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SMS instead of iMessage

My son's iPad mini will not send a message to this recipient. All the help that I can find says that if they are not registered with iMessage the text will be sent as SMS. In my case the send icon (up arrow) will not respond to touch


ipad mini - ios 13.1.2


This is my son's ipad and he cannot communicate with counselors.

Posted on Oct 29, 2019 6:25 PM

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Posted on Oct 29, 2019 6:26 PM

For him to send SMS texts he needs to have an Apple ID/iCloud connection with an iPhone. The Mini can't send SMS texts.

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SMS instead of iMessage

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