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New iPad (6th generation, wifi). Everything transferred over from iPhone and Mini iPad with no problem, except that Facebook Messenger tries to open and fails. This happens from within Facebook or from the desktop. Any ideas? Thanks !!!

iPad (6th gen) WiFi

Posted on Jan 17, 2019 6:31 AM

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Leanne_68

Community Specialist

Jan 19, 2019 7:43 AM in response to jeanjer

Greetings, jeanjer.

I see that you used a backup of your iPhone to set up your new iPad (6th generation). The problem is, the Messenger application from Facebook won't open, and I'm happy to help.

Messenger on the App Store -- Delete the Messenger application, download the iPad version instead.

Take care!

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