to run a stereo? Don't see why I couldn't do this. Was thinking some cheap like a cheap Nokia phone off Amazon.

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Posted by LsuFan_1955

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Posted on 10/5/21 at 2:56 am to SoDakHawk

Yes, you can use any old smartphone to do that, and it doesn't need to be unlocked. When I finally upgraded my old Samsung smartphone (it wasn't an unlocked phone), I don't even remember what the model number was. I gave it to a friend to do just what your are wanting to do. That was well over 5 years ago and he's still using it to this day.

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Posted by SoDakHawk

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Posted on 10/5/21 at 8:02 am to LsuFan_1955

I'm currently using an old one (Verizon) and it's breaking down. Wondering if I can buy a new unlocked one and do the same thing. The way you phrase it I could run any phone from any network or unlocked over wifi and do the same thing.

Thanks.

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Posted by LsuFan_1955

Slidell, La

Member since Jul 2013

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Posted on 10/5/21 at 10:19 am to SoDakHawk

Yes, that is what you can do. If you want to go super cheap just find an old, outdated smartphone. Do a factory reset and then set it up on your home network. Profit!