I am having issues receiving sms on my iPad Pro, I don’t see see the option on my iPhone for text forwarding, SMS works fine on my MacBook Pro, same iMessage account on each device, iCloud account has iMessage enabled.
iPad Pro, iPadOS 13
I ended up fixing the issue, this is how I solved it:
Apple Documentation, "* Don't see the Text Message Forwarding setting on
your iPhone? Go to Settings > Messages, turn off iMessage, turn it
back on, tap Send & Receive, tap Use Your Apple ID for iMessage,
then sign in with the same Apple ID used on your other devices."
But they failed to specify that "Start New Conversations From" HAS TO BE your AppleID email address and not your phone number, after selecting your email address associated with your AppleID, the text forwarding option enables itself. From there it was easy as I enabled both my Macbook and iPad ON.
I ended up fixing the issue, this is how I solved it:
Apple Documentation, "* Don't see the Text Message Forwarding setting on
your iPhone? Go to Settings > Messages, turn off iMessage, turn it
back on, tap Send & Receive, tap Use Your Apple ID for iMessage,
then sign in with the same Apple ID used on your other devices."
But they failed to specify that "Start New Conversations From" HAS TO BE your AppleID email address and not your phone number, after selecting your email address associated with your AppleID, the text forwarding option enables itself. From there it was easy as I enabled both my Macbook and iPad ON.
Both your iPhone and iPad must be logged-in to iCloud using the same AppleID
On your iPhone:
Settings > Messages > Text Message Forwarding - set to ON - and explicitly enable your iPad in the list of devices.
More detail here:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208386
A forced restart of both devices may be beneficial:
If this provokes no improvement, as the issue apparently lies with the iPhone, then reset of the iPhone may be necessary - first to Network Settings, followed, if needed, by a reset of All Settings:
Settings > General > Reset >
Leading us to the nuclear option:
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201252
Before embarking upon the restore process, ensure that you have a current iCloud or iTunes backup - as your locally stored data may be optionally restored at conclusion of the restore process.
The Restore to factory settings will wipe the device, reset all settings - and reinstall iOS.
I have had the same issue since I upgraded to a new iPad Mini two weeks ago. My phone no longer has the option to forward sms messages to other devices associated with my AppleID, although they continue to go to my MacBook Air (from which I can also send sms messages back via the iPhone).
So the Mac works fine (as previously set up), but I cannot get the same to work on the iPad. Otherwise iMessage works normall across all devices - just not the sms function.
I have tried everything, but to no avail.
Both are on the same AppleID, same iCloud, issue persists
Already done that multiple times, even to the extent of logging out of AppleID and re signing back in
Thanks for the update on how you managed to resolve the issue. It’ll certainly be useful information for others should they experience a similar problem.
iPad Pro Cellular SMS issue
