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text message is only sent and received by email

Setting up my iPad and I can't change the send/receive for texts from my email address to my iPad phone # in settings. It is grayed out. turned off messages in settings, powered down for 15 min., turned messages on, send/receive still grayed out.

iPad, iPadOS 13

Posted on May 10, 2020 7:24 PM

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Posted on May 10, 2020 7:34 PM

Hello,


A cellular iPad model is strictly used for cellular data only and cannot be used to receive cellular messages or calls. A cellular number associated with a cellular iPad model is strictly used for billing purposes only.

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text message is only sent and received by email

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